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I’m contemplating whether this can handle editing 8K video. Does anyone have any idea?

My goal is to venture into 180-degree VR production. With the Canon R5C and the RF 5.2mm f/2.8 Dual Fisheye Lens, I want to produce stereoscopic video at 8K. However, rendering such high-resolution footage demands substantial processing power, and my current setup definitely isn't enough.

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Base version, probably not. If you went with one with M4 Pro cpu and the 48gb or greater ram you should be ok. Storage isn't as much an issue with Thunderbolt 4/5 drives easily meeting similar speeds to the internal storage.

I've done some 8k fisheye footage and converted for Vision Pro / Quest with the prior gen hardware kit and was able to edit and process it on an M2 Max with 96gb ram.

Super cool yeah I'm mainly looking to create 8K fisheye footage for the Vision Pro so that's really good to hear!

Wondering if it's worth spending that much money on the M4 Pro or just building a PC tbh.

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