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Hi guys, Need some tech info here.... Based in the UK and looking to film with my a7sii in some high frame rates to take advantage of slow motion in editing. Set to PAL as it seems to get rid of light flicker with the UK stuff over here. So.....MP4 gives a max of 60fps which is cool but I want even slower so I've had to set to XAVC HD instead to use the 100+fps which is great. However......I usually switch between 24mm 35mm 50mm Samyang full frame primes when filming but (on XAVC format) after i hit record it crops itself automatically, it didn't do this on MP4, so now everything looks like an 85mm lens?! Basically I want to use the best codec that will give me HUGE fps for slow motion, full frame use of all my lenses and in an NTSC or PAL format that combats the UK frequency of lights etc. Any helpers?? Appreciate it as always

I've recently begun shooting video with my a6000 and am finding it to be more confusing than I expected. The camera does a good job, although I need to get a new SD card to use the XAVC format (the one I have is only 8GB Class 10, 30MB/s). I'm shooting in AVCHD 60p in the meantime. I read on some older posts and heard in YouTube videos that many people shoot in XAVC and then export to .mp4 with a smaller bitrate after editing. Obviously this has been done for anything on YouTube, but even after down converting, you can see the difference in AVCHD/XAVC codec quality they are trying to show you. That made me think that I should do the same thing. Could someone suggest what a good workflow is for saving mostly family/kid movies shot with the a6000? I want to take advantage of the superior XAVC codec while balancing quality with size in the final file that gets archived. The only video software I have now is Playmemories Home and Windows Movie Maker (not sure that's compatible with XAVC though). I don't want to buy expensive software at this stage - I only need to do simple, minor edits and splices for now. I'm not overly concerned about compatibility with hardware players. Sorry for being longwinded about a newbie question, but searching has turned up nothing useful for me about this topic.

Because the FX3 has lower noise levels, some codec features only show up on the camera at high ISO settings. Sony Cinema Line FX30 (ILME-FX30) Firmware Version 2.0 - S-Gamut3.Cine/S-Log3 Recorder: - Atomos Ninja V (Firmware 10.90.00) FX30 lens: - 3M-5A 500mm f/8 + VILTROX EF-E II 0.71x Speed Booster - Sony E PZ 18–105 mm F4 G OSS APS-C (SELP18105G) Noise reduction, editing & color grading in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2023.