Sony FX6 V2.00: A Camera Reborn? 

0:17 The shot of the plane vapor trail taken below the branches, paired with that music note is amazing.

The quality of these films are astonishing, best in the business. Hats off to you

I was just about done convincing myself I didn't need an FX6, why must you do this to me Philip!! Great work as always, thoroughly detailed and beautiful update

That was definitely worth the 40 minutes of deadline procrastination! I feel like I'm getting a whole new camera again now and thanks again for your humour and attention to detail.

Breathing compensation is huge! Very pleased Sony is doing big firmware updates with this cam! Great vid Phil!

I can't describe how much I love your in depth videos Philip. Such a great job! Keep up the great work!

OMG yes! Just updated 2 hours ago and been waiting to watch this epic fx6 film. Thanks Mr Bloom!

I remember watching and treading Mr. Bloom’s reviews when I was still in high school. Fast forward 15 years and I am still here. Thanks for all the information.

0:21 Hit me in the feels. WHYYYYYYY?

I listened to this while I was assembling my cat tree and I made sure to finish the assembly until the end of the video because PB is such a beautiful storyteller and a stellar gear reviewer!

This review is like seeing a documentary, a movie and a review at the same time... The quality is just amazing. I'll Subscribe and turn on notifications right away. Amazing video!

Marvelous!!!!! and since its literary impossible to get my hands on the FX6, I hope that Sony do the right thing and give a nice update to the FX3 with Focus breathing compensation, 180 shutter and possibly true 24p just maybe.. a boy can dream right Philip!

I believe all of your extremely hard work comes through on your videos. I think you and your channel are so different from all of the RU-vidrs out there. This video was very informative and an excellent follow up. Thank you and have a wonderful day Philip.

Philip: I just needed to see some beautiful 'Philip Bloom' film. I was delighted once again. Beautiful work, Sir. Beautiful work.

In all seriousness Mr. Bloom, your reviews are beyond thorough and thoughtful. Your cinematography is stellar. I would watch a video of you doing laundry because I would learn so much about the gear you used and probably be impressed by how clean your sheets came out of the dryer.

Dear Phillip .. you have been such a generous film - cinema - photographer online tastemaker for years, been learning qwith you since Canon 5D MK II .. great top see you online - peace my brother x

getting scolded by Marques every time my bad habit came up would be nice indeed.

Beautiful video Philip, I learned a lot about AF! Have you used the Sony bluetooth remote with C1 assignability? I use that to trigger AF/MF remotely and avoid shaking the camera. Can also re-assign the Rec button as a second function key.

I let out an audible squeal of joy every time I see one of your videos. Thanks for the FX6 update!

Even when I'm not personally interested in the product, I always eagerly look forward to the next review by Philip Bloom. Simply the best in the business. Heck, I've even rewatched the 360 Go 2 review 3 times now. lol

Fingers crossed for update to the FX3!🤞

I watch for the visuals, voice over and stock music selections and mixing. What a joy. The head tilt bifocal viewing of the monitors reminds me we are moving on.

I second shoot weddings sometimes and hear over and over "How do you keep locked onto your subjects? My other second shooters using Sony the focus jumps around". I just tell them "Manual autofocusing". Ever since Philip first used the term (probably on the FX9 review) I've adopted it both into how I explain autofocus, and more importantly in how I use autofocus. It's very rare I miss autofocus except in extreme low light or if people are constantly crossing in front of my subject. Those are the situations I've flip back to manual in, but 95% of my event work and even typical corporate work is in Autofocus on my FX3. If the FX6 ever becomes easier to get ahold of I'm sure I'll be picking one up...maybe in 2025? lol.

Thank you so much for making these! All the hard work you do is so so appreciated.

I ALWAYS look forward to your reviews. They are always detailed and in depth. The care and detail you put into the work is obvious.

Just want mention that 1635GT3.1 can be used with breathing control function. Even it didn’t show up on the list. And this is a fantastic review! Thank you Philip!

I have never selected a Sony for my Camera needs but if I see a video from Philip Bloom on a Sony camera I still watch the whole thing.

7:18 The reflection of the bird in screen is so adorable!

Letting you know, Philip, I'm rewatching this because: 1. It is a great video you made 2. I'm considering gifting me one of these for fun. Thanks again, for all you do!

I have no clue what you are going on about, I watch for the beauty, the humor and most of all, the Kitties.

Now I'm really yearning for remote touch focus operation via Content Browse Monitor (the Sony App!) we NEED this function guys!

Philip decides to caress us with his genius productions again. Feel blessed. Thanks Philip

Love the dramatic background music. Brought a tear to my eye

Awesome as ever. Love the AF obsession MKBH VO “Time to move on Phillip, we’ve talked about this one enough” 😂

23:08 I always find it fun to see who's aware of their surroundings. She even looks behind her to see if you're filming something else. Crazy informative video. Thank you. I've preordered and I'm still waiting.

I love my FX6! Was well worth the wait! As was another one of your stellar reviews! Thanks so much for all your time and effort that goes into these! The only thing I wish Sony would change now with the FX6 is to not bake in LUTs when shooting in custom mode, but would allow you to monitor a LUT-much like when in CineEI mode. For the instances when I have to shoot in custom and may not be going into a raw recorder but need log

Even though I don’t use the FX6, I find this video very entertaining, and having a Harriet cameo, makes it a special treat

I didn’t know your old boss was the Extra Shot bloke?! I love his channel!!

Dear lord that is a lot of work. So very helpful - much appreciated.

Well done!! Thank you very much for spending so much time to educate us!

Your reviews are legendary! I am always appreciative of how in depth you go. Thank you!

Absolutely love that little upsidedown image on the sensor bit...brilliant edit work!

The QUALITY of these reviews! just wow

I'm loving Ted Lasso. So nice that you did all the locations work for them!

Face registration becoming touch tracking is a no no. Yes, I agree with you on having it as an option than being it the only way. Great video!

I bought the Sony FX9 because of your review! Your reviews are brilliant as always. Your films are works of Art!

Good to see you Philip. Thanks for making this.

A yes, another Camera Movie Review. Just what I needed!

A7siii user here Sony please give us focus breathing comp!!! I will purchase 50mm 1.2GM instantly!!! Thats the only reason thats stopping me because of terrible focus breathing.

Enjoyable as always to look at and listen to your voice. Just updated my FX6 so on to exploring the new AF system functions.

Brilliant photography. Brilliant syntax.

Now Im wondering if there is hope that the focus breathing compensation can be added to the a7siii and fx3 (would also like to see sony catalyst browse integrated into premier pro/final cut/davinci/avid, so we can use the gyro sensor data). one sony lens with minimal breathing is the sony 24-70mm f4

Just updated early this morning, first time I couldn't wait for an update. Excited to be watching this!

Another amazing video, Philip. Fingers crossed they bring the focus breathing compensation to at least the FX3!

No plans to buy this, just bought a panasonic g9, all i can afford. But had to watch the whole video, just beautifully put together...

Thank you Mr Bloom! I'm new to FX6 and this level of detail about the firmware update very useful to me. Much appreciated! TJ

As i said before. The final nail for the FS5ii. Time to finally upgrade

Thanks for the rundown of all the new features. I can't wait to get our firmware updated!

thanks for this Philip! I did really enjoy watching this. I'd be reviewing this 2 videos again once I get my fx6 for sure

Hello, hat off, one of the best camera firmware review I have ever seen.

The amount of work that went into this … I have a lot of respect for you.

Thank you for another wonderful video. As I watch this video I can’t All but think, how unbelievably And crazily complex and complicated I digital cameras have become. When I look back and think of 35 mm movie cameras, the simplicity of them compared to what we have now is just absolutely colossal. You learn to load the film, you’ll learn to expose, you’ll learn the basics of the camera that are really just the basics of mechanical photography and you are set to produce the most beautiful images in the world no digital camera can even try to touch. Today? You need a 1000 page manual to run these cameras that get upgraded every three months along with with their video editors and the endless accessories and protocols that go along with them. Some say we are moving forward, I personally say we are going nowhere. because you pick up a 20, 30, 50, 60-year-old movie camera, and if you know the basics of photography and mechanics, you can work with them and produce imagery of astonishing beauty. But now you pick up a camera then you need a months worth of training and practice, that will be constantly upgraded, that will be replaced a couple of years later with something else and deemed redundant.. and all just seems a grand waste of time to me. It only takes for me to watch camera reviews of five or six years ago, those cameras look ridiculous, dated, and worth no one‘s time. But an old movie camera, no matter how old, it’s actually never old and will work today just as it did yesterday with basically no training required if you know your art. again thanks for the review, as always the best on RU-vid, and as always too good for RU-vid :)

Seriously, brilliant update on this camera! Thank you x1000.

Some day Philip will win an Oscar in "Camera Review" category :) Amazing work, even if one doesn't interested in buying this fancy cameras. Wish for R5 C epic review.

Phil REALLY likes that piece of music that he opened this review with. I think he uses it in every video at least once haha

Thanks a lot, Philip. Highly informative, yet enjoyable, as always ❤

Incredible video! This footage just makes me even more excited about my reserve on an FX6. Now if only there wasn't a chip shortage...

Fantastic overview. Always appreciate the time you invest into your gear videos.

I love my fx6 and made yesterday the update 👌 great video like always Philip 👍🏻 best cinematic greetings from germany

Thank you very much for the development of your opinions, advices and the precision of these. They will be very useful in the use of my FX6. I thought, wrongly, that Sony had "obstructed" the 24x36 sensor to leave visible only the part used for 16/9 or DCI 4K. As a result, I have a desire for the next update: If the sensor is identical in every way to the one of the FX3, why not imagine an anamorphic function that would allow to have a more adequate ratio...

Superb quality video as always. Thanks so much for this Philip! So many new things that I need to tweak on our FX6.

I loved every second of this video. I'm about to watch it again!

Wonderful stuff, lapped up every second. Very clear the FX6 is one of the best out there!

Great review. I still love that fx9 footage of the red head, some of your best, IMO.

3rd....i am always amazed how it is that you dont work at Sony or ARRI, given incredible amount of knowledge you have 👏👏👏👏👏

I’d like a channel with your slow motion shots and everything else you shoot. Great review!

Beautifully put together piece wrapped in a humour filled chocolate voiceover. Perfect.

Ok, I think I’ve got it…one of the key things Sony has added in this V2.00 firmware is a meditation app, so you can manually autofocus on your breathing whilst filming. Very nice! The music is very relaxing as well.

Yippie new firmware, my mate will be so excited when he gets the fx6 he ordered and paid for in May last year, rofl.

Excellent, brilliant review on this firmware update, Philip. The cached recording feature is something I’m so interested in - fighting the urge to trade in the a7siii for this 🥴 Thanks again for taking the time to create a detailed video 👍

Great work as always making a dry subject entertaining and informative! I've only had V2.0 on my FX6 for a few hours and so far it is a very worthwhile upgrade.... but I need to practice "Manual Autofocus" with it and the speed and sensitivity settings. I've sent some coffees to help get you through the (no doubt) endless list of videos to make. I'm especially looking forward to your Xperia Pro-I review and how the hell to get 50fps out it to match the FX6 because I've failed. It's either that or we all give up and shoot NTSC frame rates .... the horror!

Another masterpiece Philip, thank you. I hope we are seeing an update to the Sony A7siii too!

Another gold standard review,especially liked the inner voice,voiced by MK. Little touches here& there to make the whole thing more complete. I never imagined Phil to be a run & gun man,but I would love to see what it would be like to force him to shoot something on the spot with no prior notice,with whatever he had to hand.Would it be with his phone,or the latest greatest camera tech.Interesting idea for a vid.staysafe & keep up the exceptional good work👍 🙈🙉🙊🤖🐨🎥🇬🇧®️©️™️

Thankyou thankyou thankyou. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

i still wish i had an FX9. i think your review of it made me obsessed...lol. hopefully ill get one someday

Nikon should send you Z9 specially after releasing N-Raw firmware update. btw Z lenses are designed to have very minimum focus breathing.

Forever raising the bar on reviews.

Yes! Please they need to get focus breathing correction for the A7SIII !!

I have been wanting all camera manufactures to include some kind of solution for 'On Screen Display' options. Rather than havre to remove or add back each setting individually they need to make cutomizable user or numbered settings (eg Screen Display 1, 2, 3, 4) option. That way you customize different versions, store them and select which one you would like to use, so that the Display Button references that user option. Similar to selecting Zebra 1 or 2. Seems like a very easy fix. I suppose you might be able to achieve this by saving your user settings I haven't tried yet. (Also word of advice: back up your user settings to your SD Card). Would also be nice to have the option of on screen display information to be top and bottom of the screen like the Canon C300 Mark II.

Master class in sophisticated film making. RU-vidrs, please note.

"That's my sofa doing that noise. It's not me ....". Philip do you realize how many times I've tried to pass that line off to my kids? Beautiful video as usual. You are indeed the Sir Attenborough of the cinematography world (Sir Bloom even ? You still have time, send a post to the royal fam! Bet they could get you in on their knighting docket. ) ! I've been doing some field testing on Sony cams for a narrative film where I'm in the pre-prod phase (I was trained on Panasonic Vari which rigged out might be too much bulk for this project - so a bit of a shift). On this project, it looks like I'll have sound and lighting folks, but no DP .... OR AC for that matter. I mean what is that? Still, I've been eyeballing the fx6 (as well as the more compact a7s3). I like the focus breathing comp as well as the tracking features that I believe will add production value to the shots (and given I will be wearing multiple hats on this one). Sure, I can use my remote FP gadgets to aid this producer/dp/director/loo custodian debut. But I can see the value in touchscreen focus racks with adjusted rack speeds. The splitting hairs issue regards the talent - mostly early teen kids. It may be that, with this group, the fewer takes we have to do, the better - so multicam OTS for at least some of the dialogue scenes may be a thing. So I"m in that position of trying to determine whether to shell out more for the fx6/9 for some of these 'solo' conveniences, or rigging the a7s3 to do something equivalent. What would be your position on this as you have such fantastic experience with both?

Really helpful as always, specifically the auto focus tips. Thanks.

I have no desire in this particular video camera, but I love watching his movies. 🍿 🎥

I hate technical reviews and somehow sat through a 40 min beautiful short film feeding me numbers and AF hacks. Insane.

The best camera reviews by far. I mean it, BY FAR. You are really selling me into the Topaz software, btw. How do you like clear image zoom? I would like to use the fuji mk zooms :(

Thank Phil, I've watched this video more than once. I've also talked myself in circles about which camera to buy more than once. I think the FX6 is the one. I have two questions (and some sub questions/explanations) that I want to put to rest: 1.) If you're going to shoot RAW 100% of the time, which camera would be more worth it to you: the FX6 or the C70? -The C70 has the advantage of greater compression, internal, and importing directly into Resolve as well as DR. The FX6 has more robust files that can be transcoded into CDNG compressed when needed in Resolve. The FX6 has a slight resolution advantage, ISO advantage, and a massive sensor size advantage. 2.) Am I crazy, or is everyone recording RAW on the FX6 incorrectly? -I want to see a comparison in RAW of S-Log3/S-Gamut3 VS S-Log3/S-Gamut3.cine. In theory S-Gamut3 should give a much wider variation in color. If the FX6 actually is delivering real "16-bit sensor gains", there should be much more color information if shot in s-gamut3. However maybe the FX6 just doesn't have the color pipeline to do anything with it or the sensor itself isn't capable. It certainly isn't an F55, F65, or Venice. However, if it even gives 5% gains and you're shooting RAW anyway, why wouldn't you want to use the increased gamut size? Am I crazy?

Forgot how nice S-Cinetone is with shch little effort. May have to go out n grab grab some shots to remind myself

You're unmatched Phil!

Great FW Update! Amazing Kamera

Philip, that was a brilliant review! What firmware version do I need to download to talk on camera as you do?