FX6: The Sony ILME-FX6V Owners Club

I consistently use V60 cards for 4K120 recording on my FX6 (including with Picture Cache) and have only had a problem when I rolled for more than 2 minutes, which was a 10 minute clip. There was nothing wrong with the clip up to that point, the camera just stopped recording and gave me an error message.

99.9% of the time there is no need to roll 4K120 for more than a few seconds. I use Sony TOUGH V60 and V90 SDXC cards.

I have a couple of CF type A cards but don't need them for my style of shooting. I only think they'd be necessary if you are going to roll 4K120 for several minutes.
 
I told him the other week they are on RED's approved list for CFast so might be worth looking into.
 
OK, thanks, guys. I use v90 Progrades and I don't plan on shooting long takes in 120fps so I think I'll just stick with them for now.
 
Any brand names I have never heard before, for any type of product, need additional research before trusting. Especially when the new brand is selling a comparable product that is priced cheaper than all the competitors. It might be great, but I don't know. Is the risk worth it? Probably not. When it comes to media I am extra cautious because you cannot just turn it on and judge it in the first few seconds. When/if it fails it could be a complete disaster for me and the client. Media is cheap. Buy known brands from reputable retailers is my philosophy. Peace of mind.

If a friend or colleague told be they had been using brand X for a period of time I would trust their review. But rarely, if ever, do I care what a stranger thinks or what a company's marketing department says.

What about you, do you trust brands you never heard of?
 
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Trust wouldn't be a word I would use in this case because you can't really trust anyone in your life who is interested in making money off of you since there will forever be an ulterior motive involved no matter what (especially with technology products where there is so much control over people), but if I'm ever hired to operate a camera I'm recording in multiple ways so it's quite moot for me.

With that said, I would evaluate and critically-think about the situation and how that product may or may not be useful for myself.

Making these cards in 2022 is as brainless as making a toaster; it's the quality-control process that goes into testing them afterwards and having more good chips out in the world than mediocre chips.

For that company's CFast I would feel comfortable using them since RED approved them. Now you can say one company can pay another company to be on an approved list - and that's true - but I imagine RED wouldn't do that for a few extra dollars just like other companies wouldn't.
 
Agreed. If RED approves them then that is definitely worth factoring into the purchase decision. I Googled the company and they seem legit with good products but I'd still stay with brands I know and trust, unless the price was significantly better . . . but then that would raise more questions in my mind.
 
I'm just glad Sony didn't lock out non-CF Express cards for their HFRs. Given they have skin in the CF Express game it's something they definitely could have done...
 
I don't know anything about that particular lens, but in terms of general advice about choosing lenses for the FX6, you should really investigate how well the AF focus works with the FX6. Even if you don't think you care about AF today, it ought to be a big factor in the purchase decision for any lens you're looking at. Personally, I wouldn't buy any non-Sony lens unless I have the opportunity to test it myself. Just my 2 cents.
 
My FX6 finally arrived yesterday, replacing my old FS7 (can’t believe I’ve had that since November 2014!).

So I’ve been doing some trials with it (as you do) and noticed that my old FS7 z-finder works very well, no flopping (even with the viewfinder up and away from the screen). Which is nice.

On a recent topic, all of my Sigma glass seems to track perfectly. I have the 20mm f1.4, the 35mm f1.2 and the 105mm f2.8 macro (all DG DN). The focus works incredibly quick (I’ve been using them on my recently acquired A7 IV).
 
epicdream said:
noticed that my old FS7 z-finder works very well, no flopping (even with the viewfinder up and away from the screen). .
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That's interesting. Sony must have beefed up the mount on the newer cameras because my first LCD mount was so floppy a fly landing on it would make it droop. They replaced it with one that is only marginally better. Now tt can support the weight of two flies before it droops.
 
How are we all feeling about our chances that Sony FINALLY updates the FX6 to provide the same LCD monitoring layout that the FX3 now has? (with all the display info clutter, kept off the image you're trying to compose)?
 
I haven't seen the FX3 display, so maybe I would like it better, but I have no complaints about the FX6's display.

What do you get if you connect a 3rd party EVF to the FX3, does all that info that has been shoved to the perimeter still come through?
On the A1 you don't get ****. Flying blind.
 
Doug Jensen said:
I haven't seen the FX3 display, so maybe I would like it better, but I have no complaints about the FX6's display.

What do you get if you connect a 3rd party EVF to the FX3, does all that info that has been shoved to the perimeter still come through?
On the A1 you don't get ****. Flying blind.
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On the FX3 you can send the display info through to an external monitor. But it sends it in a 4:3 wrapper (as all their mirrorless cameras seem to), so you end up with a tiny monitoring image anyway. So not really usable.

The only real solution seems to be something like the Portkeys LHP5ii (or whatever it's called), that wirelessly controls the camera. That gives you a full monitoring image, and camera info (shutter/ISO/iris at least).

A display output mode on the FX6/FX9 that mirrors the FX3's new onboard layout, or the Venice's display output (with info on top/bottom/sides), would be a HUGE leap forward in usability. Particularly for anyone using the cameras' autofocus abilities (and having had the camera for a while now, I've learnt that it's a MUCH more satisfying package when used in an autofocus configuration, than trying to jury-rig it into a conventional cinema-lens build.
 
epicdream said:
noticed that my old FS7 z-finder works very well, no flopping (even with the viewfinder up and away from the screen). Which is nice.
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Also interested in this. The LCD on my FX6 (bought nearly two years ago) will flop around under any kind of weight. I've got the FX9 loupe which works great except that there is NO WAY the LCD hinge could support its weight without flopping. I bought the Vocas monitor support kit which works but it means you can't fold away the screen when the camera isn't in use: https://www.vocas.com/vocas-lcd-moni...-sony-fx6.html

Has anyone bought an FX6 more recently that doesn't seem to have this problem? If so, I might send the camera back to Sony for an upgrade or just see if I can order the part.
 
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Also interested in this. The LCD on my FX6 (bought nearly two years ago) will flop around under any kind of weight. I've got the FX9 loupe which works great except that there is NO WAY the LCD hinge could support its weight without flopping. I bought the Vocas monitor support kit which works but it means you can't fold away the screen when the camera isn't in use: https://www.vocas.com/vocas-lcd-moni...-sony-fx6.html
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I'm in the exact same boat—my FX6 (received early 2021) suffers from the floppy LCD support. The Vocas is built like a tank, almost to a fault; I sometimes worry it is sturdier than everything around it. It's great for use with the FX9 loupe but overkill otherwise.
 
drboffa said:
I'm in the exact same boat—my FX6 (received early 2021) suffers from the floppy LCD support. The Vocas is built like a tank, almost to a fault; I sometimes worry it is sturdier than everything around it. It's great for use with the FX9 loupe but overkill otherwise.
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Oh absolutely. If I get caught in some freak volcano eruption while filming and then dug up again in the year 4022 they'll wonder what I was doing with a damping hinge.
 
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