Sony F55 or Sony FS7 in 2019.

[Harshad V. Gaikwad]

Hi All,

I’m about to shoot a fiction in upcoming days. And the camera options provide to me are Sony F55 or Sony FS7 M1.

We would we shooting prores due to budget constraints in post. Hence I needed your inputs on which one should I select. I understand that the Sony F55 has its advantages with global shutter and raw recording with R5 extension.  However as we would be primarily shooting prores, should I select F55 or FS7. 

Thanks,

H

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2019 by Harshad V. Gaikwad

[Stuart Brereton]

The F55 is a far superior camera to the FS7. Neither camera records Pro Res without upgrades.

[Mark Kenfield]

The F55 is better in every way. Colour, motion cadence (due to that lovely global shutter), evf, ergonomics. 

There’s a reason no one has shot $100+ million TV series on the FS7. The F55 has done a bunch of them. 

[Robin R Probyn]

No Brainer.. this is like do you want a Ford pickup or a Mercedes ..  and your job is a chauffeur .. ask the DoP you will get a very fast answer ..

[Robert Turgeon]

Wanting a more serious entry into video shooting... Seriously contemplating the Sony F55..... Used of course. What is the lifetime of that camera advertised to be and when it is aged too much can it be sent in to basically get  (in car terms) an engine rebuild.....

[Samuel Berger]

On 9/11/2023 at 1:14 AM, Robert Turgeon said:

Wanting a more serious entry into video shooting... Seriously contemplating the Sony F55..... Used of course. What is the lifetime of that camera advertised to be and when it is aged too much can it be sent in to basically get  (in car terms) an engine rebuild.....

I think the word you were looking for was overhaul. What did you end up getting? I'm likely to pull trigger on a F55.