1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:05,300 - Today I have in front of me, another Sony camera. 2 00:00:05,620 --> 00:00:08,800 Man, I feel like they really are going for the world record here 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:14,690 because does it, has anyone ever released this many cameras in like a single 365 days a year? 4 00:00:14,690 --> 00:00:22,170 I seriously doubt it, but yet another camera the Sony FX3, which is the baby of their cinema lineup 5 00:00:22,650 --> 00:00:26,130 and let's check it out, see what it's like. This is gonna be the new trend. 6 00:00:26,130 --> 00:00:29,270 We actually use knives to open boxes on ShortCircuit 7 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:31,370 which is the way that it always should be. 8 00:00:32,620 --> 00:00:39,070 Okay, whoa. It's actually pretty heavy. Holy, I believe this is a lens 9 00:00:39,070 --> 00:00:41,853 so we'll take a look about the second, okay. 10 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:47,310 So this camera is the entry level in Sony cinema lineup. 11 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:52,010 So if you're just getting into video or are trying to operate from an older camera, 12 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:57,090 like an A7S II, this might be for you because it's essentially an A7S III 13 00:00:57,090 --> 00:01:01,910 which is an already excellent camera but redesigned with a couple physical tweaks 14 00:01:01,910 --> 00:01:06,533 to make it a little bit more video friendly. Okay, so we have the camera itself. 15 00:01:07,450 --> 00:01:12,153 Take a look at that in a second. We have a power cable. 16 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,693 The battery charger, okay. 17 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:24,240 A card reader, which I actually don't think comes with the camera, but Sony sent one 18 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,043 so that we could actually ingest footage off this camera. Thank you, Sony. 19 00:01:28,270 --> 00:01:33,853 We've got the same battery as the the A7S III. The, I think this was FZ100. 20 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:38,303 The type C cable, oops. 21 00:01:39,810 --> 00:01:42,460 A memory card, again, it doesn't come with the camera 22 00:01:43,410 --> 00:01:47,750 and the top handle and a shotgun mic. 23 00:01:47,750 --> 00:01:50,920 Now, this top handle, I'll talk about more in a second. 24 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,590 Unfortunately, the shotgun mic itself 25 00:01:54,590 --> 00:01:58,300 does not come with this camera, but they did send one so that we could test it, 26 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:02,680 but this is essentially the same shotgun mic that comes with the Sony K3M. 27 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,980 So if you're an owner, or you have ever used the Sony K3M, it's essentially the same thing 28 00:02:06,980 --> 00:02:10,690 and that's what the handle is as well. And the last thing we have in this box 29 00:02:10,690 --> 00:02:15,280 is Sony 24 to 105 F4 30 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,400 which is again, just a standard lens you'd use especially for testing on camera like this. 31 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,680 I've tested this lens many times and I like it a lot. Okay, let's take a look at the body itself 32 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:31,510 because that is the main thing that Sony has changed. This is mostly a physical upgrade or side grade 33 00:02:31,510 --> 00:02:37,620 depending on the way you look at it. You know what, like it feels slightly heavier 34 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:41,560 than the A7S III. They are slightly different. 35 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,360 The A7S III grip is a little bit more rounded, 36 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,610 whereas the FX3's grip is a little bit more pointy 37 00:02:48,610 --> 00:02:53,180 and triangular, and the A7S III horn towards 38 00:02:53,180 --> 00:02:58,480 more towards the back of the head, whereas I feel like the grip of the FX3's 39 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,970 a stronger grip on the front of the camera which I think I like better 40 00:03:03,940 --> 00:03:09,400 but I'm curious to why they would change that. I mean, I guess it's maybe because you would use this camera 41 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,760 without a cage a lot of the time because as you can see here, 42 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:19,970 it's got quarter 20 points all over the body. One on the left, one on the right, three on the top 43 00:03:19,970 --> 00:03:23,520 and the idea is you don't necessarily need to use a cage 44 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,430 for this camera, even though you could very easily but unlike the A7S III 45 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:32,490 which has no quarter 20 points on the body, you have to put a cage like this on it 46 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:36,800 which adds a significant amount of weight. But with both topics handle's installed 47 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,210 let's see how much each weighs. 48 00:03:40,210 --> 00:03:44,963 Okay, so the FX3 weighs 2.26 pounds 49 00:03:46,890 --> 00:03:51,890 and this A7S with a tripod plate of course, 50 00:03:51,950 --> 00:03:57,383 weighs 2.8 pounds and this actually has the audio module and this does not. 51 00:03:58,570 --> 00:04:05,060 So you are saving quite a bit of weight if you don't need the amount of quarter 20 points 52 00:04:05,060 --> 00:04:08,710 that you get from a cage set up like this. Let's look at the rest of the differences 53 00:04:08,710 --> 00:04:14,320 between these two cameras. So on the top of the cameras they've changed the layout of the buttons. 54 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,620 There's no dial like on the A7S III, you just have a larger record button, which I appreciate 55 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:25,440 and a button for iris white balance in ISO which you could set as custom buttons 56 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,590 on the A7S but you only have one custom button here 57 00:04:28,590 --> 00:04:32,510 and the dials on the top and the back. 58 00:04:32,510 --> 00:04:35,960 So I think that the labeled button approach here it's actually quite nice 59 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,680 and a even quicker way to access things from the top of the camera, 60 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,600 and then instead of power, they've added a zoom rocker here, 61 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:49,990 which I really like because you can map it to clear image zoom and just get that extra punch in 62 00:04:49,990 --> 00:04:53,620 really easily from the grip without having to let go of the camera at all. 63 00:04:53,620 --> 00:04:56,880 So you could zoom in on the longest end of your lens and if you need a little bit more range, 64 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:03,550 you can do the clear images zoom here, or it works with Sony's servo cine lenses like that 16 to 35 65 00:05:04,390 --> 00:05:07,590 that I checked out in the FX6 video a while back. 66 00:05:07,590 --> 00:05:11,870 So you can control full servo on a camera this small 67 00:05:11,870 --> 00:05:15,290 and the fact that they just put it in this little zoom rocker is pretty awesome. 68 00:05:15,290 --> 00:05:19,000 Now the body itself has this gray styling versus the black that they typically go with 69 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,970 for the A7S III which is the same as the FX3 and the FX9 and the VENICE, 70 00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:29,680 so they've just tried to make it look as close to those cameras as possible yet it's still in 71 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,810 a very very tiny form factor. For kicks, I'm just going to actually put the 24 to 78 72 00:05:34,810 --> 00:05:38,280 that we have here on this camera to see how they feel. 73 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,580 This lens is not light but the setup is so compact. 74 00:05:41,580 --> 00:05:46,740 Mount stuff here, you can mount two more things here. You can mount something here and to the right of the camera. 75 00:05:46,740 --> 00:05:50,010 If you're smart about your cable management and your accessory choices 76 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:53,340 you really don't need to Mount that much more. This is probably one of the most 77 00:05:53,340 --> 00:05:58,050 running gun cameras available. Now on to the rest of the changes. 78 00:05:58,050 --> 00:06:01,920 The, on the right of the camera the SD card slot is exactly the same. 79 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,040 So you have SD and Cf express type A 80 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:11,180 data rates are exactly the same since both cameras use the same processor and sensor. 81 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:13,373 On the left of the camera, the IO, whoa. 82 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:20,400 On the left of the camera, you have different IO doors so instead of the HDMI dropping down on the FX3, 83 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,740 the HDMI just flips up. It's a smaller door and it's a little bit more secure. 84 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:28,300 I actually almost forgot, they've added a fan so there's two new slots on the camera. 85 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,570 One on the left here, and then another one on the bottom. 86 00:06:31,570 --> 00:06:36,810 If you can see that right there. You get completely uninterrupted 60P recording 87 00:06:36,810 --> 00:06:43,020 which I've never really had an issue on our A7S III, but I haven't used it like for three hours at a time, 88 00:06:43,020 --> 00:06:49,200 but if you are the type of person who shoots 60 FPS for let's say six hours or more, 89 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,510 you could very easily get all of that time with no interruption or overheating issues on this camera 90 00:06:54,510 --> 00:07:00,150 and still have no real noise issues, but if the fan ever does become a noise issue for you, 91 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:05,300 you can turn it off in the settings. It's fairly quiet and the really cool thing about it 92 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:09,410 is it's still weather sealed. Oh, before I forget, one of the things that they changed 93 00:07:09,410 --> 00:07:14,010 about the top of the camera that I am not a hundred percent sure I like, 94 00:07:14,010 --> 00:07:18,540 is they've moved the date joystick control to right here 95 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:24,610 on the right corner of the camera which some people might like shooting from the hip. 96 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:29,530 You can control the menus fairly easily without changing 97 00:07:29,530 --> 00:07:33,760 and looking like this way or going like there's no EVF now. So, or looking through that, 98 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,690 but when you're using the LCD on the back 99 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:41,890 having the joystick on the top is actually kind of annoying. 100 00:07:41,890 --> 00:07:45,980 Some people might like that change. I personally, I'm not sure I like it 101 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:50,380 but they are trying something with it. On the bottom of the FX3, 102 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:57,560 even though it's a cinema line camera, I am disappointed to not see a second quarter 20 103 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:02,610 or three eights mount on the bottom because Sony, if people put a tripod plate 104 00:08:02,610 --> 00:08:06,060 on the bottom of his camera it will likely twist 105 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:09,940 because there isn't a second mounting point. Not something that any person 106 00:08:09,940 --> 00:08:14,350 who uses a camera for any period of time will like, because that will be one of those annoying fixes 107 00:08:14,350 --> 00:08:19,090 that you have to do mid shoot and then let's move on to the back of the camera. 108 00:08:19,090 --> 00:08:21,800 On the A7S III, you see that it's ISO 109 00:08:22,890 --> 00:08:27,020 the self-timer continuous shooting or display by default 110 00:08:27,020 --> 00:08:32,250 and then they've actually made video settings the priority here. So on the control wheel, you've got display, 111 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:37,290 peaking, shutter and zebras, which is just, again, more for video people. 112 00:08:37,290 --> 00:08:41,280 All those features would be very quick to access 113 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,550 right out of the box with this camera. Whereas you have to configure the control wheel 114 00:08:45,550 --> 00:08:50,840 in the A7S III to be different. Next two buttons, we have the FN for all the quick settings in the menu. 115 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:56,600 You can just change your slow motion really fast or change your picture profile or your zebra rating. 116 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,290 You've got focus magnification. So really quick punch in which you can do while rolling. 117 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:05,490 I'm surprised more cameras still can't do that. Like RED, can you guys do that, 118 00:09:05,490 --> 00:09:10,650 punch in while recording, people do long interviews. The play and then you have another macro 119 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:13,740 that you can set to something else. On the top left of this camera 120 00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:19,260 they've actually changed the power button. So now it's a slider, which is more similar to the FX6 121 00:09:19,260 --> 00:09:22,490 which I think I prefer because it feels more solid overall. 122 00:09:22,490 --> 00:09:28,810 On the rear of the camera, there is also a tally a large tally light at the top of this LCD here 123 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:33,360 and then you get this mode dial, which is in replacement of the mode dial 124 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,830 that's on the top of the A7S III which I prefer this button a lot more 125 00:09:37,830 --> 00:09:41,400 because as soon as you click it, you can just touch screen away 126 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,780 and you can, or you can just cycle this and you get the mode that you want a lot faster, 127 00:09:45,780 --> 00:09:51,060 instead of having to look at the top of the camera, press this down and especially since we're using a cage 128 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:55,320 on our A7S III, it's actually sort of annoying to press this down. 129 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,860 And the last little change on the front here is you have a record button 130 00:09:58,860 --> 00:10:02,180 on the front of the body and it's also a sixth custom key 131 00:10:02,180 --> 00:10:08,020 so you can set it to something else, and I think that's pretty much it on the physical side, 132 00:10:08,020 --> 00:10:12,510 but before we show you some footage, a word from our sponsor PIA. 133 00:10:12,510 --> 00:10:16,900 PIA is a VPN that allows you to access services and websites as if you were in a different country. 134 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,590 It encrypts all of your internet traffic and uses safe and protected IP, 135 00:10:20,590 --> 00:10:25,290 connect up to 10 devices at once. Clients for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux. 136 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:29,610 Buy a one year plan for 39.95 in the link in the video description. 137 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:34,060 So here's a couple of clips from videos that I used the FX3 to shoot this week 138 00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:38,480 and honestly, I was really impressed by the usability improvements 139 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:43,020 because when I was packing especially, I grabbed the camera, I grabbed a lens, 140 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:47,970 I grabbed my memory cards and batteries, this top handle and that's it. 141 00:10:47,970 --> 00:10:51,840 Even though they're very similar cameras and I like packing both of them 142 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:57,910 because they're both really easy to pack, I will say that the FX3 was easier out of the box, 143 00:10:57,910 --> 00:11:02,280 especially since we don't personally own a Sony K3M and so the fact that this top handle 144 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:10,220 is included with this camera is a huge plus. If you shoot stills with the A7S III, as well as video, 145 00:11:10,764 --> 00:11:13,890 the lack of the EVF might bother you, 146 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:18,690 but personally, I didn't really miss it. The fact that you also use a small LCD on this camera 147 00:11:18,690 --> 00:11:22,240 if you don't like using smallest LCDs and you want to use an external monitor, 148 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,600 then that makes the setup larger and you sort of don't get the benefits 149 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,680 of the fact that this is such a small form factor already. 150 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:34,140 Considering this is the entry level in the cinema line of Sony's cameras, 151 00:11:34,140 --> 00:11:39,420 I'm a little bit disappointed that they didn't figure out a way to include shutter angle 152 00:11:39,420 --> 00:11:44,740 because I was using the slow motion modes and this is a gripe I have with the A7S III as well 153 00:11:44,740 --> 00:11:48,410 that neither camera has shutter angle. For those of you who don't know the benefits 154 00:11:48,410 --> 00:11:54,560 of shutter angle, when you switch between a standard recording mode like 24 FPS or 30 FPS 155 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,220 and then you shoot at 60 FPS or 120 FPS, 156 00:11:58,220 --> 00:12:01,620 if you're using shutter angle you don't have to change your shutter at all. 157 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:05,530 You just don't touch it. Whereas if you're using shutter speed, every time you change your frame rate, 158 00:12:05,530 --> 00:12:09,850 you have to adjust the shutter speed to match almost every other camera we have in the office, 159 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:14,330 the REDs, the Blackmagic's have shutter angle and that could be the difference, 160 00:12:14,330 --> 00:12:19,830 especially if you're trying to capture something fast between getting your shot in slow motion properly 161 00:12:19,830 --> 00:12:22,950 or missing it. So Sony, I don't know if there's a way 162 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:29,240 for you guys to do it, in all of your future cameras even the mirrorless ones, please add shutter angle 163 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,520 because if you want this to be a cinema line camera 164 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,720 I think that's what would complete it. You might be asking who is this camera for? 165 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:42,370 If you bought the A7S III in July, 2020 166 00:12:42,370 --> 00:12:46,650 then it is unlikely that the FX3 is for you 167 00:12:46,650 --> 00:12:50,680 because you've probably figured out your setup or maybe you bought a Sony K3M 168 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:55,410 which would give you the audio features that this has built in in the box. 169 00:12:55,410 --> 00:12:58,680 But if you're still looking for a camera 170 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:03,930 you want something that is amazingly light and a body that is made for the cinema professional 171 00:13:03,930 --> 00:13:09,020 in terms of layout and buttons and things like the tally light, 172 00:13:09,020 --> 00:13:15,500 then this camera might be for you because out of the box it is more usable than the A7S III. 173 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:19,700 It is $400 more expensive but that is a pretty solid one value 174 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:24,640 because all you need to do is add a shotgun mic, memory, batteries and you're good to shoot. 175 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,230 So I don't think that many people who own an A7S III already 176 00:13:28,230 --> 00:13:34,293 are gonna go out and pick up this camera but as an entry level to Sony cinema lineup, 177 00:13:35,180 --> 00:13:38,640 honestly I think it's a welcome addition because when I was shooting with it this week, 178 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,400 I quite enjoyed it. It was an easy to use camera, pretty smooth. 179 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:47,050 A couple of gripes about things like the joystick but all in all a good addition. 180 00:13:47,050 --> 00:13:50,310 So thank you guys for watching. If you guys have any other cameras you want me to check out 181 00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:53,210 please leave the comments down below and please subscribe.