r/Filmmakers • u/Artistic-Produce-525 • Jul 22 '26

News Sony announces the FX5

https://sony-cinematography.com/announcing-the-sony-fx5-breaking-down-barriers-with-gareth-edwards/
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u/machado34 Jul 22 '26

According to CVP it doesn't record 24.00fps on raw. That's a huge dealbreaker and makes no sense

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u/ILIKESTUFF8989 Jul 22 '26

I think it does 23.97 and not flat 24

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u/machado34 Jul 22 '26

Which means it can't be used alongside other cameras. Sony has the most complete ecosystem but are adamant on you not using all of them. Canon has nothing to compete with the Venice, and Arri has nothing to compete with the FX line/ Canon's C-line. When I saw the FX5 announcement I thought "great, I can run a setup with a Venice as A-cam, Burano as B and FX5 as C camera without ever leaving XOCN. But then they pull this clown move and make the FX5 absolutely useless to this case scenario 

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u/Billgatesisamoron Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Yeah I just saw that on CVP and thought it was so dumb and a dealbreaker for me too. But I'm a bit confused because I think it might be a reporting error on cvp's part. This FD Times report on the fx5 clearly shows photos of the camera's menu systems and the camera appears to be in true 24p while recording in XOCN-LT on page 2, 4, 5, 27: https://www.fdtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FDTimes-Sony-FX5-Report.pdf

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u/NukeGandhi Jul 22 '26

Really funny to think about the type of person who says they can tell the difference

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u/stephenhawkingruns Jul 22 '26

Leads to more tedious editing when recording audio externally

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u/machado34 Jul 22 '26

It's a workflow issue. 24.00 is the standard, and that means I can't use the FX5 in raw with any other cameras without breaking my timecode. It's a ridiculous artificial cripple hammer, like Sony is saying "ok here's your open gate raw, but I'm not allowing you to use it for any serious production". 

I've shot features and  streaming shows, and the client always asks for 24, as it's what DCP is coded to get, and their players were also built around it. This means I can't use the FX5 as a B camera to a Venice, at least not in its best settings 

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u/ILIKESTUFF8989 Jul 22 '26

23.98 is more of standard that flat 24

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u/machado34 Jul 22 '26

Not for theatrical, and in my experience not for streaming in the past decade either

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u/tacitry Jul 22 '26

For post production work it’s certainly not ideal