@Heffe In a brand new original FS5 yes, but people buy them used nowadays, and many of those already have the paid upgrade installed for not much more than one without it.
I just switched from DSLR body to video camera for my RU-vid production. I'm still learning the new language of video. So far, I'm really happy I made the switch. Seriously, that's what video cameras were made for, right?! I picked up a sony nex vg20 with the 18-200 for a song and after using it for a while traded my Olympus body and lenses for the Sony 200-600. That is an amazing 2 lens combo for everything from talking head to wildlife! I wish it had all the functions at your fingertips like the FS5 but it will do for now. The FS5 is in contention for eventual upgrade (oooh, ahhh... built-in ND filters!! ;-) but as a one-man band, I need good auto focus. Good reviews like yours are helping me up my game. Thanks!
I bought mine last year, very pleased with that decision. My first time upgrading from the fixed lens eng cams I’ve been using up till now to a cinema camera. When the FX6 goes down in price, it’ll be an easy upgrade.
@@mediaboltproductions3644 For sure! I think that's the beauty of choosing the right camera. Being able to look pass the downsides. Btw...have you guys been shooting with a monitor or with a monitor? I've been looking at some options. Thanks!
I wish the image in this video wasn't so dark. It is tough to see a black camera in a dark environment. I would rather see the camera than the host or his computer screen. Also wiggling the camera around is not very helpful if one wants to see some of the details of the camera.
I used to own the FS700 and FS5. With my FS5, I found that camera to be sooooo soft in 4k. It didn't matter what lens I used and it looked the same even in raw. On side-by-side tests with my FS700, the 700 CLEARLY resolved considerably finer detail. The only thing I could think was that the FS5 was built with a very heavy optical low pass filter over it's sensor and that was something the FS700 didn't have. So, after 3 weeks of non-stop testing. I returned my FS5 and just kept using my FS700. I have since moved on to the FX6 which is light years ahead of both of them. I dunno,...with the FS5?....I'm sure it's perfectly fine for many but it just didn't work for me. Not at all.
I can also second the lack of optical resolution at "4K". I don't consider it a 4k camera to be honest because it barely resolves HD. On spec, you can't be surprised, though. To get a proper amount of photosites for 4k on a bayer sensor (R,G,G,B) you need at least 33.16mp. Hell, even if you only have one photosite per channel (R,G,B) that effectively makes the sensor capable of a little over 2mp, which is HD at 16:9. This is why there are cameras producing hd files that seem to have more optical resolution than this camera. That's with no room for error, no super sampling, no chroma sub-sampling. It's effectively having to upscale to give the appearance of a 4K image in /dimension/ but has a fraction of the actual optical resolution. The FS700 is a machine simply because Sony didn't cut corners on the sensor, especially when recorded externally.
@@_burd Sorry, but we used an FS5 as a B camera with Sony F55 and Venice with no issues with sharpness. B Camera pickups were VERY sharp, so it sounds like someone doesn't know what they're doing or using weak lenses. FS5's have been used, often as B cameras for feature films. Never heard a peep about soft images.
I’m writing these comments and take this as I am a complete noob with video. I do have a Sony a7riv and a a9 that I do with photography. Now I am a professional photographer but not a videographer. I do have the Atomos ninja V did I use on my cameras to record the EVF and I do use the cameras for a little bit of B roll for some of my advertisements I do on my iPad Pro M1 using LumaFusion. But still mind you I am new to this and my questions might sound silly. I am looking for a video camera or cinema camera that shoot 4K 60p. And I am under the impression that the FS5 does it but you have to pay for the license? Is that correct? Now I have the money to buy an FS5or an FS5 mkii second hand. I see some secondhand FS five come with downloaded licenses for raw upgrade. And was under the impression the mark two comes with all these licenses for a RAW upgrade. Now I don’t even know if I want to shoot raw. I’m not in the color grading or nothing I just am getting into it but if I’m gonna pay this much money for a Camera I rather get the most out of it when I get better doing video editing. I also have a video editing PC that I just used for photography editing but it’s highly capable of editing videos. Now my Sony a7riv shoots 4K 30p but do you think I should just stick to what I have or pull the trigger and get myself Cinema camera. I love the idea of the built in Nd filters. I don’t plan on doing nothing professional with it until I learned but as you can see I’m all over the board with my questions lol. Thanks for your time and also with the raw upgrade license does it allow you to do more than just burst shots with it? And will my atomos ninja five work well with this camera
So I just got two Sony FS5 for a bargain and I'm putting the images side to side with my Sony a7s II images and I feel like I am doing something extremely wrong because the image of the Sony FS5 looks so much better them the A7s II?... Also, when I use my Atomos ninja V, which has my A7s II Luts and hookup the FS5 with A7s luts on, the luts are extremely dull as if I can still crank the colors and contrast way beyond the levels of the A7S image. What am I seeing here, FS5 is actually putting out more color and dynamic range than the A7s?... Help anyone.
Hi! I have an Fs5 Mark 1. Do you know where I can find the raw license to buy nowadays? It's unavailable in Brazil (my country), but I'm also trying to buy it in US and it seems to be discontinued as well. Please, please help me.
Your decision should also be based on if you are streaming or not. Black Magic's closed in-house infrastructure is an impressive ecosystem, but does not adopt other systems, ie: NDI and Dante which require additional hardware and/or licensing. This is similar to Apple having a closed ecosystem vs. Windows or Android. It is very cool to be able to simply control your devices from an ATEM if you are using it for live production.
