Sony’s HDC-5500 system camera was selected for use by the Vatican in its official coverage of Pope Leo’s first papal appearance on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. With its ability to operate effectively under May 8th’s “complex lighting conditions” in Rome, the HDC-5500’s precise high-frame rate capture and 4K HDR output ensured the coverage reached a worldwide audience in the millions, said Sony.

At InfoComm 2025, AJA Video Systems announced DRM2-Plus, an intuitive, high-capacity 3RU frame that can neatly house up to 24 AJA Mini-Converters.

Single Panasonic KAIROS unit breaks through video production limits for richer, more expressive eSports broadcasts. With simplified operations, advanced visual effects, and high-quality, multi-layer composition it helps PlayBrain to create compelling content for local and international broadcast.

Sony has released firmware update V2.0.1 for Digital Motion Picture Camera BURANO. It offers new FullFrame and S35 recording formats, new 1.8x de-squeeze, and several monitoring improvements. As well as improves the performance of BURANO.

Leader Electronics of Europe has announced that Barnfind Technologies has invested in a third Phabrix Qx rasterizer for its test and QC processes. For electrical testing, the required set-up includes a signal generator for SDI signals up to 12G, as well as an analyzer designed to report eye patterns, amplitude and CRC error counts, as Leader has claimed in a statement.