Podcast 032: Interview with Special Guest Filmmaker & DP – Tom Antos
Podcast 032: Interview with Special Guest Filmmaker & DP – Tom Antos Posted by Ogy Stoilov January 19, 2015 In Episode 032 of the 4K Shooters Podcast, we chat …
DJI Releases a Series of Tutorials for Their 4K Drone – The Inspire 1
Back in November DJI released their next generation unmanned aerial system – the 4K Inspire 1, which is expected to be available at the end of January. The 4K …
6 Things to Consider When Preparing Your Film Shoot
After overcoming two main obstacles – finishing the film script and securing financing, you will enter the pre-production stage of your film. At this stage you will need to …
Convergent Design Makes An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Buy an Odyssey7Q+ 4K Raw Recorder & Get 2 x FREE 256GB SSDs
Just a little bit over a month after they announced a new flagship 4K ProRes/Raw recorder/monitor – the Odyssey7Q+, and a new firmware allowing 4K recording in 10bit 422 …
Lenzhound Releases Affordable Wireless Follow-Focus
Any 1st AC can tell you how important being able to easily pull focus is. On locked town shots or handheld with minimal motion, you can typically get away …
Recording 4K (UHD) 10-Bit 4:2:2 from the GH4 with the Atomos Shogun
Atomos quickly built a name in the industry with its array of external recorder/monitors, both for their ability to seamlessly capture from the camera as well as their ability …
Russian Roulette: A Master Class in Hiding your Budget Limitations
Accentuating your positives and hiding your negatives is a practice that most all people use in at least some facet of their life. In filmmaking, it’s no different. It’s …
Upcoming BeastGrip Pro Lets You Use SLR Lenses With Your Smartphone
Smartphones are becoming more sophisticated and with camera sensors capable of producing lovely images, which is attributed to the “iphoneography” snappers quickly displacing point and shoot camera and even …
How to Mask a Moving Object in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
It’s quite impressive how much the technology has grown as of right now, and it has no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Talking about the NLEs in particular, …
Zacuto Gratical HD EVF Video Review by Den Lennie
Picking the right accessory for your personal gear kit could be a quite overwhelming task, simply because there are so many tools on the market these days. It’s getting even harder …
Atomos Shogun Firmware 6.02 & GoPro Hero4 Black To Get More Slow Motion Next Month
The Atomos Shogun 4K HDMI recorder/monitor made for a great Christmas present for those who pre-ordered shortly after the NAB announcement as the highly anticipated recorder/monitor started shipping. Sony …
The Next Generation High-Efficiency Video Coding – HEVC (H.265) Overview
Even the most outraged opponents of the 4K acquisition hardly could deny the indisputable assets the format has brought to the table in today’s production environment. Better overall image quality, more pixel density, finer detail, …
Podcast 031 – 4K Gear Discussion with Special Guest Erik Naso, DP & Blogger – Part II
Podcast 031 – 4K Gear Discussion with Special Guest Erik Naso, DP & Blogger – Part II Posted by Ogy Stoilov January 12, 2015 In Episode 031 of the …
The 4K “Ready” Sony PXW-X70 Gets a Review and Sharpness Test, and ISO/Gain Test vs. Panasonic GH4
4K was the theme for the majority of Sony cameras in 2014, and by the looks of it, 2015 will be no different. The Sony FS7 was the big …
A Couple of Micro 3-Axis Gimbals for Your GoPro Hero4 or iPhone 6
3-axis stabiliser gimbals come in all shapes and sizes and for the past two years this has been a burgeoning market for video professionals. As these stabiliser devices grow in …
SuperMHL: New Standard & Cable for 8K TV’s (Yes, 8K)
As ridiculous as it sounds, 8K TV is real. At least, for now there is one from Samsung they debuted at CES 2015. Maybe others are doing them in …
Panasonic 4K Blu-ray Player & Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs Details From CES 2015
4K technology is everywhere at this year’s CES 2015 trade show. Major manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, Sony, and Panasonic among others, paraded impressive UltraHD and 4K TV line-ups …
CyberLink’s Entry-Level VFX & Audio Programs Pack a Punch
CyberLink has been producing entry-level post-production and DVD authoring apps for some time now, and are often overlooked as any kind of an option when taking your footage into the …
Samsung is About to Release a Major Firmware Update for the NX1 4K Camera
Since its announcement at the last year’s Photokina, the Samsung NX1 continues to affirm its position as one of the serious competitors in the 4K mirrorless camera segment currently somewhat …
A Look at the Boris FX Continuum Complete 9 VFX Suite
For most video productions a level of visual effects can be used to enhance the final product. Everything from basic color grading and lens corrections to more advanced overlays …