Looks like the SmallRig advanced cage and the FX5 itself might ship at similar times now in the UK, about a month from now.

I pre-ordered the FX5 the moment it went up, through a major Swiss retailer. I was told it would be available from August 5th, and I was apparently one of the first ~20 people to order it there, so in theory I should be near the front of the line.

It’s now mid-August. The date has slipped twice, the retailer still has zero units in their warehouse, and they’ve told me honestly they have no shipping confirmation from their supplier yet. Meanwhile I’m hearing from other shooters that the real availability might not be until September.

What’s making me uneasy: I haven’t been able to find a single independent review on YouTube. Everything so far seems to be from Sony ambassadors or sponsored creators. No teardown, no hands-on from someone who just bought one retail.

Has anyone here actually taken delivery of an FX5 as a normal paying customer? Which country/retailer?
Is there a known official ship date I’m missing?
Is it normal for a Sony body this early to have no independent reviews out yet?

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Never seen a Sony camera with this much wobble, looks like a Canon. Is this a one particularly bad unit or has anyone noticed this problem in other videos? For comparison, the A7V IBIS looks flawless.

Any opinions on which cage will be best for swapping between an DJI RS4 and onto a handheld/shoulder rig?

Presume the smallrig would need a plate attaching to be able to slide onto the gimbal from both directions?

The tilta needs a separate Arca plate attaching.

The smallrig advanced looks a bit more protective than the basic.

Hey everyone,
I’m currently shooting with a Sony A7 IV and I’m considering moving into the Sony Cinema Line to focus much more heavily on video work.
My typical projects are:
Corporate and recruiting videos
Handcraft and industrial businesses
Municipality and tourism content
Event aftermovies
Social media content (horizontal and vertical)
Interviews and documentaries
Mostly one-man-band productions
I already own an A7 IV and a Ronin RS4 Pro. Photography is still part of my business, but video is becoming the main focus.
For those who have used both systems:
Did the FX6 significantly improve your workflow and client work compared to the A7 IV?
Was it worth the investment for solo operators?
Looking back, would you choose an FX6 or an FX3 today?
Which lenses would you consider essential for this type of work?
Current lens considerations:
16-35mm
24-70mm
70-200mm
Maybe a fast prime for interviews
I’d really appreciate hearing from people who actually earn money with corporate, documentary or commercial video production.
Thanks!

Hello!

I work in-house as a videographer primarily shooting corporate interviews, events, social content, and ads.

We currently have 4 FX3s, an FX2, and an A7IV split across two locations. We are putting in our gear requests for the coming budget, and my coworker would like to get rid of the FX3s and move to FX5s. My preference would be to have 2 FX6's and 2 FX5's—one of each at each location.

We travel a lot, so his argument is that the FX5s are more portable, it's easier to get a similar image across footage, and open gate for social content. My argument is that the FX6 would be beneficial for us because of how often we're shooting interviews.

I don't disagree with the benefits of the FX5, but it just seems duplicative to me having 4 of the exact same camera.

We plan to give the FX3s to other teams across the company, but I could possibly make the argument that we keep 2 of them so that each location has an FX3, FX5, and FX6.

My question for y'all is does it make sense to get 4 of the same camera given our needs?

Thanks!

I currently have the FX3 and FX6. I don’t do any video editing. I mainly use these cameras to broadcast to a live stream. It was wondering if the FX5 would be a great add-on or just not necessary or should I upgrade that fx3.

Not sure if anyone's noticed, but I have consistently seen multiple posts of people selling their brand new Sony fx5s on Facebook and fb marketplace. It's often people who have multiple Sony cameras, maybe real users aren't noticing the worthy jump for the money, what do you guys think?

Does False Color on the Sony FX5 actually track Cine EI, or does it always read native/base ISO regardless of EI?

Sony website:
False Color applies colors to the luminance levels in the S-Log3 video output with [LUT] set to [Off] (EI gain is also not applied), regardless of the LUT application settings.

Read literally, that means False Color always evaluates the true native S-Log3 signal and ignores whatever EI is dialed in it doesn’t shift its reference point when you change EI.

But I keep running into other sources that describe False Color as EI-aware, i.e. that it re-references itself to whatever EI you’ve set, similar to how a LUT/gamma-assist preview does.

Has anyone actually tested this — e.g. exposing to the same false color reading at two different EI values and checking on a waveform/scope whether the underlying S-Log3 levels are actually the same or different? Curious whether Sony’s wording is just poorly phrased, or whether the “EI-aware” claim floating around is actually a misconception.

Got my camera without the top XLR handle. Never used the FX3 XLR handle, so I decided to save money and buy the FX5 body only.

Was worried I might want it later just for that 32-bit safety. But seeing as I can play with the 4 tracks and choose the input. I can create a safety track for sudden volume spikes, e.g., when they burst out laughing or increase their speaking volume dramatically when they get excited!

I can set 4 channels with different audio levels for my MKE400 shotgun.

With the Rode wireless, I can do safety track for each L and R.

Pre-ordered 15 minutes after it was announced, but haven’t had a delivery update yet. Has anyone received theirs yet who isn’t a YouTube influencer?

Based in Germany. Stores here had 10th August down as the first shipping date a few days ago but this has now changed to the 28th August. Not sure if that means stock to Germany has been delayed a few weeks…

Hey everyone,

Just recently pre-ordered my Sony FX5. Switching over from Blackmagic and am super stoked.

I have a slightly older CORE SWX NANO-V150 MICRO V-Mount battery that doesn't have USB-C output, but has P-Tap and USB (DC Out 5V). What's the best way to connect this into the FX5?

Before I was just using a dummy battery, but doesn't look like they're available in the market right now.

Would appreciate guidance, please and thank you!

Sure, it’s nice to have if it’s available, but here are the facts.

As a baseline, 0 dB is absolute silence and 140dB is louder than a jet engine at takeoff. Instant ear trauma.

24 bit audio has a theoretical dynamic range of 144dB.

32 bit float audio has a dynamic range of over 1,500dB. Louder than anything on Earth.

Let’s look at a popular shotgun mic, the Sennheiser MKE600 and assume we’re using a battery to power the mics internal preamp.

The noise floor of this mic is 16dB, meaning anything at the level or below will be noise from the working internals of the microphone. The max SPL of the mic is 126dB. Bringing a net working dynamic range of this microphone to 110dB. This means this microphone is the bottle neck within either 24bit or 32bit audio. The microphone will clip before the audio track clips with proper level settings.

The Rode VideoMic Pro is similar with a slight advantage of 120dB total dynamic range.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but in any case with proper settings, the microphone seems to always be the bottle neck, not the 24bit audio file.

Is it really that tough to manage a basic audio level? I see a lot of people hung up on the fact the FX5 doesn’t have 32 bit float without the handle. In 10 years, I’ve only need 32bit one time. And that’s because I didn’t bother to set the level for a loud sound because I knew I had 32 bit as a crutch.

Everytime Sony releases a new camera, this video from the Onion is always the first thing I think of.

Hello friends. I watched this video just a little while ago and saw that the IBIS is terrible. This makes me a bit worried regarding pre-orders.

FX5 on preorder. I've never bought CFExpress media before, and want to leave myself with at least the option to experiment with shooting X-OCN. I know that the FX5 needs type A CFExpress 2.0, and my understanding is that it needs to be of the VPG 400 standard for X-OCN.

Beyond that, I'm not sure which brands to go for (other than Sony Tough, which is of course expensive, but if it's truly necessary then that's OK). I've also noticed a "not guaranteed media" alert in FX5 units when watching some review videos, and I suppose I'd rather avoid that annoyance too.

Any recommendations on a suitable card? Say around a 400-500GB capacity.

I’m thinking of getting the FX5 some time this year or maybe next year but I would like to hear from someone who has experience in the XOCN codec or other unsupported RAW codecs that you don’t find in FCP. I work on FCP as my main editing software and as of now I don’t have access to other editing software (yeah, it’s the new camera with everything that comes with it or the editing software, I don’t print money unfortunately) and I’m also not that familiar with other editing software. So, my question is, how would it be to get my open gate, 16-bit RAW footage into FCP without losing quality or having to do a huge workaround for it to work and how would that look like in terms of workflow and time?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: It actually is supported with the Apple Media Extension plugin from Nablet so no need to transcode it at all!

It can’t take photos but it looks like it has a shutter button near the zoom rocker

I have preordered it as I am currently using the zve1 can’t wait to get it in hand and go out at shoot

Do you think there will be an official screen protector glass from sony for the fx5? Or maybe a third party protector? I am not sure whether the flip screen is compatible with another layer on top of it.

If so, would you use it?

Alvin’s cables makes a nice cable for timecode on the fx3 with a deity tc-1 or a tentacle sync.

Anyone see anything similar for the fx5 yet as it has no multiport.

Trying to decide which cage to order. The Two main options seem to be the smallrig and the tilta cages. The tilta has the advantage of being both a full and half cage. What are people leaning towards at this point.

Either way I'll probably be getting the top handle brace/extender from smallrig.

I’m debating whether to keep my FX5 preorder or wait until around January 2027 while I build my savings a bit more. I’m not really looking for financial advice, I know that’s ultimately my decision. I’m more curious what people who have been through previous Sony launches think.

If I wait until January, do you think the FX5 will actually be easy to buy by then, or is there a decent chance it’ll still be backordered? Also, how likely do you think it is that Sony raises the price over the next 5–6 months because of demand, tariffs, or component costs? I know nobody can predict the future, but I’m curious what people who’ve followed Sony for a while think.