I am honestly so over my current setup right now. Ive been using the 24-70mm GM II on my FX3 for about six months and while its sharp as hell it just feels... i dont know, soul-less? boring? Im shooting a noir-style short film in Chicago next month and every test shot I do looks like a corporate talking head and its driving me insane. Plus the focus breathing on some of these stills-first lenses is just killing me when I try to do any meaningful rack focus. I feel like I spent all this money on a cinema camera just to put a wedding lens on it and im ready to just sell the zoom and move to something actually built for video.

I need something that actually feels like it has some character and doesnt just look like a clinical youtube vlog. Ive got about $4000 to drop on this right now before production starts and im torn between going all in on one high-end cine zoom or maybe a couple of really solid primes that play nice with the FX3s autofocus because im mostly a solo op and I cant always pull manual.

Here is what im actually looking for:

• minimal focus breathing (this is the big one, its ruining my shots)
• decent autofocus because im a one man crew half the time
• something that doesnt weigh ten pounds since im on a gimbal a lot
• a bit of a look or at least not that super harsh digital sharpness
• internal zoom if possible so i dont have to rebalance the gimbal every five seconds

Ive been looking at the DZOFilm stuff or maybe the Sony PZ 28-135 but i heard thats old and kinda soft? Or maybe just the 35mm and 50mm GM primes but again, worried they wont feel cinema enough for this specific project. Anyone actually using the FX3 for high end narrative work who can tell me what glass actually makes this sensor sing without breaking my back or my bank account? i really need to figure this out by next week or im gonna lose it...