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Sony FX9 Announced – Full-Frame, Fast Hybrid Autofocus, Dual ISO Camera

Sony just officially presented the new Sony FX9 camera, a new full frame, fast hybrid autofocus, Dual-base-ISO lowlight capable camera. Alongside a handful of respected industry colleagues and friends, I was lucky enough to be invited to a hands-on shooting with the camera in London recently. Watch our exclusive hands-on and footage from the FX9 here:   In London, I also shot an interview about the FX9 with one of their head developers on the camera, Sony Senior System Design Engineer Yasua Ueda-san, which you can see above. Sony FX9 – Based on the FS7’s Success Like for many other shooters who shoot a lot of “cinematic” looking documentary and corporate content, the Sony FS7 has been my main camera for the past 5 years. Actually, I bought a second one a few years after the first one, because there was so much demand on shoots. The FS7 has gone everywhere and at least here in Europe, it’s by far the most widely used Super35mm cinema camera. Sony once claimed that it also is the most sold Super35 camera of all time.  Continued success for the Sony FS7 over the years. Source: Sony Presentation   There was only a small update to the FS7 Mark II, which really only brought the upgrade to the variable ND filter. Other than that, Sony enjoyed the success of the FS7 for 5 full years. So it really was time for something new. The Sony FX9 really builds on the FS7’s success. You could...

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Published By: CineD - Friday, 13 September, 2019

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