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I put the Deity PR-4, Zoom F3 and Tascam FR-AV2 head to head on size, screens, Bluetooth, timecode, storage, batteries and audio quality. Here is which one I would actually buy, and why it was not close.

The FX5 and the S1 II both record RAW internally, but they split hard after that. Here is every category each camera wins, and the one I actually bought.

The FX5 brings 16-bit internal RAW, 5K open gate, a third base ISO and over 16 stops of dynamic range. The FX3 is still legendary though, so here is which one I would actually buy.

Instagram compresses your Reels, but a lot of the time that is not Instagram's fault. Here is every Final Cut Pro setting that actually matters, plus the one final step that unlocks higher quality playback.

I put the Sony FX5 in direct Texas sunlight recording 5K open gate RAW at almost two gigabits per second and tried everything I could to make it overheat. The body hit 135 degrees and the camera never flinched.

The Nikon ZR costs less than half what the Sony FX5 does and records higher resolution RAW. But compression, dynamic range, and the long-term cost of storage complicate the math more than the sticker price suggests.