Sony FX2 Review by Philip Bloom « NEW CAMERA

Philip Bloom is one of my favorite filmmakers and content creators. I started watching videos when he published the GH5 review few years back. Today he published the Sony FX2 Camera review in his channel and I loved watching the whole video, here are the come important parts of the video and pros and cons according to Philip Bloom

Sony FX2 Review: Pros, Cons, and Performance

I have mostly talked about the things it isn’t rather than what it is. Mainly because we’ve seen this camera before as it is an A74 combined with an FX3 and with features from the newer cameras like the A12. But that’s mostly a good thing. But it’s just really the A74 parts with the rolling shutter and the 4K 50p 60p crop that lets it down for me because otherwise it really is a lovely camera and it’s easy to forget that with all the negativity we’ve seen about it. Sony cameras have the best video autofocus, the most customizable buttons and menus for easy operation. They’re just so easy to use. Everything you need to operate it is just there without the need to stop recording and delve into the menus. When I use my Canon R52, for example, it drives me nuts because it’s really maddening to use. There’s so little that I can customize for video and with continued frustrations with things like not being able to hot swap memory cards without stopping recording. I haven’t used the latest Nikon and Lumix cameras to compare, but they do look very good. I would really love to try them. The Lumix S12 especially looks like a huge leap forward for them with excellent autofocus and no crop in 4K 50p and 60p. Although there is a crop when you go higher and lots more video features than we have in Sony cameras currently. But the problem is I just can’t get my hands on them to test sadly which is actually the case for most cameras these days. I have tried.

Pros of Sony FX2:

• Has the best autofocus, including animal autofocus for video, effective for birds and cats.
• Best video autofocus used on any camera.
• Cheapest full-frame cinema line FX camera at £2,700.
• Microphone and headphone jacks are at the bottom of the left side, not behind doors.
• Two 1/4-20 holes for mounting tripod plates.
• Includes an EVF, which tilts for shooting in different positions.
• 33-megapixel sensor, better for photos than the FX3’s 12-megapixel sensor.
• Works like a true Alpha stills camera, with easy switching between video and stills modes.
• SNQ setting replaced with fixed and variable frame rate mode, selectable from the main menu or big six menu screen.
• Big six menu screen from Sony Venice for quick access to key settings (frame rate, ISO, shutter angle/speed, aperture, picture profile, white balance).
• Shot mark button can create a JPEG of a frame.
• Easy to use without needing to stop recording to access menus.

Cons of Sony FX2:

• Very controversial and unexpected release, not what people wanted.
• Uses the same sensor as the A74, with poor rolling shutter performance and 1.5x crop for 4K 50p/60p.
• 1/4-20 holes for accessories are awkwardly placed, requiring a cage for proper accessory mounting.
• EVF tilt gets in the way of accessories due to diopter placement; screen doesn’t tilt, only flips out, causing issues when shooting low.
• Vent near the EVF can emit an electrical smell when heated.
• LCD screen is the old flip-out, low-resolution panel, lagging behind competitors.
• No true 24p recording, unlike FX3 and FX30.
• Joystick placement is awkward, especially when using the EVF, and too flush for easy use.
• No XAVC-HS support for 25p and 30p recording.
• HDMI output in log modes is limited to 1080p; no clean 4K output in dedicated log modes.
• Histogram measures viewing LUT or camera assist, not log recording.
• Cleaner video display screen doesn’t indicate face priority autofocus mode.
• HDMI output set to camera display is windowed, not full screen, and turns off LCD/EVF, disabling touch tracking.
• Essentially a combination of A74 and FX3, with A74’s outdated sensor limitations.
• No 32-bit float audio as hyped before the announcement

Sony FX2 Future Upgrades and EVF Insights

I really hope that the EVF on the FX2 isn’t an aberration and future FX mirrorless style cameras like this have it as well, just a refined version of it. One that can tilt fully without getting way of accessories. So, yeah, diapter on the other side and maybe removable. The camera itself, it’s a very good camera. It’s not a great camera. It’s just it does feel like the life of it isn’t as long as it could have been had they put in a newer sensor because having a camera that crops for 4K 50 and 60 in 2025 for that amount of money just it just doesn’t feel right. But uh other than that it’s really nice and I’m going to miss it mostly. I’m going to miss the EVF.



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