It looks impressive! The headline specs for the Sony FX2 include a 33MP full frame sensor, 4K video up to 60p, internal 4:2:2 all-intra 10-bit recording, dual-base ISO, an internal fan for unlimited recording times and a tilting EVF as well as a flip-out vari-angle rear screen. It has the same body design as the older FX3, but is cheaper. Amazing! Well, maybe.
The 33MP sensor makes it a great camera for stills, not just video, which sets it apart from Sony’s regular Cinema line, which is definitely video focused. It also has a tilting EVF, which you don’t get with the Sony FX3, for example, which is kind of like the FX2’s predecessor but maybe not… we’ll come to that.
This sounds like the perfect camera for hybrid creators, with a much greater emphasis on filmmaking features than Sony’s non-cinema Alpha cameras, and is capable of 4K video up to 60p, 10-bit all-intra internal recording, Sony S-Log3 with 15 stops of dynamic range, user LUTs and Sony’s latest advanced subject-recognition AF technologies.
But hold on a moment. Let’s just rewind a little. 33MP, with a maximum 4K 60p, which it turns out is only available in the camera’s Super35 crop mode? Haven’t we seen this before? We have, in the Sony A7 IV. So you might start to wonder if the new FX2 is a reskinned, revamped ‘Cinema’ version of the nearly four-year-old Sony A7 IV.
We’ve also seen this physical design before too, in the Sony FX3 (and the FX30) – though to Sony’s credit it has now incorporated a tilting EVF, which will be a major advantage for hybrid photographer-videographers.
But that doesn’t make the FX2 a successor to the FX3 – not by any means. That’s because the FX3 has an entirely different 12MP video-first sensor capable of 4K 120p capture and with FHD slow motion capture that’s twice as fast at 240p vs 120p on the new FX2. It’s also worth pointing out that neither camera has the 6K open gate capability we’re now starting to take for granted with other brands. With the FX3 it’s because the sensor doesn’t have enough resolution and with FX2, well… it just doesn’t.
That’s not to say the Sony FX2 is a bad camera. Far from it. It looks very well thought out, nicely designed and priced very competitively. It just reflects a strategy we keep seeing from Sony – the repackaging of existing technologies and designs as ‘new’ products.
I must admit, I was surprised that Sony hadn’t repurposed the A7 IV into a Sony ZV-E1 style vlogging variant before now, but it was clearly saving its tech for a more advanced audience. What Sony does definitely have is a Roadmap. Every market penetration is planned, every core sensor technology is used and re-used as many times as possible.
I haven’t seen the Sony FX2, I haven’t tried it. I haven’t yet done a deep dive into the specs to see how it compares to the original A7 IV. Hopefully, it’s made some substantial strides, because while the A7 IV’s video capabilities were OK for its time, Sony’s rivals have made some big strides since 2021.
The other thing, as I write this at the end of May 2025, is that the FX2 won’t be available until August. However, you can pre-order the Sony FX2 at B&H ($2,698, or $3,098 with XLR Handle Unit). If you’re in the UK, you can pre-order the Sony FX2 at Wex (£2,699, or £3,149 with the XLR Handle Unit).