Sony has launched the newest subordinate of its compact cinema camera bid successful the signifier of the FX5. In different timeline, the FX5 whitethorn person conscionable been an update to the Sony FX3 that launched successful 2021, but successful the existent marketplace it volition beryllium launching astatine a higher price, portion the FX3 continues to beryllium connected sale.
The FX5 launches with capable caller toys to marque the existent and imaginable FX3 buyers leap ship. It has a caller 16.6MP full-frame fully-stacked Exmor RS CMOS sensor on with a BIONZ XR2 processor with built-in AI processing. You tin grounds up to 5K 60fps and 4K 120fps video close now, and 5K 120fps and 4K 240fps aboriginal with a firmware upgrade.
The headlining diagnostic of the FX5 is unfastened gross recording, which allows you to usage the full width and tallness of the sensor for a 3:2 video. This lets you usage each disposable pixel real-estate of the sensor, and is particularly useful for vertical crops arsenic you tin usage each disposable vertical pixels.
The FX5 past goes a measurement up and besides throws successful 16-bit linear RAW recording, which tin beryllium done internally connected the camera without an outer recorder. This means you tin get the afloat 3:2 output of the sensor successful 5K 60fps close present (120fps later) successful RAW consecutive retired of the camera. The FX5 uses Sony's nonrecreational X-OCN format with LT, C1, and C2 codec variants successful antithetic compression ratios for much businesslike recording.
The FX5 is the archetypal Sony FX camera to get the company's Dual Gain Shooting function, which combines output from debased and precocious summation values for improved dynamic scope and debased noise. The camera besides has 3 basal ISOs of ISO 800, ISO 4000, and ISO 12800 for improved debased airy performance. The camera besides reportedly has 15+ stops of dynamic range.
Other features see AI-based quality airs estimation for autofocusing, Auto Tracing White Balance based connected disposable and IR sensor data, quality to disable in-camera sound reduction, de-squeeze relation for anamorphic lenses (disables autofocus), a bigger 3.5-inch 2.76 cardinal dot touchscreen with afloat articulation (compared to the FX3), built-in cooling fan, larger NP-SA100 battery, dual-USB ports for powerfulness and information on with wired LAN port, and a caller paper strategy borrowed from CineAlta cameras.
The FX5 does not see a built-in viewfinder, but Sony has announced a caller DVF-EL1 detachable viewfinder for it. There is besides a XLR-H2 handle.
The Sony FX5 is priced astatine $4900 body-only, and $5500 with the XLR-H2 handle. It volition spell connected merchantability mid-August.
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