Early adopters have put the Sony A6300 image quality and autofocus to the test – the results are incredible (see below). Could Sony have achieved something very special with their combination of 6K sensor readout and 425 phase detect points?
Browsing: sony
Sony have announced a huge step up in specs for their A6000 series with the latest model, the A6300. With a completely new sensor, the camera now does a 6K full pixel readout to produce ‘perfect’ oversampled 4K video. For $998 at B&H Photo & Video this is a superb bargain of a camera.
Comment on the forum Last week I had an insight into just how responsive Sony are becoming in rolling out support for their cameras. As users like myself and Paul Antico discovered soon after the FS5 was released the image had some issues. The very week I bought my camera Sony were in touch by email – I was then tasked to shoot some tests and send the XAVC footage to their…
Comment on the forum Sony Independent Certified Expert Alister Chapman is a freelance videographer and runs workshops on occasion for users of Sony’s pro video cameras. You can check out his response to the FS5 problems widely reported by users, on his blog here. Now read my post about why he’s wrong!
Today I gave my early FS5 feedback to Sony and they gave me some good news – another firmware update is in the pipeline. I am allowed to give you some of the confirmed new features, although the release timing and full details are yet to be fully decided. It is clear Sony is going to support the FS5 extremely well!
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/150618927[/vimeo] The Sony FS5 has had a largely warm welcome from the video community but there has been one thing bugging a lot of owners and potential buyers alike – the quality of the internal codec. Just how good or bad is it?
The Sony FS5 is a miniature version of the FS7 cinema camera and Sony’s competitor to the Canon C100 Mk II. It’s also one of the most capable slow-mo cameras, with a 10bit 4:2:2 internal codec at 240fps.
There seems to be some great optimisation under the hood of the new A7R II and A7S II firmware updates according to users on the EOSHD forum.