The camera is equipped with a newly developed fully stacked CMOS image sensor and further enhances sensitivity performance through 15+ stops of dynamic range, a Dual Gain Shooting mode, and three base ISO settings. For the first time in the Cinema Line FX series, it supports Open Gate shooting as well as in-camera recording in X-OCN, Sony’s proprietary RAW format. The camera is capable of shooting in 5K at up to 60 frames per second, in 4K up to 120 frames per second and in FHD up to 240 frames per second.

These features bring together the Cinema Line look and operability designed to meet the needs of production environments in a compact, highly portable body. This release will also include two new optional accessories: a detachable OLED viewfinder and an XLR Handle that enables recording in-camera at up to 96 kHz, 32-bit float. The camera system incorporates expertise that Sony has cultivated through the development of Cinema Line cameras, which have earned high praise from cinematographers and video creators around the world.

Claudio Miranda, ASC, cinematographer of films including “Top Gun: Maverick” and “F1® The Movie,” conducted a test shoot with FX5: “I felt that FX5 is a camera that combines high quality image expression and mobility in a compact body, enabling people to use it across a wide range of shooting environments.

Director Gareth Edwards (The Creator, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World: Rebirth) also had an opportunity to shoot with the new camera for a project that spanned across Cambodia, Thailand, and Nepal. “Guerrilla filmmaking just went to the next level, the FX5 is the run-and-gun cinema camera to beat.”