If you really break it down and look at this in terms of hardware aging, then the Sony FS700 is ancient. When it was released in June of 2012,<\/strong> the 700 was a beast of a camera<\/a>. It came equipped with a 4K Exmor Super 35 CMOS sensor<\/strong> and used an array of recording medias, from SDHC <\/strong>to Memory Stick PRO Duo<\/strong>. But where the camera really made its bones was in the frames per second, which allowed up to 960fps,<\/strong>\u00a0with 240fps in HD<\/strong> and up to 60fps in 4K<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had several fellow filmmakers swear by the FS700<\/strong>, and I\u2019ve been able to use the camera on several occasions. My experience with it has always been a pleasant one, but I was never able to use it in a run and gun situation, only a static one with it resting comfortably on a tripod.<\/p>\n Now with this latest price drop I may finally get a chance to do just that.<\/p>\n Sony has announced that it is dropping the price of the FS700 by $1,000<\/strong>, which brings the final price of the camera to $4,999<\/strong>. Now, here is where that question of what type of price drop this is<\/em> comes into play.<\/p>\n Sony, as recent as last year<\/a>, dropped the price of the FS700 from $7,000 to $6,000. Now factor in another drop this year and the fact that it is now a full three years old, well… you can read the writing on the wall.<\/p>\n We already have the FS700\u2019s heir apparent in the Sony FS7<\/strong>, which starts at $8,000 and comes with the ability to record 4K internally <\/strong>– a feature missing from the FS700.<\/p>\n But just to show you what the camera can do,check out this EPIC video of the FS700 in action by Neumann Films<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Sony-FS700-BHPhoto\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sony-FS700-BHPhoto.jpg\" "\\"Sony-FS700-BHPhoto\\"")
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