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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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.
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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.
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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.
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