Meet Sachtler aktiv – the World’s Fastest Fluid Head
The popular camera support systems and accessories maker Sachtler has just announced the launch of a new fluid head product range designed to make camera operators faster than ever. …
10 Must-Have Accessories for the RED KOMODO
A huge selling point of the RED KOMODO 6K is that it promised to be ready to shoot and relatively affordable. This is very different from regular RED cameras …
Canon R5 vs EOS C300 III – High ISO, Dynamic Range and Sharpness Comparisons
If you are reading 4K Shooters, you are likely unsurprised by the notion that mirrorless cameras have become strong competitors to cinema cameras when it comes to video quality. …
Case Study: Shooting Game Trailers with the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K
The anticipation that a well-crafted movie trailer can create for the next big blockbuster has long been an important part of cinema’s marketing machine. It’s no surprise that the …
How to Delete Lighting Gear from Your Shots
Sometimes you want the light to be somewhere it just can’t be otherwise you will ruin the shot. Moving a soft light just a hair closer to your subject …
DaVinci Resolve 16.3 Beta 3 Now Available
Blackmagic Design continues to improve its flagship post-production suite by adding more features and improvements on regular basis with every new iteration. The company has just rolled out DaVinci …
Check Out These 5 Creative Green Screen Effects
Ah, the venerable green screen. Many of the biggest movies of the past couple decades relied so heavily on the technology to create the incredible special effects. Making all …
Meet the Freefly Wave – a Compact and Lightweight 4K Ultra High-Speed Camera
Out of the blue, the popular gimbal maker Freefly has just announced a small high-speed 4K camera with a global shutter called Wave. The camera sports a Super 35 …
Weebill S vs Crane 3S vs Crane 2S – Which is Right for You?
There are a lot of options out there for gimbals these days, and no one seems to be crushing the competition like Zhiyun. With the tech, quality, forward thinking, …
High Density Encoding (HDE) Reduces ALEXA Mini and AMIRA ARRIRAW Files Almost by Half
High-Density Encoding (HDE) seems to be the latest technology developed by Codex in collaboration with ARRI which essentially minimizes ARRIRAW file sizes by around 40%. All in all, an …
3 Less Known Sony A7S III Features
The Sony A7S III “won’t make you tacos”, but it finally does incorporate a lot of the improvements and features that we’ve all been dreaming about since the release …
Closer Look at the Canon EOS C70
Despite all of the whispers from the rumor mill, the Canon C70 took a lot of us by surprise. Not only did the release this peculiar little camera come …
Sony A7S III vs ALEXA Mini LF vs Sony VENICE Side-by-Side Comparison
I think it is safe to say that the Sony a7S III is in the running for the title of best video-shooting mirrorless camera. It may even be better …
Report: Canon to Announce EOS M50 Mark II – 32.5MP APS-C Sensor, 4K/60p No-Crop Video, and More
There are some solid rumors floating around lately according to which Canon is preparing to release the EOS M50 Mark II pretty soon. The successor of the already extremely …
Check Out this Dope After Effects Actor Replacement Technique
Replacing an actor with someone else is a really cool trick if you can pull it off. You can do it to create some fun scenes or shots that …
Sony FX9 Firmware 2.01 Released
After some users reported that they’ve seen horizontal noise in the FF crop 5K scanning mode of the FX9 when the automatic distortion compensation was active, Sony has taken …
Sony A7C vs A7III – Which One to Pick?
This has been an incredible year for camera releases. That also makes the buying decision a lot more complicated. The Sony a7C in particular is a challenge to compare …
Three of the Best Lenses for Your Sony A7III
The camera you film with will only ever be as good as the lens you shoot through. Contractors have their power tools, artists have their brushes, and cinematographers have …
SmallHD Rolls Out Sony VENICE Camera Control
After the initial support provided for RED and ARRI cameras, SmallHD has just released Camera Control for the Sony VENICE as well. With this license, all SmallHD Cine 7 …
How to Fix Colors of Your Sony Alpha Camera
Let’s face it, we all know current-generation Sony colors suck. They’re washed out, lacking in saturation, and sometimes just look super weird with a green tinge. We’ve learned to …