Author: Shawn Steiner

Smartphones are some of the fastest improving cameras on the market – it certainly helps that millions more are sold compared to cinema cameras. The iPhone 12 is actually …

Flicker can easily ruin a take and sometimes there’s nothing you can do about it while you are shooting. If you want to shoot some slow motion and some …

Not too long ago getting raw video was a daunting and expensive proposition. Now there are competing raw formats that work on your average laptop. We’ve come a long …

While cinema cameras have shrunk in size dramatically over the past five or so years, their menu options have only grown. Raw formats, compression, and autofocus are among the …

Color grading is the core that DaVinci Resolve was built on and surprisingly Blackmagic Design is still finding ways to add new tools to make that experience even better …

RED has never been known for their budget-friendly camera systems. Even their early “affordable” models only referred to base costs for the brain and didn’t include all the other …

Apple’s M1 chip is still turning heads when it comes to its performance. Things keep looking better and better for the Macs as more software is natively supporting the …

2020 was a killer year for cameras. There were a lot, and one of the most exciting was the RED KOMODO 6K – a (relatively) affordable compact solution from …

One thing Premiere Pro CC doesn’t have as a nice, built-in feature is capable motion tracking. It has some tools for doing thing, such as when you apply a …

There was a time when if you wanted to get serious about video editing the choices were Final Cut Pro or even Avid. Oh, how much things have changed. …

One difficult thing with filmmaking, especially lower-budget filmmaking, is controlling all aspects of the shot when you are shooting on location. Outdoors presents a particular problem in public spaces …

Fast storage is one of the better ways to improve editing performance. Sometimes the stuttering or delays you get aren’t because the computer itself is struggling, it’s because the …

Even with the mess that was 2020, the year did bring us tons of great cameras. Seriously. If this was a normal year we would’ve been impressed with the …

Apple launching the M1 chip was a huge moment. It also led to tons of questions about the real-world performance of the new MacBooks and Mac mini and whether …

When you are getting ready to do your color grading the most important tool is your monitor. If you can’t accurately see what you are editing you can’t know …

Filmmakers are certainly not at a loss for camera choice. Up-and-coming brands are producing incredible models with increasing speed – it seems like there is a new exciting release …

Handheld gimbals revolutionized filmmaking. It made it possible for nearly any production to get smooth handheld footage. One of the top performers for the indie market is DJI with …

A small size and incredible image quality have made the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K a prime choice for documentary filmmakers and travel. It’s got great codecs, a respectable …

Apple claims their new Apple Silicon chips, beginning with the M1, are the next big thing for computing. With plenty of pretty graphics and little actual data or numbers …

If I had to pick the three most exciting cinema camera launches of 2020 I would go with the Sony FX6, Canon C70, and RED KOMODO. Easy choices. All …