In the realm of cinema cameras, there are quite a few contenders that have entered the market. One of the most unexpected was the Z CAM E2. Why unexpected, though? The Chinese manufacturer was unknown to most filmmakers but has been around the block just since 2015
Great news for all you Atomos Sumo 19 users! The long-awaited and highly anticipated so-called Switching 2.0 update (without Genlock) for the Atomos Sumo 19 is now available and will be demoed for the first time at Inter BEE 2019 show exhibition in Tokyo this week. AtomOS
MFT has been around for a while. It was born in 2008 as a mutual effort between Olympus and Panasonic and held great promises. It has delivered almost all of them, but still, it’s not as widely adopted as we’d expect. Instead, thanks to the wide range
At IBC, Teradek announced the Bolt 4K MAX, the wireless video transmission industry leader’s most reliable, longest range, 4K wireless video system, and as of just days ago the Bolt 4K MAX is now shipping! That’s great news for all those that have pre-ordered and those interested
It seems that the guys from The Slanted Lens continue to test a lot of the cameras these days. This time it’s the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2 against the Canon C200. It’s a battle of low-cost cine cameras. Someone could object that they are not so
Pro audio accessories maker K-Tek has a new Stingray bag designed for the portable Zoom F6 mixer/recorder. The K-Tek KFS6 offers safety and protection while accommodating common working styles with access to all Zoom F6 connection points. Zoom have been making awesome handheld portable audio recorders for
Sigma has announced their second newly-designed “Art zoom” for mirrorless cameras – the Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN Art for Sony mirrorless cameras. Sony is leading the pack in the full-frame mirrorless world so it makes perfect sense for Sigma to be making a native E mount
If you look back a few years, you’d be shocked by the lack of gadgets and tools in the filmmaking market. Many camera operators (the term filmmaker was still to come) had to use their craftsmanship to engineer some do-it-yourself solutions for any kind of need a
Popular camera accessories maker Wooden Camera has just announced three brand new accessory kits and power plates for the recently released Canon C500 Mark II. Accessory Kits come in Base, Advanced, and Pro versions. Each kit includes the WC Top Plate and Unified Baseplate. The form-fitting Top
ZEISS has unveiled the ZEISS Supreme Prime Radiance lenses, an exclusive new set of seven high-end cinematography lenses with controllable flare. The new large-format Radiance lenses are based on the high-speed ZEISS Supreme Prime lens family with the benefit of the new T*blue coating, which offers an
With the imminent firmware update that will be released on November 19, the entry-level Panasonic G9 is about to get the ability to record 4K 30p/25p 4:2:2 10-bit internally. Currently, the camera is capable of shooting 4K up to 60fps as well as Full HD up to
Canon has just announced their first, astrophotography dedicated full-frame mirrorless camera – the Canon EOS Ra. Built for capturing the night sky, the new Canon EOS Ra is basically a modified Canon EOS R, retaining the full-frame mirrorless body design, but combining new features, such as four
Leica just announced the second-generation SL camera featuring 47.3MP full-frame CMOS sensor, Maestro III image processor capable of 10-bit 5K 4:2:0 video recording at 30fps (using H.265 encoding) alongside DCI-compliant 4K60p 4:2:0 video (using H.264 encoding) with 10-bit color sampling. It can also shoot 10-bit 4K30p 4:2:2
If you are a creative professional who considers accurate color reproduction as an essential prerequisite for your creative workflow, then Dell might have an enticing offer for you. The company just unveiled their very first 27-inch 4K monitor with a built-in color calibrator and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity.
Peaky Blinders, the period gritty crime drama has been one of the best TV series to come out of Britain, has enjoyed immense popularity around the world for multiple seasons and now the creative team behind the show are moving into the world of 4K and Anamorphic
Earlier today at Adobe Max, Adobe announced the latest release for Creative Cloud applications, including Premiere Pro 14.0. Adobe NLE now brings the highly anticipated Auto Reframe feature showcased earlier at IBC 2019 in Amsterdam which uses Adobe Sensei to intelligently optimize videos for vertical, horizontal, and
Filmmaker Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull recently chose the BMPCC 4K, DaVinci Resolve 16 and Blackmagic Raw as his main format on a short segment he directed the new horror anthology from the producers of V/H/S. Those of you that know me, know that I am a huge horror
It has been roughly a year since the announcement of NVIDIA Turing, the architecture at the heart of the Nvidia RTX 2000 series. Following the steps of Pascal, the previous architecture also known as the GTX 1000 series, the RTX has crushed competition delivering some amazing performance
Sound Devices has announced the third mixer-recorder in their new 8-Series: the Sound Devices 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder. Sound Devices are a legendary brand in the pro audio field mixer-recorder game, and their new “big boy” 888 mixer is the smallest portable mixer-recorder available that offers Dante
Blackmagic Design just released the latest update to their industry-leading colour grading/VFX/editing suite DaVinci Resolve. Fresh off the public release of DaVinci Resolve 16.1, the latest DaVinci Resolve 16.1.1 update, improves performance and addresses a few issues based on customer feedback. The improvements in Resolve 16.1.1 revolve
