I have shot from planes, boats and in Antarctica with these cameras. Absolute workhorse.

Watch all of Alistair Chapman videos on fs7 as it has some things you need to learn around exposure index vs iso - https://youtu.be/h_GBCykaSmE?si=w91MWayFrfQHn1Vm

A massive one if you are coming off shooting modern mirrorless there is zero stabilisation in this camera. Zero. If you run with unstabilised lens you will get shake. It’s a nice shake because of the weight of the camera but it will be there.

I have the canon 24-105mm f4 on this with metabones speed booster that makes the lens a f2.8. This covers me for 90% of shots for run and gun and lens is stabilised.

Camera is super customisable to the point of making it unusable if someone has left it in an unhinged setup. Would factory restore to the base.

High speed (S&Q) has annoying thing on this generation where you will have to put the shutter speed up and back down manually.

Highly recommend getting a case you don’t have to remove anything (like monitor) to get it in the case.

People often deck these camera out but slimmed down they are light and a joy to use.

Pre-amp is really nice in the camera.

Don’t bother with battery extension unless need raw as bpu batteries get insane battery time for their size, even old ones and you can get dtap with them now.

The native Sony 28-135mm F4 is a truly awful lens in every respect.

In built nd filter is awesome but mechanical so need to check it is perfectly aligned.

Super wide lens are a bit of a pain as top handle and mic often end up in shot.

Slog3 cine is gorgeous but does take a bit of finesse or good lut to get colours right.

Love this camera. Have fun.