Freelance DP Alister Chapman has done a long form Sony FX6 masterclass video on how to get the most out of your cinema camera. The Sony FX6 cinema camera brought a new level of full frame cinema camera functionality to a new low in price point, making those features available to a wider audience than ever before. There’s a problem when that happens though: the more, newer shooters buy a camera, the less those shooters are likely to know about the camera. It’s an odd thing, since you’d think that budget-conscious buyers would obsess about getting every ounce of value out of their purchases, but we all know someone who owns an expensive camera, yet has no idea how to use it to its fullest extent. Without that knowledge, you might as well have bought something far cheaper. Image credit: Sony Now, Alister Chapman has put together a 90-minute masterclass on all the tools available in this remarkable machine, made for the equipment merchant Visual Impact. It goes over most of the what a new shooter would need to know – it’s not particularly advanced, but then, many new Sony FX6 owners are new shooters. The tutorial is partially specific to the FX6 and partially generalizable to any cinema camera with similar tools available. A Sony FX6 masterclass in 90 minutes The video lays out everything from how to use the waveform and other scopes, to when to use the much sought-after S-cinetone profile, to how to different SDR/HDR shooting...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 6 August, 2021