Moving Picture’s Guide to Accessorizing your Sony F3

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With all the industry buzz about the new Sony F5, the F3 seems like yesterday’s news.  In many ways, that’s correct.  However, for those of you that own one of these still relevant camera systems, you know it’s a great tool for corporate video, documentary, and low-budget commercial work.  It still produces an excellent image while in S-Log mode, and it still has excellent latitude and meager lighting requirements.  There just isn’t enough justification to spend $20,000 on a properly accessorized Sony F5 if you really don’t need t …

Stop Shooting with the Canon 5D and Begin Shooting with the Sony F3!

Moving Picture recently performed a camera test with Director of Photography, Henry Lynk, using the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the new Panasonic AG-AF100, and the new Sony PMW-F3L using Zeiss prime lenses in candlelight conditions. The star of the show was, without a doubt, the new Sony F3 camera. The following images are screen captures taken from an uncompressed Apple ProRes 422 HQ, MOV file. The cameras were set to an ISO of 800 and 1600 for these shots using a 50mm Zeiss CP.2 Compact Prime lens.

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