Sony has announced new firmware updates for its Camera Remote Toolkit, enhancing remote-control flexibility and expanding the number of compatible models.
The new updates include Version 1.13 of the Camera Remote SDK and Version 2024.1.0 of the Camera Remote Command. These updates offer more creative options for content creators and remote-control capabilities for Sony’s professional handheld digital cinema and Alpha interchangeable lens cameras.
With these new updates, users can benefit from enhanced video workflows, background file transfer, recorded video previews, and more advanced exposure synchronization. The updates also support additional camera models and bring remote emulation features, allowing display information to be received remotely from the camera. Moreover, remote firmware updates are now possible for specific camera models, such as the ILX-LR1.
Camera Remote SDK – Firmware Version 1.13, planned to be available October 2024
- Additional Compatible Cameras: ZV-E10 II, PXW-Z200, HXR-NX800 (the SDK is also compatible with Sony’s ILX-LR1, ILCE-1, ILCE-9M3, ILCE-9M2, ILCE-7RM5, ILCE-7RM4A, ILCE-7RM4, ILCE-7CR, ILCE-7SM3, ILCE-7M4, ILCE-7CM2, ILCE-7C, ILCE-6700; BURANO (MPC-2610), ILME-FX6V/ILME-FX6T (Ver. 3.00 or later), ILME-FX3 (Ver. 2.00 or later), ILME-FX30, ZV-E1, DSC-RX0M2 (Ver. 3.00 or later).
- Absolute Position Settings for Optical Zoom: allows users to move the zoom to a desired position with a single command prompt for a substantive time gain.
- Remote Emulation: users can remotely receive display information from the camera including on-screen display. This provides the level of remote-control equivalent to a non-remote application.
- Exposure Notification Timing Adjustment: provides an exposure signal in advance of shooting still imagery, giving creators the opportunity for an advanced synchronization scenario with flash lighting.
Enhanced Video Recording Workflows
- Background File Transfer: remote control and file transfer can be performed simultaneously for maximum remote production efficiency.
- Recorded Video Preview: users can review any section of a video remotely without having to transfer the entire file to a computer.
Remote Firmware Update (ILX-LR1 model only): users can now update the camera’s firmware remotely within the user application. When future firmware updates are released, they can be applied without disassembling the system. As of firmware version 1.13, this capability only applies to the Sony camera model ILX-LR1.
Camera Remote Command – Version 2024.1.0, planned to be available October 2024
- Addition of Compatible Models: FX6, BURANO, α9 III, ZV-E10 II
- PTP-IP Support: allows users and developers to control their Sony camera via Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi, eliminating the need for a USB cable and improving flexibility in terms of shooting positions and angles.
- Supports More Than 100 New Commands: enables switching the memory card slot according to the situation, for both still images and video recordings, and adjusting the upper and lower limits of ISO AUTO to the shooting environment requirements.