The Super-35mm sen­sor Sony FS100 video cam­era has been out on the mar­ket for sev­eral weeks now and yet there still seems to be con­fu­sion and a lack of good hands-on mate­r­ial. Prob­a­bly because those that have the cam­era are hav­ing so much fun shoot­ing with it that they haven’t made time to sit down and type up their thoughts and expe­ri­ences! Cer­tainly since the FS100 showed up around here we have been very busy shoot­ing work or fea­ture film footage — and enjoy­ing almost every minute of it!

What It Is: A great replace­ment for the Sony EX1/EX3 and any DSLR for film­mak­ing. Like the off­spring of the EX3 and the Canon 7D, with the abil­ity to use most any lens you might have access to. A cam­era with a real work­flow for shoot­ing. A true 1080/60p device. A low-light rock star.

What It Isn’t: A DSLR killer (although it is pretty close). The Arri Alexa Mini or the RED Epic Mini. Why? Read on…