Sony FX30 for Vertical Video, Everyone Hates it But it Works!

In this video, we'll be taking a look at the Sony FX30 Rig Nobody Likes, But it Works! This smallrig vertical camera kit is perfect for shooting vertical content with your Falcam quick-release system.
If you're looking for a cheap and easy way to shoot vertical content with your Small right AND Falcam system, then this video is for you! Be sure to check out this rig!
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GEAR IN THIS VIDEO
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Sony FX30 ➡ geni.us/HWZTzC
Camera Cage ➡ geni.us/noNlFDl
L Bracket ➡ geni.us/79W0
Wooden Side Handle ➡ geni.us/W0A52
Base Plate ➡ geni.us/qhcjq
Top handle ➡ geni.us/yLPrnh5
Rods ➡ geni.us/sZHNk
Sigma 24-70 ➡ geni.us/dUhBgQ
Monitor Mount ➡ geni.us/AEAuSW
V Mount Battery ➡ geni.us/M62Yzeu
D Tap Cable ➡ geni.us/HoLH6Mg
Monitor ➡ geni.us/uDf8k7L
V Mount Plate ➡ geni.us/YWss6Mo
Wireless Monitor ➡ geni.us/ytAKxz
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GEAR IN THIS VIDEO
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Sony FX30 ➡ geni.us/HWZTzC
Monitor ➡ geni.us/GqTMH7d
Monitor Mount ➡ geni.us/8Xbkp72
Camera Cage ➡ geni.us/RCumZ2
Top Handle ➡ geni.us/IBtlu
Side Handle ➡ geni.us/wsdhikx
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🎥 Gear I Use to Make Videos:
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1. Sony FX30 ➡ geni.us/yA10S
2. Viltrox 13mm f1.4mm geni.us/ALyu
(For Sony FX3) Sony 20mm G f1.8 geni.us/w32KKxR
3. Polar Pro VND geni.us/2TBUka
4. Sony ECMB10 Mic geni.us/KqJNU
5. Hollyland Lark Max geni.us/uzgx1
6. Angelbird 1TB CF Express A geni.us/cBYlcP5
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8. Cobra 3 Original Version - tinyurl.com/55kx4kzf
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[@keshhh]

Great rig. I disagree with the comments suggesting to shoot 4k landscape and crop to vertical. That's a waste of a big chunk of the sensor which you've paid a lot of $$ for 😂 For an equivalent FOV, the crop would be MASSIVE. 16:9 portrait crop from a 16:9 landscape shot is a huge waste

[@KofiYeboah]

Someone also made a good point that green screen work people shoot vertical because you get more vertical resolution and you don’t need the sides in green screen anyways

[@danbrockettDOP]

@@KofiYeboah That does make sense, I've done it but it can make framing any kind of movement pretty challenging compared to regular framing. Talking head standing or sitting though, it's pretty easy.

[@averagejoepro1]

I just want to say I love your content. Each video has inspired and taught me something new. I look forward to seeing your channel grow!

[@KofiYeboah]

Man thank you so much I appreciate it!

[@earnieboy54]

Man. I’m really proud of you. Being consistent and just enjoying what you do. I’m making a vertical rig for my pocket 6K, the og version, and having fun in the process of finding what works and what doesn’t.

[@KofiYeboah]

These videos are really fun and hopefully anyone can figure out a system on any camera

[@WillCaban]

my man, I love how you are pumping out content at rapid pace.... the FX30 is honestly great for vertical, if even handheld like i use it, this is a great piece of hardware for this.

[@KofiYeboah]

I busted used the second rig this morning I love it 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@NonBinary_Star]

5:45 for the win!! run and gun content creatin'👌🏿

[@KofiYeboah]

Yessir 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@jaharoni]

Just picked up the fx30 and your channel has been unavoidable in the best possible way. Thank you for the time to make these and help out the noobs. Easy subscription decision

[@KofiYeboah]

Oh anytime man!

[@itsjacquev767]

Love the content man!!! Great rig set ups and little cool added pieces you can use for other rigs...

[@KofiYeboah]

Glad I can help!

[@TimothyAlcorn]

Great video! Exactly what i needed to see!

[@KofiYeboah]

Excellent !

[@DavidZhou]

Love this vertical rig setup!

[@KofiYeboah]

Took a while to build 🙌🏾😁

[@BionicOutdoorsMan]

Kofi Bro i love your content Man i have the fx30 myself and your video give me a perfect solution for my rig TKS Bro.

[@KofiYeboah]

Anytime ! Glad you enjoyed !!

[@Jakereviewsall]

I started using my FX30 more recently for some verticals. My setup and recordings are super simple though, no rig setups.

[@KofiYeboah]

Nice !!

[@VictorLaforteza]

Loooove the cage! got one for all my cams. Falcam should've just called it a vertical cage kit lol

[@KofiYeboah]

Falcam killed it with this 👍🏾

[@racemode]

Yup. More client's are asking for vertical

[@KofiYeboah]

More 💰💰💰💰

[@rustam7272]

Love the colorgrading on ur video, doin sell LUTs?

[@KofiYeboah]

I do 🔥in the description

[@JacksonJoJ]

I have a restaurant opening coming up that client wants all in vertical. The Falcam setup (budget option 🤣) seems about the same price as the rs 3 mini that I was thinking about buying for this and future vertical shoots. Everyone has a monitor on their rigs and I’ve been resisting (i know I know) to stay compact because most of my client work is tripod talking head. You’re convincing me the need to level up the professionalism here.

[@JacksonJoJ]

Also are you using Final Cut bro zooms? Just started with them and like the efficiency of adding movement to the talking heads

[@KofiYeboah]

I’m on DaVinci actually !!

[@KofiYeboah]

If it helps bring clients , worth it 💯

[@eletor]

I have to imagine camera manufactures will be doing something to allow the aspect change without the camera twist

[@KofiYeboah]

Hopefully something comes out ! That would be cool !

[@danielgormanphoto]

I can't wait till falcon comes out with a cage for my a7 r v

[@KofiYeboah]

Hopefully soon !

[@Maktheblade]

Hi, love the rig but how did you get the side handle connected as well as the power - don't they both use usb-c?

[@KofiYeboah]

By suffering and using either the dummy battery to d tap( not shown) or sometimes I don’t use the v mount for vertical content as it’s pretty short stuff, the fxlion powers the monitor that chews through battery life

[@zacki5663]

one of the downsides of sponsorship is there are only a few companies like smallrig that do it well which ends up making all the content on youtube be about only a few brands. just try searching for a lesser known brand like nitzie for fx3 and there is literally nothing

[@KofiYeboah]

I have a couple things by nitze, but I never got around to trying the full cage

[@kereyvproductions5521]

I gots a question! When I export FX3 content from DaVinci and upload to instagram, it loses image quality. Do you use specific settings when exporting from DaVinci?

[@KofiYeboah]

I don’t!😅pretty much the resolution I recorded in flipped to 9:16 is where I’m at

[@frankfeng2701]

Prefer open gate like s5ii.

[@KofiYeboah]

Awesome!

[@danbrockettDOP]

The real question for clients is "Why?" Why shoot vertical video? Unless it's specifically for vertical signage, or green screen shooting, the negatives far outweigh the positives when shooting 9:16 versus 16:9. The footage becomes basically unusable for anything but IG or Tik Tok, framing any kind of non standing human subject matter is just bass ackwards, it's the opposite of how humans see the world, I just don't get why this seems to be a huge trend with agencies and clients lately? Talk about hamstringing your footage for other venues and outlets. But if clients want to waste the potential for the format and pay us to do so, I 100% agree with Kofi's take, it's a gig and money and the FX3/30 are perfect for shooting this way. Shooting vertical on an FX9 or 6 though is a PITA, although it can be done.

[@KofiYeboah]

That’s what I’m saying , it’s not my money , sheesh 😅

[@danbrockettDOP]

@@KofiYeboah You nailed it!

[@businesstheotakuskitchen9000]

You should reach out to Kondor Blue and pitch them on the idea of making a vertical video cage! They collab with KZbin creators for cables so they seem like they might be open to making a cage for the FX3/30 that could go from 16:9 to 9:16. You never know until you send that initial email.

[@KofiYeboah]

🤫maybe it’s in the works already !

[@ListenHereOldMan]

i have the KB cage for the FX3 and it's already nice for vertical, the top handle w record button attaches via nato, which is also on both sides of the cage. i have a Tilta wooden side handle (that black walnut is gorgeous) that's nato as well, so i can flip em both to go vertical in no time. i just ordered the Silence Corner Atoll too, folks should take a look at that. (those fxlion v-mounts are great for the price but why did they make the d-tap orientation perpendicular to the battery body? makes it difficult to impossible to use w plenty of battery plates)

[@zachofalltrades7328]

i TRULY believe, that filming vertical is a waste, and you should always film horizontal and a bit wider in 4k. this gives you post freedom to pan side to side.

[@KofiYeboah]

To each one’s own ✌🏾

[@zachofalltrades7328]

@@KofiYeboah very true, i just found from a couple live events where i did film vertical, it was waaaay more difficult to do some things in post, and if i film in horizontal, this gives me/the client to post this content in other places. pair that with the fact that reels are all only 1080 and you're going to have to crop by 50% if you're in 4k anyway to fit the frame or only by 10% if you film horizontally, i just haven't seen a really good reason to film vertically native.

[@mrbutts2597]

Nah definitely need to film vertical separately for real estate content.

[@zachofalltrades7328]

@@mrbutts2597 ok, i'm happy to hear your reasoning for this. can you please explain why you feel this way?

[@bakerfx4968]

@@mrbutts2597 I’m curious as well what about real estate makes you need to film vertical

[@bakerfx4968]

Shooting vertical makes absolutely no sense. If it’s vertical chances are it’s being viewed on a phone… a 4K image cropped for vertical video is way more than enough resolution for phone video but with so much more flexibility

[@KofiYeboah]

🤷🏾‍♂️ different strokes for different folks

[@speedandmotionphotography]

I was wondering that as well, shoot 4K and crop. Just need to shoot wider.