this really impressed me. I am thinking about starting a youtube channel, and do some amateur videography and documentary work, I found one of these for a great deal I might pick up!
Excellent compilation of 4K videos. Watching on 4K monitor I can appreciate the excellent quality and ability of the new Sony sensor installed in the AX53 to capture all fine detailes in low light.
Thank You it is really amazing, that 16:9 form factor really makes the pixels in the sensor bigger with better light response and better resolution by being 60% bigger I never had to push the 24 gain at all Thanks Luidoly
Because the lousy stabilization of my AX100, I've decided to replace it with AX53. I prefere the smaller size and mainly the better stabilization. Your video giving me the final push to exchange my camcordrs. Thanks again.
You are right I was thinking Sony was going to come up with an update on the AX-100 but they had to update everything including the awesome BOSS SYSTEM THAT IS THE BEST OF ANY CAMCORDER in addition to the fact that the AX-100 sensor is old technology by today's standards. Maybe if they ever come up with a 60p 4K.... will see, I THINK THE boss SYSTEM IS A MUST FOR GOOD QUALITY 4K SHOOTING. THANKS LUIDOLY
Not exactly, BOSS works but in some limitation, which means that the Intelligent Stabilization doesn't work at 4k, but the Active Steady Shot does work.
Images are beautiful. I did notice some vignetting on the wide shots especially with a lot of hand movement and the way the lens floats inside the camera body. I wonder if you had a filter attached to the front of lens. I ask because my ax53 doesn’t do that.
What function do you assign the manual ring? I know you don't record in auto mode. When you say you mostly adjust exposure. Is it the exposure or AE Shift that you adjust? I am trying to follow your settings. For the My Button setting you use AE Shift, Shutter Speed and AGC limit, right. Sorry have too many questions.tks.
Hi Luidoly. It's a very useful video, as you said: a real world low light video. Where does the sudden vignetting at 6:37 come from? Did you use a filter maybe? Or is it just the camcorder fully zoomed out? Thanks in advance!
I have not really noticed it at all, but no,.... no filters, the only thing that I might be is the corner of the rectangular lens hood Mennon 16.9 I have seen that in other clips Thanks, Luidoly
Thank You, I used FCP-10 FOR EDITING AND PUTTING THE MOVIE TOGETHER, However I am not aware that I did any correction to wide angle distortion, these are the actual clips uploaded to RUclips when the timeline was published, no correction for wide angle distortion, I fail to see what you are referring to. Thanks, Luidoly
Hello, thank yoy for your reply. At 7:36 there is subtitle: Sony 4K Action Cam corrected for angle distorsion, then at 7:52 there is subtitle: 4K Action Cam no correction for angle distorsion and so on. So, I was wondering what software or device is doing good job and corrects so well these angle distorsions. :-)
Yes you are right, when you said software I was confused with the main editing software but actually it is a plugin that you can buy from Coremelt and others and use it as a special fx on FCP10, There are other special effects Co that also have angle distortion correction pluggings, I just find that the one provided by Coremelt works very well. Thanks, Luis
Whow! All 30fps videos that I saw yank a bit, so it is easy to say whether it is 30p or 60p. But it looks like you have managed to overcome this problem. How did you get that smooth picture? Thanks!
Awesome video... Not sure if you have had any experience with the Canon Vixia G40, but if so I was wondering which you would prefer? I'm trying to decide between that camera and the AX-53... Thanks
I DID NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE G40 BUT STILL HAVE THE AX-20 WHICH THE SEMIPROFESSIONAL COUNTER PART OF THE G30 AND G40, even at that I prefer the AX-53 BECAUSETHE SONY COLORS ARE BETTER, IT IS 4K,BIGGER SENSOR BETTER LIGHT ADQUISITION AND MOST OF ALL THE OPTICAL STABILIZATION WHICH IS UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER CAMERA IN PRODUCTION TODAY EVEN THE SMALL ACTION CAM SONY FDR-X3000 HAS OPTICAL STABILIZATION AND THERE IS NOTHING BETTER AT THIS TIME, SO GO FOR THE AX-53 YOU WILL BE PLEASE, REMEMBER THAT ALSO SHOOTS 1080P IF YOU REALLY DON'T CARE FOR THE 4K. NO THERE WERE NO EXTRA LENSES OR ADPTER LENSES USED, THAT IS THE ORIGINAL LENS IT GOES TO 20 X OPTICAL. THANKS LUIDOLY
Awesome... Thanks for the reply. From studying test footage that I've seen on RUclips, I'd definitely agree. The AX53 just looks a lot better... I've seen a lot of clips uploaded with the G40, and they seem disappointing to me. Cheers.
You say you didn't have a lens on, did you have a lens hood? I saw something at slightly after 1:30 on the edges that I saw on my own footage when I used a lens hood..
A lenshood was used and at times especially on extrema wide of the zoom may show some vignetting in the corners depending on how much side ways you are holding the camera, i did not particularly saw it in your reference at 1:30 but I know it happens. easily corrected zooming in just a little and it will disappear. the lens hood is a Mennon square lens hood. Thanks, Luidoly
No wide angle adapter was used, only the camera zoom lens, which has an impressive 20x optical zoom but I cannot remember what it is at the wide side of the zoom, but definitely no adapter. Thanks, Luidoly
how does the ax53 fair in an indoor concert setting? most concerts have dark surroundings with really intense flood lights, and that together with the zoom, im really not sure how the video will turn out. it's definitely a consideration though!
The AX-53 does very well indoors, the concert lighting is no problem and you can always change the gain to a minimum to avoid any noise artifact in the dark areas thanks Luidoly
Just curious about the strobing/flickering at about 5:05 with the yellow lighting. Is it in the original file or just RUclips? Any idea what causes it?
I'm not a professional, but I might be correct with this one. The light has a certain frequency so called Hertz. This is caused by the power specification in the countrys. Light starts to flicker, when the FPS do not match the frequency of the light. In Japan and Europe there is 50 Hertz on electricity. In America there is 60 Hertz. PAL vs NTSC. If your video camera is not filming at the same wave length as the frequency of the light, it begins to flicker. You need to either fall back to 25 FPS or 50 FPS for perfect coverage in Japan and Europe and 30 and 60 FPS for America or otherwise you get this flicker.
I don't know, but I just purchased the AX53 and while it does a FANTASTIC job with daylight footage, I am getting way too much noise/grain in similar low-light situations at a gain of 18 or 21, everything else in AUTO. Are you doing anything differently in the manual settings (very limited options) available with this camcorder to avoid getting noise in your image?
Thank You, I know it is an independent state located in the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, it is part Indonesia and part Malaysia, so go figure where would you place it???? Thanks Luidoly
Hello Luidoly,Thanks for replying. Singapore is an independent country and member of the United Nations. It is not part of Indonesia or Malaysia. As you say,it's on the Malay peninsula,but is entirely self governed. Love the video!
It would be really helpful to all of us with an AX53 if you shared the manual settings you used as this is stunning!
Beautifully done
Amazing video
Really enjoyable. Almost forgot I was researching a camera.
Same here, exactly the same.
Lmao me too
Wow, looks like you guys really had an amazing vacation! Thanks for posting. Especially like the Ax53 footage.
this really impressed me. I am thinking about starting a youtube channel, and do some amateur videography and documentary work, I found one of these for a great deal I might pick up!
sickeningly amazing quality
I agree I myself waS IMPRESSED
Thank You
Luidoly
Amazing video, thank you for the upload. I'm sold on the ax53.
Thank You.
Excellent compilation of 4K videos. Watching on 4K monitor I can appreciate the excellent quality and ability of the new Sony sensor installed in the AX53 to capture all fine detailes in low light.
Thank You it is really amazing, that 16:9 form factor really makes the pixels in the sensor bigger with better light response and better resolution by being 60% bigger
I never had to push the 24 gain at all
Thanks
Luidoly
Because the lousy stabilization of my AX100, I've decided to replace it with AX53. I prefere the smaller size and mainly the better stabilization. Your video giving me the final push to exchange my camcordrs. Thanks again.
You are right I was thinking Sony was going to come up with an update on the AX-100 but they had to update everything including the awesome BOSS SYSTEM THAT IS THE BEST OF ANY CAMCORDER in addition to the fact that the AX-100 sensor is old technology by today's standards.
Maybe if they ever come up with a 60p 4K.... will see, I THINK THE boss SYSTEM IS A MUST FOR GOOD QUALITY 4K SHOOTING.
THANKS
LUIDOLY
Only BOSS doesn't work in 4k.
Not exactly, BOSS works but in some limitation, which means that the Intelligent Stabilization doesn't work at 4k, but the Active Steady Shot does work.
Many thanks for the footages.
THANK YOU
Beautiful !
THANK YOU
LUIDOLY
Thank You, I appreciate your opinion
Wooow! Would you share your settings?:O Looks so amazing!!! I get so much noise in low light :(
Cool vidio 😎👍
Съемка понравилась.
what settings on the camera did you manually set and what were those values?
It's nice handycam .. I suggested dis device to my boss
I've done a lot of testing with my AX53 and in 1080P it does a lot better in the low light. I'm not exactly sure why that is.
Images are beautiful. I did notice some vignetting on the wide shots especially with a lot of hand movement and the way the lens floats inside the camera body. I wonder if you had a filter attached to the front of lens. I ask because my ax53 doesn’t do that.
I always protect lenses with a UV filter, that may be it, but I still don't noticed it.
Thanks
Luidoly
what memory card did u use for 4k in the sony then?
Lovely views but what settings?
What function do you assign the manual ring? I know you don't record in auto mode. When you say you mostly adjust exposure. Is it the exposure or AE Shift that you adjust? I am trying to follow your settings. For the My Button setting you use AE Shift, Shutter Speed and AGC limit, right. Sorry have too many questions.tks.
Nice video test of the Sony FDR-AX53, well done and thank you
I am impressed, looks really crisp and nice. I just need to gather funds to get one! :D Thank you for showing us!
Que bitrate usaste. Modo normal o modo cine.
please share your settings
Спасибо за прогулку. С меня подписка и лайк, приглашаю на свой сайт.
Hi Luidoly. It's a very useful video, as you said: a real world low light video. Where does the sudden vignetting at 6:37 come from? Did you use a filter maybe? Or is it just the camcorder fully zoomed out? Thanks in advance!
I have not really noticed it at all, but no,.... no filters, the only thing that I might be is the corner of the rectangular lens hood Mennon 16.9 I have seen that in other clips
Thanks,
Luidoly
Congratulations , very nice and interesting movie. What software did you use to correct wide angle distorsions ?
Thank You, I used FCP-10 FOR EDITING AND PUTTING THE MOVIE TOGETHER, However I am not aware that I did any correction to wide angle distortion, these are the actual clips uploaded to RUclips when the timeline was published, no correction for wide angle distortion, I fail to see what you are referring to.
Thanks,
Luidoly
Hello, thank yoy for your reply. At 7:36 there is subtitle: Sony 4K Action Cam corrected for angle distorsion, then at 7:52 there is subtitle: 4K Action Cam no correction for angle distorsion and so on. So, I was wondering what software or device is doing good job and corrects so well these angle distorsions. :-)
Yes you are right, when you said software I was confused with the main editing software but actually it is a plugin that you can buy from Coremelt and others and use it as a special fx on FCP10, There are other special effects Co that also have angle distortion correction pluggings, I just find that the one provided by Coremelt works very well.
Thanks,
Luis
Whow! All 30fps videos that I saw yank a bit, so it is easy to say whether it is 30p or 60p. But it looks like you have managed to overcome this problem. How did you get that smooth picture? Thanks!
PATIENT AND A SUPERB OPTICAL STABILIZATION OR BOSS SYSTEM UNIQUE TO SONY
THANKS
LUIDOLY
Awesome video... Not sure if you have had any experience with the Canon Vixia G40, but if so I was wondering which you would prefer? I'm trying to decide between that camera and the AX-53... Thanks
Also... I was wondering if this was shot with any extra lenses or not? Thanks :)
I DID NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE G40 BUT STILL HAVE THE AX-20 WHICH THE SEMIPROFESSIONAL COUNTER PART OF THE G30 AND G40, even at that I prefer the AX-53 BECAUSETHE SONY COLORS ARE BETTER, IT IS 4K,BIGGER SENSOR BETTER LIGHT ADQUISITION AND MOST OF ALL THE OPTICAL STABILIZATION WHICH IS UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER CAMERA IN PRODUCTION TODAY EVEN THE SMALL ACTION CAM SONY FDR-X3000 HAS OPTICAL STABILIZATION AND THERE IS NOTHING BETTER AT THIS TIME, SO GO FOR THE AX-53 YOU WILL BE PLEASE, REMEMBER THAT ALSO SHOOTS 1080P IF YOU REALLY DON'T CARE FOR THE 4K.
NO THERE WERE NO EXTRA LENSES OR ADPTER LENSES USED, THAT IS THE ORIGINAL LENS IT GOES TO 20 X OPTICAL.
THANKS
LUIDOLY
Awesome... Thanks for the reply. From studying test footage that I've seen on RUclips, I'd definitely agree. The AX53 just looks a lot better... I've seen a lot of clips uploaded with the G40, and they seem disappointing to me. Cheers.
You say you didn't have a lens on, did you have a lens hood? I saw something at slightly after 1:30 on the edges that I saw on my own footage when I used a lens hood..
A lenshood was used and at times especially on extrema wide of the zoom may show some vignetting in the corners depending on how much
side ways you are holding the camera, i did not particularly saw it in your reference at 1:30 but I know it happens. easily corrected
zooming in just a little and it will disappear. the lens hood is a Mennon square lens hood.
Thanks,
Luidoly
which wide angle lens adapter did u use? (.45x or .70x) BTW very nice video...
No wide angle adapter was used, only the camera zoom lens, which has an impressive 20x optical zoom but I cannot remember what it is at the wide side of the zoom, but definitely no adapter.
Thanks,
Luidoly
Thanks for your reply.
how does the ax53 fair in an indoor concert setting? most concerts have dark surroundings with really intense flood lights, and that together with the zoom, im really not sure how the video will turn out. it's definitely a consideration though!
The AX-53 does very well indoors, the concert lighting is no problem and you can always change the gain to a minimum
to avoid any noise artifact in the dark areas
thanks
Luidoly
U use any noise reducction or something??
none
Just curious about the strobing/flickering at about 5:05 with the yellow lighting. Is it in the original file or just RUclips? Any idea what causes it?
Good eye idk though but thanks for pointing that out
I'm not a professional, but I might be correct with this one.
The light has a certain frequency so called Hertz. This is caused by the power specification in the countrys. Light starts to flicker, when the FPS do not match the frequency of the light. In Japan and Europe there is 50 Hertz on electricity. In America there is 60 Hertz. PAL vs NTSC.
If your video camera is not filming at the same wave length as the frequency of the light, it begins to flicker. You need to either fall back to 25 FPS or 50 FPS for perfect coverage in Japan and Europe and 30 and 60 FPS for America or otherwise you get this flicker.
Joshbert & Friends waaaaat I ended up getting this camera. How did you figure that out? That’s crazy
Joshbert & Friends 100% correct Josh! Same reason as to why most car LED headlights/taillights on modern cars “wave” or flicker when recorded!
Hello, can I ask you this is in full auto mode or you did some settings manualy? Thank you
some settings manually mostly exposure compensation
Thanks
Luidoly
I don't know, but I just purchased the AX53 and while it does a FANTASTIC job with daylight footage, I am getting way too much noise/grain in similar low-light situations at a gain of 18 or 21, everything else in AUTO. Are you doing anything differently in the manual settings (very limited options) available with this camcorder to avoid getting noise in your image?
Make sure you are using a fast SD card and shooting at the highest bitrate. Also, lower the gain and correct it in post-production
sorry, i want to ask you .....if you know of course. wich better to buy sony ax53 or panasonic 990 ?
Sony AX-53 by far a better camera
thanks
thanks
Sony AX-53
thanks ))
Thank you. This is AVCHD or XAVC format?
Hello, are you recording in 30p o 60p ? in 4K?
30 p in 4K
Thank very much
Lovely video. Singapore is not in Malaysia.
Thank You, I know it is an independent state located in the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, it is part Indonesia and part Malaysia, so go figure where would you place it????
Thanks
Luidoly
Hello Luidoly,Thanks for replying. Singapore is an independent country and member of the United Nations. It is not part of Indonesia or Malaysia. As you say,it's on the Malay peninsula,but is entirely self governed. Love the video!
Hello, is the camera set to automatic?
no, INEVER USE AUTO SETTING
Luidoly Oh ok, do you mind telling me what you adjusted? Exposure and focus right?
MOSTLY EXPOSURE SOMETIMES MANUAL FOCUS
is this 30p ? or 24p ? or 25p ?
30p
7:05 pfew... audio quality is pretty terrible from this example...
what are the benefits of having NFC and WIFI built in the camera?
mich stört das grundrauschen des mIkros, kein Plan was Sony da verbockt hat, weil die Aufnahmen echt klaase sind