Why We Own Two Sony FX6 Cameras
Most Of Our Work Revolves Around Interviews
If you asked me why we own two Sony FX6 cameras, the honest answer has very little to do with cameras and a lot to do with the type of work we do. At this Boston Video Production Company, most of our projects revolve around interviews. We're constantly sitting down with founders, executives, customers, donors, alumni, employees, and community members. Whether we're creating a customer testimonial, a nonprofit fundraising video, a recruitment campaign, or a corporate brand video, the interview is usually where the story comes from.
That's where we find the emotion, the personality, and the moments that make someone watching care about what's being said. Because interviews are such a big part of our work, we've built our production process around making them as strong as possible, and that's where having two matching FX6 cameras becomes incredibly valuable.
One of the biggest benefits is that it allows us to capture two completely perspectives at the same time. For most interviews, we'll have a wider angle on our A Camera and a tighter angle on our B Camera. The wider shot helps establish the environment and gives viewers a sense of place. The tighter shot creates intimacy. It pulls the audience closer to the person speaking and allows us to emphasize emotional moments in a way that simply isn't possible with a single camera setup. When someone is explaining what their company does, we may stay wider. But when they start talking about why they started the business, a challenge they overcame, or a customer whose life was changed by their work, that's often when we'll move to the tighter angle. Suddenly you're paying closer attention to facial expressions, eye contact, and emotion. It may seem like a subtle difference, but those little storytelling decisions have a huge impact on how a video feels.
Matching Cameras Make Everything Easier
One thing most clients never think about is how much consistency matters during production and editing. When you're cutting between cameras dozens or even hundreds of times throughout a video, you want those cameras to behave the same way. You want the colors to match. You want skin tones to match. You want highlights to roll off the same way. You want the footage to feel seamless. Could we shoot with two different cameras? Of course. Plenty of productions do. But if we're going to spend all day filming interviews and then spend weeks editing those interviews into a finished piece, we'd rather remove as many variables as possible.
That's one of the reasons we eventually decided to own two FX6s instead of building a collection of different camera bodies. It simplifies production, simplifies editing, and allows us to focus on the story rather than spending time solving technical problems. Professional video production is often about eliminating friction. The less time we're thinking about cameras, the more time we're thinking about people, interviews, and storytelling.
We Think About The Edit While We're Still Filming
One of the biggest misconceptions about video production is that filming and editing are two completely separate parts of the process. In reality, we're thinking about the edit from the moment we start rolling. Every interview answer, every camera angle, and every piece of b-roll is being captured with the final video in mind. When we're sitting in an interview, we're already thinking about pacing, transitions, emotional beats, and how different answers might fit together later.
Having two cameras gives us incredible flexibility in the edit. If someone pauses while collecting their thoughts, stumbles over a sentence, or takes a moment to think before answering, we can often use the second angle to create a seamless edit. The audience never notices. They simply experience a conversation that feels natural and effortless. That's one of the biggest reasons we use two cameras for interviews. Not because it looks impressive on set, but because it gives us the tools to create a stronger final video.
Final Thoughts From BHM
We own two Sony FX6 cameras because most of our work revolves around interviews, storytelling, and creating polished videos for our clients.
Having two matching cameras gives us consistency, flexibility, redundancy, and more options during editing. It allows us to create stronger interviews and smoother final videos while keeping our focus where it belongs: on the people in front of the camera.
At the end of the day, that's really what matters.
The camera is just the tool.
The story is the reason we're there.
