Now that most of the recent full frame cameras have the capability to shoot ProRes RAW via external recording, we are able to get a glimpse how the untouched “raw” images compare to the signal processed internally recorded images. Hence, I was quite curious to see how the new Sony FX6 is set up and how it compares to its smaller brother, the Sony a7S III – after all, they seem to share the same sensor but the Sony FX6 belongs to the “Cinema Line”. Hence, signal processing may be different. Curious to hear the results? Then read on … If you haven’t read our Sony FX6 review, please have a look here. Our Sony a7S III lab test can be found here. As a quick reminder, the Sony a7S III was hampered in our lab test by the heavy noise reduction which led to ugly, large blotches of chroma noise. So will the Sony FX6 be different? Spoiler alert – yes! But one thing after the other. Lets have a look at rolling shutter results first. Quick side note: 12 bit 4K ProRes RAW files on a 4K timeline in Premiere Pro pose no problem whatsoever for our NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090 graphics card – they run buttery smooth with about 8% load using 5.8GB memory of the GPU. This card is on loan from NVIDIA – thank you! Sony FX6 – Rolling Shutter Using our 300Hz strobe light, it was easy to see that both the Sony a7S III...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 24 May, 2021