The Sony FX5 is official.
We scored every FX5 rumor before Sony spoke. Now we are marking each one right or wrong against Sony’s own figures, and crediting the sources that called it.
- Price
- US$4,899.99
- Ships
- Mid-August 2026
- 20
- Confirmed
- 2
- Wrong
- 1
- Still open
Scored and published before Sony showed the camera. Almost every FX5 spec we scored traced to a single outlet, SonyAlphaRumors. Every settled call, right or wrong, is on the accuracy ledger.
Source: Sony’s product pages for the FX5 body (ILME-FX5B) and the FX5 with XLR handle (ILME-FX5).
- No internal ND filtersConfirmed
- The headline frame rates need a 2027 firmwareConfirmed
- No global shutterDidn't happen
- Dynamic range is not a settled numberDidn't happen
- The paid IBIS removal is still unconfirmedStill open
Every line is a FX5 claim we scored before Sony announced. See what each one means.
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What Sony confirmed
The key specs Sony has now published, each checked against what we tracked. The FX5 tracker carries every claim, right or wrong.
Wait for shipping units, unless you were already buying an FX3.
- Buy now if
- you were already choosing an FX3 and can absorb the step up. The FX5 sits above it for a reason: a stacked full-frame sensor, triple base ISO and internal X-OCN RAW, none of which the FX3 has.
- Wait if
- you shoot run-and-gun outdoors, because the FX5 has no internal ND filters and the FX6 does. Wait too if you are buying for the headline frame rates: at launch you get 5K 60p and uncropped 4K 120p, while 5K 120p open gate and cropped 4K 240p both need the version 2 firmware that Sony dates to August 2027 or later. Wait as well if you want a measured dynamic-range figure before spending this much. Sony's own release states 15+ stops in S-Log3 and puts no number on Dual Gain, while launch coverage widely reports 16+ with Dual Gain on, a mode that fixes base ISO at 800 and caps you at 60p. We cannot find the 16 in anything Sony published, and nobody has measured either figure yet.
Our call as of Aug 1, 2026, based on the FX5 claims we scored and resolved. Every one is on the accuracy ledger, including the two we got wrong.
Buy or wait, the whole FX lineup
A quick verdict on every Sony FX body, based on where each sits in its cycle.
Weighing the FX3 against the FX5? Read the full buy or wait breakdown, or browse all buying guides.
Launch coverage
Independent hands-on videos from around the FX5’s announcement. We link these as coverage, not sources: none are scored, and we earn nothing from them.
as of Jul 28, 2026
Published between July 22, 2026 and July 23, 2026, in the first days after the announcement: day-one first looks plus a few early reviews of a pre-release camera. 2 are marked “Paid promotion”, carrying YouTube’s paid-content label; the rest showed none when we checked. These outlets are not scored on our accuracy record; only the sources that reported the rumors are. Their video descriptions may carry their own affiliate links, which are theirs; we have no relationship with them and earn nothing from these.
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