NEX FS100 Review

Sony NEX FS100

Revolutions don't happen overnight. It just sometimes seems that way. There are multiple revolutions going on at the moment when it comes to video-capable DSLRs and CSCs, mirrorless technology, camcorders, motion picture production, and just about every other aspect of how we shoot, transmit and consume stills and video.
Certainly the Canon 5D MKII, introduced in 2008, deserves credit, not necessarily as the first video capable DSLR, but as the one that captured the imagination of both photographers and film makers, and one which opened up the possibilities of large sensor video. Prior to then achieving the shallow depth of focus that 35mm motion picture film produced was impossible on video without spending hundreds of thousands or using awkward lens adaptors. Now, in just three years, we have not just large sensor video capture on every new DSLR and CLC, but also a new generation of dedicated video cameras that have DSLR sized sensors, yet which offer all of t...