To those shooting video with Micro Four Thirds and Sony mirrorless cameras SLR Magic is a brand usually associated with very compact, affordable, and rugged built lenses geared towards video use. SLR Magic have been making affordable and very compact prime lenses, as well as one of

Is the biggest difference between the Canon C200 and the RED Helium 8K really just the price? Well, before the test even begins, I would say “no”. These are very different cameras that sit in different parts of the market. One is an out-the-box, solo shooter camera,

Bright Tangerine have been making high-end, polished and stunning looking support kit and other important things around the camera such as matteboxes and follow focus units for some time now, but their latest product may not be something most of us think about. Support rods not only

The Crane 3 LAB is a great successor to the already good Crane 2 and is with no doubt worthy of getting in the list of the best gimbals on the market right now. In a market full of competitors with tech getting optimized and evolving every

A few weeks back I had a chance to get a preview of the new Crack Light by Blind Spot Gear and for that I want to thank them. This isn’t a review per se, (or a paid post) but more of a hands-on look at the

Shooting anamorphic is not straightforward but there are reasons that it just might be worth the effort. There are more and more options available now for the camera, lenses and adapters required to shoot anamorphic and it is not outwith the reach of shooters on a budget.

Colour subsampling is an oft-quoted but frequently misunderstood spec on the camera bio. It is regularly shown in line with the camera resolution, bit depth, and frame rate – but does it deserve such prominent billing? In this video, Gerald Undone compares the Sony A7III internal and

Sony have announced a new flagship smartphone Xperia 1 with the “world’s 1st” 4K HDR OLED 21:9 display in a smartphone. Sony call it a 6.5-inch CinemaWide display with a staggering 21:9 aspect ratio. The stunning display, 10bit colour support and life-like colour rendition has been achieved

Popular lens makers SIGMA are one of the three L-mount alliance members alongside Panasonic and Leica, and the company has announced they have a new Sigma MC-21 lens adapter for Canon EF mount to L-mount lenses as well as its own Sigma SA mount to L-mount. In

The answer to the question posed in the title is simple – neither is better. The final results come down to the editor, not the software. A viewer should never be able to see the editing software in the final product and as such, the question is not

A lot of you I am sure are familiar with the Rayzr 7 LED fresnel, and now the same company is expanding their LED lights portfolio with the new Rayzr MC Multi-Color Series advanced RGBWW LED Soft panels. Woha, that’s a mouthful, but nevertheless these lights pack

Most of the works we do nowadays require a minimum of compositing or visual effects. No doubt the most common software for this kind of job is After Effects. Graphics, animations, it’s a tool good for many tasks, and although the integration between elements of the Adobe

Blackmagic Design have just released the latest Resolve 15.3 update to their popular editing, grading, VFX and audio post-production suite just a couple of days after the BMPCC 4K got Blackmagic RAW with Camera Update 6.2. Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 15.3 Update gets support for the newly announced

The inaugural Video Show 2019 is for all video creators from aspiring documentary filmmakers to wedding videographers and commercial film professionals! The Video Show makes its debut at the NEC in Birmingham, UK from 16-19 March 2019. The Video Show has been created to inspire a growing