Torn between Canon R5C and FX3.

rambaka8 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:25:51 GMT

I have been dabling with Sony a6700 and FX30 which I sold about a year ago. Now I only keep ZVE1 with 16-35 f2.8 GMII lens and R5II with 28-70 f2.8 lens and (200-800 for birding). I have been dabling with videography for sometime with SLOG3 and now I am stepping up to do a paid job and I have some jobs for this coming weeks. I know ZVE1 and R5II both unreliable for long takes, so I am looking for realiable video camera that can take long shots without overheating with reasonable features. I have researched both extensively and down to these 2 models only.

The interesting part is Canon R5C is about $4300 and FX3 is $5200 (Singapore Dollars) which make me questions my skew towards FX3...

Any seasoned pro videographers able to share the pros and cons for the above for paid jobs?

Re: Torn between Canon R5C and FX3.

shadowsports — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:18:51 GMT

Greetings,

I'm not a pro, just a user. I'm also not a fan of Sony products but do acknowledge Sony's occasional attempts to do some things well.

If you want maximum portability, better battery life and IBIS, the FX3 wins.

However, the FX3 can and will overheat during extended shooting. The R5 C can shoot in 8k. It also has more professional features like shutter angle and 12 bit color (internally). The R5 C records RAW internally. The Sony does not support RAW recording internally. It captures 10 bit XF-AVC (internally), but can output in 16 bit RAW to an external recorder. Sony finally added waveform in a firmware update. The R5 C is a true hybrid camera. 45 megapixel stills versus 12.1 on the Sony. Since the Sony is lower resolution and has less pixel density, it's low light performance is a little better.

I like the R5 C because it takes beautiful pictures and with the flip of the switch can take pro video for as long as you have power and storage available. It's proven itself In hot Montana summers, the snow in Alaska and the blistering rain in Germany and Norway. I can't speak to Sony's reliability in these cases. The Sony is a video centric camera. My goal was to have one camera for stills and video.

For paid jobs, you're going to have the cameras rigged out, so the size difference between the two is somewhat negligible. Lens wise it depends on what you're invested in. Both are full frame. Both will shoot in super 35 if you want. The Sony's 4K is oversampled from a 6k sensor. The 4k on the R5 C is oversampled from its 8k sensor, advantage Canon. I don't shoot in 8k. Here people are going to tell you how great Canon is. I'm sure there's plenty of people happy with their FX3's. You may want to visit the Sony forums to get additional perspective because the majority of users here shoot Canon. 😍

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