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Yes, but negativity also likely cuts off the supply of pre-release review cameras from Sony (and possibly others who are afraid of a similar negative review). Sony doesn't need Cam, but Cam needs Sony and other vendors to send him free cameras to review so he can get in on the launch day view spikes instead of publishing a review a few months later with the rest of the schlubs who have to buy their gear.

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I don't know about that. Negativity is a whole industry that certainly draws in the views. Maybe not cammacky's style, I'm not familiar with him (I think I at least know who he is?), but a video critiquing every little thing about a product would definitely generate views. Gerald got a whole lot of buzz and an entire separate video's worth of views by saying rolling shutter was bad. There are plenty of channels that revolve entirely around saying how bad everything is.

To virtue signal that he isn’t a gear pimping shill, he’s declining to review a camera that he doesn’t rate ? Surely the best way of doing that would be to do a review and actually state that he doesn’t rate it IN THE FUCKING REVIEW. You know, like someone who actually reviews gear rather than just blindly promotes it would do. Another twat in a hat.

I'm sure if someone made twice the camera for the same price as the S1II, he'd be all over it! I take it more to mean that he's content focusing on what he has instead of what he doesn't have, which I can respect.

Yeah, I'm just saying it's shape heavily favors photography, while the marketing and naming imply mostly video (and yes I think the same of the FX3 and 30). Sony's product page doesn't mention photos until near the bottom, and even then, it highlights that you can shoot photos in s-log3 to match your videos. Not that it matters. Like saying Blackmagic Pocket cameras don't fit in pockets. It seems like a great product.

Ahead of AI? Good luck!

Quick phone the police, somebody has stolen nona's broomstick !!

I also don't buy this argument that if someone released a camera twice as good as what we have, we still don't need it! If thats the case, then what the hell are you doing in this competitive environment? When every teenager has a camera in his pocket capable of shooting 4k log video, you need better gears to up your game. Gear is not everything, obviously, but you're in a competition and you need to grab everything you can to be always one step ahead of the crowd, and soon ahead of the AI.

It's a damn shame! Thank goodness I bit the bullet and got the Fujifilm XM-5 (by sheer luck from a camera shop in the States, since it's going through backorders like crazy) before all the shenanigans start. I shutter to think what the future will hold.

Wow. You know a release is really ho-hum when one of the YouTube camera reviewers doesn't like it - especially one who never met a camera that he didn't like enough to film a video that looks... basically like all of his other videos. Sony really missed the mark when they didn't send it to him with a bespoke leather case with a bird on it.

The thing with Fuji is they don't want their fixed lens cameras to be TOO successful as it means lower lens sales. The X100 popularity from around the V model onwards, caught them off guard. So they didn't make very many on purpose, which further inflated prices, and they want everyone to be buying XF and GF mount lenses instead. That's why the X-Half lens is such a pathetic piece of shit. And why it doesn't have a RAW mode. It's meant to be a toy.

One of the reasons I don't blog as frequently or review stuff any more is that I have literally zero interest in spending $3k on a new camera every few months, and there's this strange urge by camera companies to inflate prices at the same time as going backwards in specs from the Sony a1 which is now nearly 4 years old. I fear it will be the same with the FX2, where I pick one up to try it once and then feel absolutely zero creative need for it. Same with the new Panasonics too. And at the same time, my interest in plain old photography is probably stronger than in video now, and what the Xiaomi 14 Ultra was able to do on that side had me thinking that even enthusiast level cameras for photography are on the way out. When are we going to see some real innovation from Japan?

I believe that is its primary purpose? For the solo hybrid ‘creator’. Pretty sure it would be a better ‘cinema’ camera. The guts of the S1ii in the FX3 body…but then I thought that was what the recent Lumix launch was going to be…but wasn’t. Personally, I’m going to pick around fewer bodies based on available and suitable lenses over video spec. I’d rather have both and as above, maybe that rumored Nikon might just have it all. Or be the closest so far…

Nope. About as relevant to me as rolling shutter! I’m a locked off kind of guy and I do not pan, tilt, or practice the wobbling jelly approach AKA ‘The Handheld Look’. My super lightweight freestanding monopod is one of the best and essential pieces of kit I own. If only I had not left it at a chateau 750km away a couple of weeks back 🙈 Fortunately I am back there in a few weeks and it’s slightly older, bigger and heavier sibling is pulling mono duty until then!

I don't hate it. I'm not sure how I feel about the EVF. Can it be locked? I feel like it will move when I press it against my face. I refuse to call it a cinema or video camera though. This form factor sucks for video. But as a primarily photo hybrid, yeah, it looks like a decent value. I'd rather pay extra for an S1II, to be honest, if I was going to buy a brand new camera.

Love the tilting EVF, everything else is pretty meh. The EVF is something the FX3/30 should have had from the beginning, not just ergonomically but simply as a value calculation- the FX3 always seemed priced way too high against the A7Siii considering it lost the EVF. It gained a fan, sure, but I don't think a fan out-costs an EVF by $500. And I bet they've sold nearly as many FX3s as A7Siiis, more probably if you include the FX30. So the high cost wasn't an economy-of-scale thing. Just Sony being greedy. Now the FX2 has the EVF again, so $2700 seems much more appropriate vs. the A7iv, considering the tariff thing. I hope they keep the EVF on this body style moving forward. Chin down, eye in EVF, right hand on grip, left hand cradling lens/bottom of body, elbows in against the torso is just such an efficient, stable shooting position. Basically the small-camera equivalent of shoulder-mounting a big camera. C100/200, FS5 are perfect examples of this. This body with a better sensor would be a big hit, hopefully that's what the FX3 replacement is.

What about focus breathing compensation? I've heard only a few high-end new lenses do that. Is it not an issue for you?

Are you talking about internet reviewers? Because here, it seems like the reception has been pretty similar to those other cameras - extremely lukewarm feelings for an extremely lukewarm product. (And RS is really a spectrum - 32ms RS is pretty bad and you will see it in a lot of footage, RS under 20ms is fine unless you're whipping the camera around, 20-32ms depends more on what you're doing - 27-28ms for this camera is definitely more on the "you will notice it" side) The R5 and R5c are great values. Other than someone having a pile of Sony lenses and a big investment in that ecosystem, I don't personally see any real reason that somebody would choose an FX2 over a used R5c or Z8. Even less in the latter case since I'm told the Nikon Z to Sony FE adapter is quite good. Really, I'm not even totally certain why somebody would buy the FX2 over a Z6 III, unless "has a flippy EVF" is their main criteria for buying a camera. 😉

Funny when it comes to Sony it seems a lot more forgiving spec wise. Suddenly rolling shutter is not an issue while on S1RII it was blast to oblivion 4k60k crop = not an issue anymore? Really? I have super sampled 4k60p FF from R8 years ago which blast this 4k60p crop from other manufacturers anytime of the day as you get noise and DR penalty vs non crop 4k25p full sensor readout. At least Panasonic was trying to squeeze more juice by having cinemascope 4k60p from the same sensor, but Sony still have no Opengate with this release. It could have but choose not to cause they know people will give it a pass because it is Sony. 4k120p should be mandatory in year 2025 now at this price point, not giving another 4k60p crop. Well this release does make the R5c I bought used feel a lot more value, got it for few hundred less than this FX2 and totally kill it spec wise. (Plannig to shoot VR content which Canon is the only way for interchangeable lens system. The only good news is at least the new price is alot lower than rumored so much more accessible, but Z6III feel so much better for cheaper.. wait that what people said about S1II release as well. (same sensor but $1000 less)

Sony seems to have better pricing strategy, but I'd say the S1II is still worth a premium over the FX2.

Oh and another Sony con and that is fit a higher res rear LCD would ya, ya cheapskates!

That is about where I am at with this one… I am looking to almost certainly go fully Sony or Nikon for bodies next year for one single overriding factor and that is lenses. Less bodies and less lenses than I currently have without sacrificing any of my needs and actually making my (working) life easier/better. My thought process so far was: A7RV stills plus ZV-E1 roaming video plus 2x FX30 static video. I can see a potential option here to run with a pair of FX2’s as hybrid units using one with a wider zoom and one with a longer zoom, plus the FX30’s, but will need to look at this further. It would reduce my lens needs down even further than anticipated… Currently 5 bodies + 9 lenses. First option with A7RV 4 bodies + 5 lenses. Second option 4 bodies + 4 lenses. Pros = less kit and zero lens swaps = 👍 I like the form factor. Cons = doesn’t have the 6k 30p open gate I currently use 😏 Not watched a single review yet but will get around to that and still waiting to see what Nikon do with this ‘ZR’ that might be more interesting…

Somehow all this camera does is make my A74 feel more valuable…