Sony RIALTO 65 Announced – 65mm Camera Extension for VENICE 2, 9.6K Open Gate, 16-bit X-OCN
NEW PODCAST: Blackmagic Design Raises Prices, Cuts Resolve – Focus Check ep139 →🎙️ WATCH/LISTEN Now Sony’s RIALTO 65 is now official, and it puts a 65mm format sensor into a compact head that connects to an existing VENICE 2 body, on a cable or attached directly. It reads out 9.6K Open Gate, records 16-bit X-OCN internally, and arrives in the first half of 2027. I am at Sony’s event at Pinewood Studios today, where Sony is showing us the system. This article is based on Sony’s press material. I will see the system at Pinewood today, and we will publish an interview video from the event in the next few days. So, for my own impressions, stay tuned. The RIALTO name tells you how this works. As with the Rialto Extension System 2 and the VENICE 2 Extension System Mini, the head can move away from the body. In Extension Mode, a cable connects the two. It detaches at both ends, and Sony…