Sony PXW-FS5 1.1 firmware update

As with other F-series platform cameras, Sony is protecting the customers’ investment in the PXW-FS5 through future firmware updates that will install additional useful features. This prevents obsolescence and extends the camera’s creative capabilities without the need to buy a new camera body. Firmware version 1.1 for FS5 allows simultaneous QFHD internal recording and QFHD output to an external unit that serves as the monitoring device. A new menu item (“QFHD REC OUTPUT”) in the recording menu permits switching between simultaneous QFHD internal/external recording, with loss of VF and LCD operation and internal recording. The loss of VF/LCD does not affect HD operations. Version 1.1 is merely the next step in the PXW-FS5’s ongoing development. A future firmware build will add “FS RAW” recording. The OLED and VF will remain active regardless of the choice of format. Download v1.1 for Mac and Windows here.