I received the following Sony FX3 II camera rumors (see the current FX3 models):
- The Sony FX3 II has been delivered to select rental companies for testing. It inherits the FX3 body’s expandability and the FX2’s adjustable EVF. Visually, it resembles the FX2 with added color temperature sensors.
- The FX3 II supports in-body image stabilisation settings for anamorphic lenses. The image stabilization rating is the highest in the FX series at 8.5 stops, and FX3 II retains a fully mechanical shutter instead of adopting the FX2’s electronic front-curtain mechanical shutter, which resulting in a body slightly thicker than the FX2 and FX3.
- It uses a 33-megapixel partially stacked sensor and boosted by the BIONZ XR2 and enhanced active cooling system, with a UHD/DCI 4K at up to 60fps in full-frame / S35 mode, and UHD 4K 120fps in full-frame crop / S35 mode.
- It supports full-frame 1.1x crop UHD4K 120p recording like the FX3, but with 6.2K oversampling. Only when shooting full-frame 4K at 120fps does the FX3 II fully leverage the 3.5x readout speed capability of its 33-megapixel sensor in video modes.
- When paired with the XLR handle unit, the FX3 II supports 32-bit floating-point recording at 48kHz and incorporates an AGC circuit for extensive level control to prevent clipping. It supports up to 8 audio channels, facilitating multi-person recording and immersive sound capture.
- Additionally, the FX3 II supports outputting timecode signals externally as a master camera and enables wireless synchronisation of timecode between multiple FX3 II units via the 6GHz channel (unavailable in certain countries).
Sony registered a new WW847606 camera overseas (Sony a7R VI?)
