Sony FS5 II

A little over two years ago, the Sony FS5 II compact cinema camera was released. Both the original FS5 and the FS5 II have become common names found in wildlife filmmaking thanks to their relatively low price, portability, and slow motion recording options maintaining 10-bit 4:2:2. In this review I put the camera to work for a month of filming at the onset of the autumn season and share my thoughts on the experience. For a sampler of the Sony FS5 II’s footage, I created the short video “Autumn’s Awakening” which you can view below.

The Sony FS5 is a very compact cinema camera that is better handheld and on a gimbal than an FS7 How does the footage look? Our review.

Sony has announced the impending arrival of its latest professional Super 35mm camera, the FS5 II. Aesthetically, little has changed compared to its predecessor, but the features included with the FS5 II mean you won't have to shell out money for firmware updates like the FS5.

I dive in to see what matters most to us shooters. I look to see whether or not the new color science from the FS5 Mark 2 is more like Sony's flagship full-frame 6K cinema camera the VENICE. It could be... closer.