The FX30 will also be sold with Sony's combined handle and XLR mic adapter. Otherwise, Sony does its usual thing of capturing oversampled data without pixel binning for the highest image quality, in this case oversampling the sensor’s native 6K capture down to 4K. 4K 60p also comes with a crop, though it’s so small at 1.04x that you probably won’t notice. The headline video features include the FX30’s 4K 120p capability, though with a hefty 1.6x crop. This offers dual base ISO 800/2,500 in S-Log3 shooting mode, where Sony also claims 14+ stops of dynamic range, and in regular use you get an ISO range of 100-32,000. Inside the camera is a new sensor with a resolution that Sony quotes as 20.1MP, presumably reflecting the 16:9 video aspect ratio, but it also shoots 26MP stills in the taller 3:2 native ratio for APS-C sensors (or Super35 if we’re going to talk video). There are also five accessory mounting points on the camera body itself, so you won’t need a cage to rig this camera up, and while you can buy the FX30 body-only, it will also be sold with an combined carry handle and XLR mic adaptor – and this has a further three mounting points. There’s no EVF (and neither would we expect one on a cinema camera), but there is a vari-angle screen on the back. The FX30 has the same chunky grip and grey-black finish of Sony’s other cinema line cameras, which immediately sets it apart from Sony’s previous APS-C models. (Image credit: Rod Lawton) (opens in new tab) The 26/20MP back-illuminated sensor is new, and matched up with Sony's powerful BIONZ XR processor.

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