Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent product, it exceeds my expectations, although there are certain cuts due to the sensor, but for the price-quality ratio it is worth getting the product. I have seen Reviews that say that they are not good for photos, but in reality they are. Although they are not so good in low light exposure, you can compensate for this with a lens with greater input and artificial light, then you give it a more low key look. in edition and it is spectacular. I recommend that you purchase certain accessories that will be very useful depending on what you are going to use it for.

This camera is one of the best I have ever had. Shoots in beautiful 4k and 120fps to get really incredible slow motion. Also, the ordering system and customer service at Best Buy made the purchasing incredibly easy and efficient. And it came in a day earlier!

After transitioning from the ZVE-10, I purchased the FX-30 to continue on my film making as a student and this camera alone has served so much recently. The dual ISO on this camera puts a new level of filming in low lighting and It has done wonders. Absolute Cinema... W Camera...

Amazing!! Would recommend to anyone!! Light and ez to use! Best camera for everything!

Amazing camera even for a beginner like myself. Even better when caught on sale.

So, to sum up: the FX30 is great value and can deliver great pictures. It's an excellent event and travel camera

This camera is a life changer. I use it for a real estate, but I have also shot documentaries. Awesome.

I love this camera the picture quality is amazing and was the best purchase I have made

It’s my new camera, I’m a professional videographer and this is amazing I recommend it 100%

Great fit for a beginner, first time movie maker me

Amazing Build and performs well in lit situations. Low light performance makes me wish I bought fx3. Essentially, every lens you purchase will perform worse on this camera than full frame in low light/imperfect light situations

Love it. Small, easy to use and high quality videos.

I love this camera so much. Video codecs are phenomenal. The material is so good and comparable to fx3.

I'm sure the camera is great. What's not great is Best Buy and their lies about free overnight delivery. I spoke with 5 customer "care" sales reps who guaranteed me the 1 day delivery. I recorded the calls. The camera arrived a full 48 hours after the time promissed on a Friday. The sales reps knew I needed it for a job on Saturday. I had to tell the production company at midnight on Friday that the camera did not arrive as promissed and I lost a 10,000 job because of the direct lies of Best Buy employess. I emailed legal general counsel in the corporate team. The weasel lawyer forwarded my email to a minion who said , "Well we dont actually gurantee our deliveries." Corporate greed!

Purchased the FX30 on backorder on Dec 14 and got it on Dec 24. Works great. Like the fact that you can use this as a webcam at 4k 15fps; all you have to do is connect the camera to your computer. Make sure you use the right usb c cable (it comes with one).

Having a APSC camera that shoots 422 10 bit is awesome and the Fx30 is absolutely awesome. It’s got features that are specially made for cinema cameras like Cine EI. I love that it has an internal cooling fan, which illuminates the risk of the overheating in situations where you’re required to get the first shot right. The auto focus is really good, and accurate, and the touch screen helps even more. The 10 bit recording gives your extra room for post production grading. The slog3 has low noise, especially when using the 2 native ISO’s. Low light performance was better than I expected. The rolling shutter is not perfect like a global shutter but is a huge improvement from my previous camera. The best part was that I was able to use my current APSC lens for it, not needing to spend thousand to invest into new lens set. I highly recommend this camera for professional use.

The FX30 feels like a serious step up from traditional mirrorless cameras. I’ve been using it mainly for video projects, and the Super 35 sensor with 4K 10-bit recording gives footage a very cinematic look without needing a full-frame setup. Color grading is flexible thanks to S-Log3, and the dynamic range holds up well in both outdoor and indoor shoots. What really stands out is how lightweight and compact it is for a cinema-line body. Mounting it on a gimbal is easy, and the multiple mounting points make rigging straightforward. Autofocus is fast and accurate, even with moving subjects. The only tradeoff is that it doesn’t come with in-body stabilization, so handheld shots can get a little shaky if you’re not careful. Overall, the FX30 is a fantastic camera for filmmakers who want pro-level features at a more approachable price point. It punches well above its weight and has quickly become my go-to for creative shoots.

The Sony FX30 is a fantastic entry-level cinema camera. It delivers excellent image quality with S-Cinetone and S-Log3, and the 4K 120fps option is great for slow-motion work. Autofocus is fast and reliable, and the compact size makes it easy to rig or carry. I do wish it had built-in ND filters and a full-frame sensor for better low-light performance, but for the price, it’s an amazing value for filmmakers and content creators who want professional features without spending as much as the higher-end models.”

This is a spectacular high-end video camera with cine (film) quality. I've used mine with Sirui anamorphic lenses to shoot anamorphic 2.4:1 video, and the combination of a quality lens and this camera results in superb images and sharpness. The higher data rates really help in reducing the 4K "blur" when you do a pan or follow fast action--where the image breaks down because the data rate can't keep up with almost every pixel changing each frame. That's been my beef with Sony's AX-100 camera--a marvelous camera, but again, "blur" on fast action. By going up to XAVC-Si data rates, you capture a full frame of data for EVERY frame. It makes for huge files--but the quality is there. This camera has so many bells and whistles you really must study the many YouTube videos on it--the PDF instruction manual is, like, 300 pages? And you can find a video "how to" much easier than trying to find your topic in an instruction manual that (to quote the film BEETLEJUICE) "reads like stereo instructions." It will eat through batteries! If you are doing normal filming--auto focus, zooming, etc--you can perhaps get 45 minutes on a battery. Not good if you're filming a play with 50 minute acts! BUT you can easily attach an energy brick (like what you'd use with a phone or tablet to recharge in the field--maybe $50) and a CHARGING USB C cable and film all night! I filmed a 2.6 hour musical play this way. Also, you'll need some BIG memory cards. For example, if I wanted to shoot 30fps at XAVC-Si data rate (which is 3x the data than on a Sony XAVC-S setting--300mbps as opposed to 100mbps) you'd need a 256GB V60 memory card to record 100 minutes on a card. If you were going hog wild and shooting at the 600mbps 60fps data rate, that same card would give you about 50 minutes of footage! (Shooting at the usual 100mbps XAVC-S setting, like on a Sony AX-100, the same card would give you about 5+ HOURS of 4K footage!) But you can get such GREAT images! If you already have a set of Sony E Mount lenses (APS) then the FX30 gives you much more flexibility than an AX-100 for about the same price (FX30 body only.) If you're just filming baby's first birthday or a day at the beach, then the FX30 would be overkill and much more complex for your needs. But if you're like me (a retired film editor who worked at all the major studios) and want the best video quality you can get (short of a pro camera like an Arri Alexa or Sony FX3-6-etc) this is the way to go.

Its a great investment for this price. what can i say for what i wanted it for and some its definitely worth it. It will definitely make me better at shooting slog, thats for sure. Lol :) this camera is not for everyone though. Great for interviews, documentaries music videos. Even photography.