A time It looked like Sony’s high-quality digital cameras were colliding with its mirrorless Alpha cameras as these photos became more capable of capturing videos. Today the inevitable has been confirmed: Sony has officially unveiled its FX3 with features from both the company’s digital cinematography and Alpha lines, giving creators a more affordable way to capture Hollywoodcaliber content.
An image of FX3 has been out for a few weeks it has now led to speculation that Sony’s compact cinema tool could capture videos at 8K resolutions, but the Exmor R’s backlit CMOS sensor the camera uses is limited to resolutions up to 4K or 16: 9 QFHD at up to 120 frames per second. Although even with a cooling fan and a ventilation design that encourages natural heat dissipation, FX3 can record uninterrupted only at 4K, 60P. Shooting with a higher frame rate is limited so that the camera does not overheat. Skipping 8K is a choice made by Sony to keep the FX3 price low or to make sure it doesn’t compete with the company’s price digital cinema cameras-or both.
When you’re shooting a video, the ISO settings of the FX3 can be pushed to an impressive 409,600, which could be useful the next time you film on the dark side of the moon and don’t see the sun. Tthe camera’s 627-point autofocus system includes features such as AF transition speed, which ensures that automatic focus changes go smoothly so that they are not discordant to the public, and Touch Tracking, which Enable operators simply touch an object on the FX3’s folding touch screen to tell the camera what it should keep focused on in the frame, even if the subject is moving.
With battery and memory cards installed (both CFexpress type A and SDXC cards are supported), The FX3 weighs just 1.58 pounds and includes a mounted hot handle, facilitating the maintenance, operation and handling of the camera at low angles. Keeping a light camera steady during portable shooting is a real challenge, so the FX3 uses five-axis body image stabilization for smooth video, even while shooting with a lens without any stabilization of its own. Applied stabilization is also captured as metadata during filming, allowing it to be modified during post-production.
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Most filmmakers will want to keep the optional grip because not only does it offer quick access to multiple controls, including ISO, iris, white balance and zoom, it also has 15 custom buttons that can be programmed as shortcuts to 140 different functions normally buried in a software menu. The handle also has support for a microphone, a pair of balanced XLR / TRS audio inputs, and a 3.5mm two-channel stereo jack, while the camera can capture 24-bit sound on four channels when multiple microphones are attached.
The FX3 will be officially available starting in March, priced at about $ 3,900. This is not a pocket change, but it is also $ 2,600 cheaper than the new one. $ 6,500 Sony Alpha 1, which many people will consider as their next video shooter. However, it is $ 1,400 more expensive than the recently announced $ 2,500 Blackmagic Design BMPCC 6K Pro, which offers 6K shooting and a rear HDR display, although high-speed recording at 120 fps is limited to 2K. But for video creators who already have a bag full of Sony E-mount lenses or who already have a workflow involving Sony digital cameras, the FX3 sounds like an easy choice.