Sony's latest Super 35 digital camcorder, the NEX-FS700, brings super-slow-motion to the table, boasting recording speeds of up to 240fps in an eight-second burst at full 1080p HD resolution. (If you're willing to sacrifice vertical resolution, the FS700 will capture at up to a blistering 960fps.) The CMOS sensor under the hood boasts 4K resolution (4096×2160), but don't get too excited about that just yet. You'll need a firmware upgrade and "optional Sony 4K recorder" to actually get 4K images out of the camera via its 3G HD-SDI connectors at some unspecified future date.

The camera itself is slated to list for "less than $10,000," with no word on how much 4K recording might add to the price tag farther down the line.

In addition to HD SDI, the camera offers HDMI output at both 1080p/50 and 1080p/60, plus 60i, 24p. 25p. and 30p with embedded time code and audio. The 3G HD SDI connection adds 23.98p, 25p, and 29.97p to the possibilities along with selectable PsF output. 

One less-obvious way the FS700 improves on the FS100 is by including built-in two-, four- and six-stop ND filtering, which dramatically increases the usability of various lenses in different lighting situations out of the box. (The low-light capabilities of Sony's Exmor sensors can make it difficult to shoot bright exteriors, for instance, without filtering.)

Sony officials boasted of the lens options allowed by the proprietary E-mount used on the FS-series cameras and the F3, which enables full focus and iris control with EF lenses. "We are able to use more lenses than anyone else out there," said Juan Martinez, senior product manager at Sony Electronics' Professional Solutions of America group.

Martinez also pointed out that the FS700 is "not an F3 replacement," noting that it lacks, for instance, the PMW-F3's genlock and 3D-link capabilities.

For more details on the NEX-FS700U, see Sony's press release.

Also announced today by Sony is the sub-$2500 HXR-NX30U palm-size camcorder, which uses Sony's gyro-stabilized lens assembly to impressively reduce handheld camera shake. The unit also includes, interestingly, a built-in projector that throws an image of up to 100 inches from about 16 feet. The Exmor R CMOS is 1/2.88-inch (thus a little bigger than a traditional 1/3-inch sensor) and the fixed lens is a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens (26mm-260mm 35mm equivalent). The camera records 1080/60p, 1080/30p, 24p, 60i, and 720/60p to 96 GB of internal memory and also has a slot for SD and Memory Stick cards.

For more details on the HXR-NX30U, see Sony's press release.