The industry's most popular cinema camera gets a huge upgrade — and the Sony FX5's open gate video isn't even the best bit about the FX3 successor
- New Sony FX5 is the successor to the FX3 compact cinema camera
- A raft of upgrades include a new sensor, processor, battery and open gate recording
- Pricing starts at £4,700 and availability is from August
The industry's most popular compact cinema camera, the Sony FX3 from 2021, just got a huge upgrade. And having shot multiple productions with this very camera, I can tell you now that its successor, the new FX5, is going to be a big hit.
Last year I drafted in a pro filmmaker who I've worked with on many shoots to share the 5 upgrades he most wanted to see in a FX3 mark II, a camera that we now know is actually called the FX5, and almost every one of his wishes has been granted — and there are other improvements too.
Sonyhas finally included open gate video recording for the first time,...
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