4K Camera Shootout – BMPC 4K vs. Red Scarlet
Do you remember the 3rd of November 2011? This was an essential date for the filmmaking community and the industry in general as this was the first time a manufacturer announced …
Podcast 027 – Special Guest Director of Photography Colin Elves On His Latest Work on Mogwai’s Teenage Exorcists Music Video
Podcast 027 – Special Guest: Colin Elves, DP Discusses his latest work on Mogwai’s Teenage Exorcists Music Video, Plus Thoughts on the new Odyssey7Q+ Posted by Ogy Stoilov December …
CYMATICS: Science Meets Music In An Audio-Visual Extravaganza
According to Wikipedia, the word Cymatics derives from the Greek ‘kyma’ meaning ‘billow’ or ‘wave,’ to describe the periodic effects that sound and vibration have on matter. Drawing inspiration …
AREA 48 LED – The Next Generation of LED Lights
Although cameras are the primary capture devices, light plays probably the most important role when shooting. Without proper lighting, the image might come out flat, underexposed and mainly the …
Fotodiox Pro B4 Magic Adapter for BMPCC Lets You Use Broadcast Zoom B4 2/3″ Lenses on Your Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera offer significant versatility not only because of its small footprint, but also because of the active Micro 4/3 mount, which has an inherent short …
Walking the Thin Line of the Unscripted: Directing for Documentary
Directing for the unscripted format is a delicate balance of maintaining an unbiased perspective and presenting an intriguing and engaging story. While creative editing or leading questions can help …
Convergent Design Announces New Flagship Odyssey7Q+ with 4K ProRes Recording Over HDMI for GH4, A7s and Sony FS7
Earlier today, Colorado based video equipment maker Convergent Design announced a new flagship recorder/monitor in the Odyssey Family – the Odyssey7Q+. The latest addition to their lineup of already …
Snowlight: Another Sony FS7 Short Film Shot in 4K
Sony’s recently released 4K Super 35mm sensor XDCAM camera the PXW-FS7 is not only an extraordinary 4K camera, considering the price and all the features it provides, but as we’ve already …
Atmos: Dolby’s Immersive Pan-Through Cinema Theater Solution
One of the crucial elements of major motion picture productions is the capture and creation of a powerful sound mix in helping tell their story. Surround sound technology has …
4K Laptops from Acer, Toshiba and Lenovo For Gamers, Editors and Photographers
2014 has already been a pretty crazy year for 4K devices both in the consumer and professional world. And this is not just 4K cameras I’m talking about here, …
How Reliable and Future-Proof Are Modern SSDs for Video Archiving?
One of the biggest concerns of the modern filmmaking community and the digital world, in general, is to find the most reliable and efficient way to archive our work and store the …
FootageStudio 4K Offers ProRes Transcoding On a Windows PC
Editors and video professionals working on Macs have long benefited from an industry-proven and solid ProRes workflow. It is often the codec of choice for most editors for both …
Migrating Timelines Between Final Cut, Premiere Pro, Avid and DaVinci Resolve
The round tripping process between different editing applications is not always a straightforward one, yet it’s a necessity for many editors and an integral part of their everyday routine. Each …
Podcast 026 – Blackmagic Firmware Update, Cage Giveaway Reminder, What’s Possibly Next from Canon, and Musings on my Next Camera
Podcast 026 – Blackmagic Firmware Update, Cage Giveaway Reminder, What’s Possibly Next from Canon, and Musings on my Next Camera Posted by Ogy Stoilov December 8, 2014 In Episode …
Nebula 4000 Lite Portable 3-Axis Micro Gimbal Stabilizer BMPCC, GH4, GoPro Hero4 or Sony A7s
Hand-held gimbal stabilisers are certainly in vogue these days and there’s plenty of them around, regardless of you camera – whether a GoPro, a DSLR, or a full blown …
BlackMagic Camera Utility 1.9.10 Fixes Bugs Plus Music Video Shot on the 5D Mark III MagicLantern Raw
The Canon 5D Mark II changed everything. It spawned the current crop of large sensor cameras. This was more than five years ago. The successor – the 5D Mark …
New Mini Doc by Ed David Produced by Lars Von Trier, Shot on the Sony FS7
The Sony FS7 took me by surprise, as I believe many others. Packing an impressive “features-to-dollars” ratio rivalling cameras costing 2x certainly raised a few eyebrows, it was the …
RAW 4 PRO Cineform Converter For Your Raw Clips From Your BMPC 4K, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, or D16 Digital Bolex
Shooting in highly compressed 8bit 4:2:0 H.264 on most DSLR’s and some lower-end large sensor camcorders can save you time in the edit and space on your backup drive, …
Canon C-Log and Technicolor CineStyle: The Case Against 8-Bit Log
For some time now, cameras the likes of the ARRI Alexa and Blackmagic Cinema Camera have offered their customers higher bit-depths and stronger color-sampling than Canon has put out …
4K TV Sales Are Up And 7 Ways To Get 4K Into Your Home You Might Not Know About
Times are changing and changing fast. Gone are the days of MiniDV, trying to convert interlaced camera footage into progressive and those bulky 35mm adapters have fallen into oblivion… …