Can the Canon C50 or Nikon ZR Unseat the Sony FX3?

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• 00:00 - Intro• 13:55 - PetaPixel is now on Apple News (correctly!)• 15:57 - Canon C50 is the smallest and lightest Canon Cinema camera (petapixel.com/2025/09/09/full-frame-canon-eos-…)• 20:46 - Nikon ZR is the first collaboration camera with RED (petapixel.com/2025/09/09/the-nikon-zr-is-the-f…)• 24:59 - RED V-Raptor XE is half the price of the V-Raptor X (petapixel.com/2025/09/09/red-cuts-v-raptor-x-s…)• 26:41 - The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 costs $16,500: petapixel.com/2025/09/10/fujifilms-cinema-came… 31:19 - Pixboom Spark shoots 4K at 1,000 FPS (petapixel.com/2025/09/15/the-pixboom-spark-is-…)• 35:42 - Nikon is developing dedicated cinema lenses (petapixel.com/2025/09/12/nikon-is-actively-dev…)• 39:36 - Leitz announced a set of cine lenses for mirrorless cameras (petapixel.com/2025/09/10/legendary-leitz-cine-…)• 42:19 - Blackmagic made a super-powered dock for iPhone filmmaking (petapixel.com/2025/09/10/blackmagics-new-camer…)• 45:04 - Canon C50 vs Nikon ZR vs Sony FX3• 47:47 - What's the deal (or lack thereof) with open gate?• 52:19 - Does rolling shutter on the Eterna 55 actually matter?• 58:40 - How much of Apple's iPhone 17 marketing turned out to be real and good? And what didn't they mention that they should have?• 1:04:48 - Why Jordan is so excited about ProRes RAW• 1:06:52 - What have you been up to?• 1:11:02 - Tech support • 1:26:38 - The Kodak Charmera blind box camera sold out in just a few days: petapixel.com/2025/09/09/the-kodak-charmera-is…