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Sony FX3 / FX30. Put it to work.
Same menus, same picture profiles, same workflow. The FX3 is full frame and the FX30 is Super 35, but almost everything here works on both.
I shoot client work on the FX3. These guides are the settings and habits I actually use.
Quick-start settings A starting point, not a rulebook
- Resolution
- 4K
- Frame rate
- 24p (60p for slow motion)
- Shutter
- 1/50 at 24p
- Picture profile
- S-Cinetone (S-Log3 if grading)
- Focus
- AF-C, Face/Eye priority
- White balance
- Manual, in Kelvin
- S-Log3 base ISO
- FX3 800 / 12800 · FX30 800 / 2500
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