Part one of my fast filmmaking settings series for the Sony FX30: every menu, top to bottom, with the setting I use and why, so the camera is ready to shoot a wedding without you digging for anything.
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Nearly everything the FX3 does at close to half the price. The FX30 reviewed for weddings and documentaries: the fan, the dual card slots, Cine EI, the APS-C crop, the speed booster workaround and the low light trade-off.
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A hot take: the Sony 70-200 F4 is all you need for wedding ceremonies. Why the F4 aperture is not the problem you think it is, why the weight matters more, and how it stacks up against the f/2.8 GM II.
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Eight stops of IBIS, tested on the streets of New York at twilight with Taylor Jackson. What 8K and 4K active stabilization actually look like handheld, and whether you can leave the gimbal at home.
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The full ISO ladder from 800 to 32,000, shot at 1 a.m. in New York on a Zeiss 50mm at f/1.4. Where the noise starts, where I would stop, and why 61 megapixels sets the ceiling.
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The one menu setting that fixes overheating nine times out of ten, plus battery grips, dummy batteries, and a DIY hot shoe sunshade you can cut out of a pizza box.
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