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G-Technology UK recently sent me their latest portable, rugged little SSD drive to use for a few weeks and review and in this post and video I’ll give you my reasons why I love this drive and some quirks I am not too fussed about. For those
One of the main concerns when flying a camera on a gimbal stabilizer is getting proper focus. With some cameras such as the Canon 5D mark IV or C300 Mark II, which have excellent DPAF assisted focus with compatible EF lenses, you can get away with not
The Panasonic EVA1 “footage embargo” has lifted and those with early access to the camera have started to get some footage out. Noel Evans has been shooting with the Panasonic EVA1 and just shared and impressions from the camera on his Vimeo page. The EVA1 has big
One of the big announcements at this year’s CineGear Expo in Los Angeles was the newest Canon Cinema EOS camera – the Canon C200. In a somewhat of a swerve, Canon decided to include internal 4K Raw recording onto a single CFast 2.0 card in a brand
I recently had the chance to spend some time with the Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel and in the following post I’ll share my experience. Announced back in March alongside the more advanced and bigger Blackmagic Resolve Mini Panel, the Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is the
About a year and a half ago some of you may recall, we posted about new, premium quality compact LED light from UK-based outfit Blind Spot Gear called the TILE Light. And today, Blind Spot Gear unleashing the TILE upon the pro video world, giving video professionals a very versatile,
Recently I got a chance to shoot with the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K camera, that the good people at Blackmagic Design loaned to me. I took the camera for a spin around Central London on a really hot and sunny day, which turned out to be a
I’ve been using the the CalDigit Tuff 2TB external drive as my main footage offload, transfer, and backup drive for the past couple of weeks and in this post I want to share with you my review of this quite awesome external hard drive. The CalDigit TUFF
You guys may remember a while back we shared a massive 50+ minute Panasonic Varicam LT review with you that was done by LA-based filmmaker and DP, Ben Meredith. The Varicam LT, in itself is a beast of a camera, and one that certainly deserves a long
The PIX-E series recorder/monitors from Video Devices (you know of Sound Devices fame) have been around for a couple of years now, but I have always wanted to get my hands on one. I felt like the Video Devices PIX-E5 with it’s 5-inch screen and HDMI/SDI I/O
The Sony a6500 was a bit of a surprise announcement from Sony in early October last year. I mean, it wasn’t even a year after the a6300, which quite a few Sony shooters bought as a gimbal cam, or B-cam to their FS5’s or Sony A7sII‘s. Even
Aputure seem be coming out with all sorts of exciting new products at a rapid pace – you may know them mainly from their budget DSLR monitors like the 7-inch VS-5, and LED panels and more recently their awesome Light Storm LS C120t LED or their miniature pocket-sized
Panasonic have placed a lot of faith in their Varicam LT; some say it’s even what the predecessor Varicam 35 was supposed to be in the first place. Announced back in February and shipping since after NAB 2016, the Varicam LT has been on the shopping list, or at
The Sony a6500 and RX100 V cameras were announced completely “out of the blue” less than two weeks ago and now Sony are showing off the cameras at their HQ in the UK prior to the official shipping date sometime in December. The new a6500 comes just 8
The Video Assist 4K was one of the most anticipated product announcements at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. Prior to the show, many speculated that BMD will indeed release a 4K version of the smaller 5-inch Video Assist, and indeed they did. Not that long ago
While I am editing my Video Assist 4K review, I wanted to share some quick footage I shot with the URSA Mini 4.6K. A few weeks back, I had the delightful opportunity to spend an afternoon with the Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K camera and went down to Kingston to
The latest Super 35 4K camera from Panasonic – the mighty Varicam LT has been getting onto more and more productions ever since it started shipping towards the end of March. For those yet not familiar with the more compact and “one-piece” Varicam LT shares the same
Now that the URSA Mini 4.6K is shipping worldwide, some beta testers have shared their reviews of the camera. Note Suwanchote, who is a 4.6K Ursa Mini beta tester shared his with us. A long time Blackmagic Design camera user since the days of the original 2.5K
You may remember that last month in November we posted about the new Tascam DR-701D multi-track recorder, the next evolution of the popular DR-70D field recorder for DSLR shooters. The DR-70D successor has some rather intricate features such as the addition of HDMI In/Out, Timecode via SDI,
With all the new 4K cameras out this year, there isn’t a shortage of toys I’d want to play with. But the one I recently got to shoot with is anything but a toy. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to shoot with one of the
