The Portkeys LH5P III is a 5.7 inch on-camera monitor that changes the settings on up to four other cameras from one screen, wirelessly. Here is how it works and who it is for.
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Sony has not said a word about an FX6 Mark II, but based on what they just shipped in the FX5, I am betting it is coming with internal ND filters, IBIS, and a $6,999 price tag.
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The M5 Pro Mac Mini has the exact same media engines as the $899 base M6, so here’s the Mac Mini I’d actually buy for video editing at three different price points.
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The M5 MacBook Air has the same chip as the M5 MacBook Pro, but no fan, so it gets heavily thermal throttled. Here is the 10 dollar thermal pad mod that got me a 32% faster Lightroom export, plus the honest video editing and gaming numbers.
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I edited Sony FX5 XOCN RAW on the cheapest laptop Apple makes, a fanless M5 MacBook Air. DaVinci Resolve handled three stacked RAW tracks without breaking a sweat, Premiere Pro came close, and Final Cut Pro could not open the video at all.
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Sound design, not your camera, is what makes a wedding film feel cinematic. Here is the exact layering method I use to build the audio for a reception exit.
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