Sony’s “Cinema Line” has expanded with the addition of the newly announced Sony FX6 4K, full-frame camera which takes it’s place alongside the 6K, full-frame, FX9 and the 6K, full-frame, Venice CineAlta Camera.
While the FX6 is part of Sony’s “Cinema Line”, in reality, it’s more of a blend of Cinema and Alpha style cameras, sharing a lot of the a7S III capabilities, but housed in a larger “Cinema” style form factor better suited for video applications.
Features
It also features a base sensitivity of ISO 800 with an enhanced sensitivity setting of ISO 12,800 (expandable up to 409,600) for shooting in low and very low light conditions.
The Fast Hybrid AF combines 627-point focal plane phase-detection AF with advanced Face Detection and Real-Time Eye AF in high frame rates with continuous AF.
Sony says that the Fast Hybrid AF will work with over 50 native E-mount lenses.
The FX6 also features internal, electronic variable ND filters that can be set to auto or adjusted manually in stepless increments between 1/4 and 1/128 ND.
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Recording Options
Other recording modes include, XAVC Long GOP 4:2:0 8-bit QFHD 4K (3840 x 2160 – up to 120p) and 4:2:2 10-bit FullHD (1920×1080 – up to 240p) for those looking for easier to use files sizes.
Like the FX9, the FX6 features Sony’s advanced cinematic colour science, including S-Cinetone built-in producing more pleasing skin tones and losing the “coldness” that some people have complained about with past cameras.
S-Log3, S-Gamut3 and S-Gamut3.Cine are also available right out of the box providing even more colour grading options for post-processing.
The FX 6 uses two card slots compatible with SDXC V90 (UHS-II/UHS-1) or CFexpress Type A cards to capture XAVC-I QFHD 100/120fps and XAVC-I FHD 150/180/200/240fps footage internally.
However, like the a7S III, if you want to capture RAW footage, you’ll need to invest in an external monitor/recorder such as the Atomos Shogun 7 which can record 12-bit Apple ProRes RAW via the SDI output.
As mentioned above the FX6 features a 12G-SDI output that supports 16-bit RAW, HDMI output and timecode in/out, in addition to built-in Wi-Fi and four channel audio recording (via an XLR Interface, Multi-Interface Shoe and built-in Stereo Mic).
Key Features
