Sony is pleased to announce that an upgrade to Version 3 of the PXW-Z100 firmware will be available on the 30th October.
This free of charge firmware upgrade will be published in the “Resources” area on www.pro.sony.eu on the PXW-Z100 product page.
The Version 3 firmware update includes:
– XAVC Long GOP* 4K(QFHD)/HD recording capability with max.150 Mbps on XQD media card
– TC output from HDMI
*XAVC-L (long GOP) is a codec with MXF file wrapper, in QFHD is 4:2:0 with 8bit, in HD is 4:2:2 with 10bit.
The next firmware version will include AVCHD recording with activation of Memory Stick/SD card C slot and will be available in January 2015.
The Direct Copy function with activation of USB connector (A type) is scheduled for update in the first half of 2015.
Source: Sony.co.uk