13/10/2026
2026 has been a surprisingly good year for cameras. I went through the five that actually mattered and gave my honest take on each.
This is the one FX3 shooters have been waiting on. Internal RAW, Open Gate, and three base ISOs (800, 4000, 12800). Heads up though: 4K 240 doesn’t show up until a firmware update in 2027, and there’s still no built-in ND.
Canon basically took cinema camera features and dropped the price to $2,499. 7K RAW, a cooling fan, and a vertical tripod mount built right in. No viewfinder, but if you shoot video you’re on the flip screen anyway.
66.8 megapixels and 30 frames a second. Honestly, it’s overkill if you only shoot video. But if clients want stills and video from the same shoot, this thing is a dream. More resolution than Sony’s own A1 II, for about $2,000 less.
Apple put a physical aperture in a phone. Real blades, f/1.48 to f/4. That means real depth of field, not fake portrait blur. It’s not replacing your cinema camera, but it’s the one you’ll always have on you.
First update in nine years and they kept the same sensor, which sounds bad until you remember why people buy this. One lens, 24 to 600mm. Travel, wildlife, kids’ games. Nothing else does it.
f it’s my money, it’s the FX5. Most of my work is docs and branded stuff where the light changes on you and the client wants it in every aspect ratio. This camera just handles that.
Which one would you grab? Tell me in the comments. And follow along, I cover this stuff the day it drops.
