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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kalum Carter

Ed Sheeran's viral 'Sapphire' music video was filmed using a Sony FX3 and a Laowa lens – here's how they did it

Sony / Ed Sheeran.

If you’ve seen Ed Sheeran’s latest music video Sapphire, chances are you were as hypnotized by the visuals as you were by the tune.

The video follows Sheeran on a whirlwind adventure through India, wandering colorful markets, cheering at cricket matches, and cutting loose in neon-soaked clubs. It’s vibrant, chaotic, and full of life… yet somehow, Ed remains perfectly centered in the middle of it all. Literally. That framing is the result of some clever camera rigging that has filmmakers and gear nerds buzzing.

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