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I tested the Sony ECM-W5 on the FX5 and at a real wedding: 32-bit float straight into the camera, monitoring with your own LE Audio earbuds, USB timecode, and the one setting that makes monitoring look broken.

Sony and Panasonic never made an 85mm F1.2 with autofocus, so Sigma did. Here's how the $1,600 Sigma 85mm F1.2 DG Art holds up for wedding filmmakers, how it compares to the F1.4 options, and the one reason to skip it.

On paper the iPhone 18 Pro and 17 Pro are nearly identical, but for filmmakers and photographers the new sensor, F1.48 variable aperture and bigger vapor chamber make the 18 Pro a massive upgrade. Here's who should buy it and who should keep their phone.

The FX5 can't take photos, and I think that one decision tells us exactly what Sony does next: an a7S IV with the FX5 sensor, a built-in viewfinder, and a price around $4,500.

I recorded 4K 60 on the iPhone 18 Pro and 17 Pro side by side in the Texas sun. Both stopped at exactly eight minutes, but only one kept a usable screen.

The M5 Mac Studio I'd actually buy for video editing at three price points, why Apple's 40-core GPU upgrade really costs $600, and the $3,800 point where you should stop spending on an M5 Max.