The OLED MacBook Pro is worth the extra $400 if you color grade on your laptop screen, and a waste if you edit on an external monitor. Here are the exact MacBook Pros I’d buy for video editing at every budget.
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The Viltrox 35mm F1.4 Pro is a well-built 35mm with quick autofocus and almost no focus breathing, at a price well below the Sony 35mm GM. The one real con is the weight.
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The iPhone Duo has fewer camera features than the iPhone 18 Pro, but its folding design, huge inner screen and Duo Preview make it the most fun iPhone I have used for photo and video in years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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