Upgrade

Sorry I haven't been updating this blog for a while. The last couple of months have been hectic in my part but equally as entertaining non the less. So what have I been up to?  Well, besides work I, managed to get an upgrade of a camera. The good folks at LSV Singapore gave us a sweet deal.

SONY NEX FS100

Coming from a DSLR background, the FS 100 maybe a little intimidating at first but personally It didn't take that long to get use to. So I would say that as long as you have basic camera knowledge (shutter speed, ISO, FPS etc.) then mastering the camera wont the that difficult.

The image coming out of this camera is very impressive. It's sharp, it's clean and it's truly detailed. Here's a short sample I took of my cat getting ready to sleep:

Sony FS 100 test. from Arif Sablee on Vimeo.

Here, I used the 18-200mm kit lens ( which is not a bad lens I must say), set at 25fps. Focus, Iris and ISO were set to Auto which is a useful feature for Event shooters.

Ergonomically, the camera may seem a little awkward at first, I mean it's just a box. But the beauty of it is that you can rig this bad boy up into whatever the job calls for be it a weapon of cinematography or an ENG cam. 

The LCD screen itself is quite good too but like others who has or have played around with the FS 100, can't help feeling that having the the screen at the side would have been a better choice rather than having it at the top. However, that can be solved with an external monitor and a friction arm like this one:

5' illiput monitor and a friction arm I found at a local department store

I can talk about this camera all day, but i'll stop here for now.  The FS 100 might not be for everybody but overall I am really enjoying this camera and the image it produces and I don't even mind the awkward ergonomics of the camera and the lack of ND filters. So if you get the chance, give it a try maybe you'll like it as much as I do.

-Arif