Always been a sony mirrorless shooter. Bought the fx6, my first ever cinema camera. Was absolutely lost with all of the buttons and cinema cam lingo. Purchased Dougs course on the fx6 and was the best decision I made besides buying the camera. Learned how to operate the camera in a day. Can’t thank you enough.
This is excellent. I just got my FX-6 w weeks ago. Thank you for explaining the improvements on the new firmware and how they impact the user experience.
Your course is amazing. I literally watched all videos prior to receiving my camera and felt like I was able to hit the ground running when I received my camera.
Awesome work detailing the new additions to the FX6. In my opinion many of this features should already come with original firmware but didn’t , in any case is here now and definitely the fx6 is better now and stunning little cinema camera. Thanks you Mr Doug for taking the time and sharing with the community, it is way more interesting watch your video that scroll in the Sony literature release with this new firmware.
Am I wondering if the FX6 course contains English subtitles? Because I can't speak English and I would translate it with a translation program. The good thing about RU-vid is that it automatically translates to many languages, making it a great way to learn and understand information.
Hi Patrik, unfortunately the FX6 master class does not have subtitles. I wish I could do it but it just wouldn't me cost effective for me to do on my own. Thank you for asking.
Great video! I got your instructional video series and it's just plain outstanding. Any chance you plan on a "how to update" section in the upcoming video? Sony firmware updates can be a bit of a pain. I saw the FX9 had you use the SD card. I'm hoping they go for that with the FX6.
Thanks for the compliments, but I don't be doing a "how to install the firmware" video. There is too much of a risk that people will blame me for bricking their camera if they don't do it right. FYI, the firmware will need to be installed via USB connection to a computer, not by memory card.
That's not a firmware issue, it is how the camera was designed. There's no reason to be upset about it, you either accept it or buy a different camera. Simple as that.
Thank you so much for this video !!! I was on the fence of buying this camera for shooting Wildlife video up to this point I was using the A1 ands R3 to capture all my wildlife video. Your video talking about Picture cache gave me the push i needed and I picked one up yesterday !!! Can I ask which loupe\viewfinder you recommend for shooting wildlife ? Btw thank you for costing me money !!! lol 😂 Subscribed !!! Great channel !!
Thank you for your comments. It is always great to hear when my videos have made a difference for someone else. Sorry about costing you money, but it is money well-spent!
Hi Doug, it's good to hear from you. I haven't kept up with changes to the FX9 so I can't say whether it will get breathing compensation or not. Maybe I'll find out at NAB next month.
im curious about the FTP increasing speeds. Does that also provides a better video quality when live monitoring from a tablet? The video quality of the FX6 was horrible for live monitoring and I was very disappointed I couldn't give a tablet for a client on set and needed to use teradeks
As far as I know right now, the subject tracking can only be started by tapping the LCD. But I'm still discovering new things about the update and I'm only working from a beta version right now with no documentation from Sony so I don't want to say definitively one way or the other. I''ll cover it in Chapter 27.
I l like your channel and the way you explain and comment on things. Very professional and thorough. But looks like Sony didn’t fix one very important thing and that is auto focus at 24 frames per second. Anybody who is shooting a movie would want this capability
Auto-Focus works perfectly at 23.98p. I've never tested it at 24p, so I can't say whether it works or not. The reason I haven't tested it is because I don't know anyone who actually shoots 24p, which is really intended for direct transfer to film. 23.98p is the mainstream Frequency for people, including myself, who want the 24p film "look". And as I said, all AF functionality works great at 23.98p.
@@DougJensenVortexMedia I'm glad you told me. I didn't see any other instructional video explaining this. Bloom said he was frustrated it didn't have autofocus at 24fps. I don't remember him saying it has autofocus at 23.98. Maybe I missed it. But I watched other review video and seems nobody mentions it either. That was the reason I didn't even consider this camera and was thinking of getting Canon C70. But Sony seems superior because of electronic ND and full frame sensor.
@@atomicdynamo6062 I'm glad I could set the disinformation straight. In fact, 99% of the footage in this video was shot at 23.98. If you look at any of the viewfinder captures that show the codec up in the upper right corner you will see that it always says "23.98". Forget the Canon and get the Sony! :-)
Awesome! Will the new chapter in your course be avaliable for everyone that purchased your course? I have purchased it but it has already expired. I imagine you'll have a way of releasing it for everyone that has paid for the course in the past? Thanks for the amazing content!
The answer is yes, anyone who has signed up for my FX6 master Class in the past will be able to access the new video. The details of how that will work are still being ironed out, but it will happen.
Hi, I use a Zacuto Universal Baseplate that I have owned for many years and just move from camera to camera. It works very nicely with the FX6 and gives me a nice shoulder pad, rods for lens support, etc.
@@katek23 I definitely used a Sony LUT as starting point and then color corrected after that. I can't recall which Sony LUT I used without going back to the Resolve project and looking, but it was one of the S-LOG3 LUTs that comes built into Resolve. I don't use any 3rd party LUTs, but with that said, applying the Sony LUT is just the first step to get the picture in the ballpark. The a few more quick tweaks to finalize. Fast and easy. vimeo.com/ondemand/resolve
@@katek23 Uh oh, now you've stepped in it! :-) Final Cut and Premiere are for editing and minor color correction only -- they are not grading programs and are not a substitute for a true color grading application such as Resolve. No comparison at all. The power, speed, and tools in Resolve are far more advanced than those found in a regular NLE. There are good reasons why zero profressional colorists who use Final Cut or Premiere for color grading. 100% of everything I shoot goes through Resolve before I edit in Premiere.
Bokeh controll does not work in my fx6. I dont know why, but after i set it on, the picture gets darker while turning on the iris wheel. I dont know what i have to set still. Maybe some auto iso and auto nd ? Many thanks for ansering. By the way, your tutorials are very good!
Hi Thomas, have you turned on Variable ND? Have you programmed one of the Assign Buttons for Bokeh Control? Have you watched Chapter 27 of my master class? vimeo.com/ondemand/fx6update
@@DougJensenVortexMedia Hi Doug! Thank you, yes i did, And your Videos are very nice! After a while now it works. I need to turn on vari nd and turn of the auto iso and yes i put the function on a assign button. But i was outside, and is not even sunny, but everything was too brigt, and the nd, doesnt power of the light enough. Then by closing the apparture it ends ab a little darfker as well. So for me this function was just a nice try from sony. But it never works as it should.
I have two Flowtch75 tripods and two Flowech100 tripods, but I use the FX6 mostly with one of the Flowtech75's wtih mid-level spreader and Aktiv8 head.
@@zuka010 You can't go wrong with the Aktiv8/Flowtech75. It is perfect for the FX6, even when using long telephoto lenses. Very smooth and fast to setup.
