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Canon has seen the light? Canon is adding a vital video-oriented feature to older model consumer/prosumer cameras based on customer feedback? Is this a parallel universe, or is Canon finally “woke”? Whatever is happening in their ivory towers, the fact that Canon, easily one of the most
Backing up your videos and photographs in the field can sometime be a real pain. Especially, when you are travelling without a laptop, or worse, when you are somewhere remote and your laptop runs out of juice, having a backup devices that can somehow reliably backup your
Announced at Cine Gear, the Panasonic S1H set the bar for high echelon full-frame mirrorless cameras that are serious about the professional video crowd. With headline heavy specs such as 4K 10bit 4:2:2 and 6K full-frame capture, the S1H got a lot of peoples attention at the
October is here and it feels like Oscar-buzz season is officially open. Studios and mini-majors will be soon start releasing their Oscar hopefuls in the cinemas culminating with the highly-anticipated premieres of some of the biggest films of the year in December. Universal is banking on Sam
Picking the right music track for your video creative can be a challenge. With lots of competition in the sector and various pricing models, filmmakers are often at a crossroads when it comes to good quality music for video. Music Vine, one of the leading licensing platforms
Frame.io, the super popular cloud-based video review and collaboration platform, recently released the latest major update to the platform. Frame.io v3.5 comes loaded with powerful new features such as secure sharing via email with access control, advanced media asset search and filter capabilities, range-based comments, a redesigned
The Sony FS7 price drop was imminent, and it didn’t take long for Sony to slash the price of their beloved FS7, which happens to be their most popular S35 camera ever, by $1,500 – a good chunk of change, levelling the FS7 at the $6K mark!
Lighting innovators Aputure just announced the return of the Aputure “Light This Location” film challenge! By entering this epic filmmaking competition you have a chance to win a RED Helium 8K camera and a ton of other prizes out of the $200K+ prize pool. For the 2019
What’s it like shooting an indie feature film with one lens? Well, in this post I’ll share my experience using the Sigma 18-35mm T2 EF mount mated to a Canon C300 mark II to shoot an indie feature film. A couple of months back I got a
It seems that lately there are more and more Blackmagic Design cameras showing up on the set of major productions. The list includes many Hollywood and big broadcast productions that have used Blackmagic cameras to some extent as either B/C cameras, crash cams, and even underwater cameras.
This summer has been really exciting for Sigma as just earlier in July the company celebrated their 18th anniversary and also made some big announcements such as the new Sigma fp ultra-pocketable 4K full-frame camera, which can record 4K raw; read more about it in this post
When creating transitions, it’s often too easy to get carried away with fancy and expensive third-party packs. Rather than investing hundreds of dollars in digital presets, you may want to consider performing in-camera transitions instead. Not only does using this technique saves money, but it also gives
iFootage have been making affordable sliders, monopods and tripods for some time now and ever since I visited their stand at IBC 2018 (check out this older post here), I’ve wanted to get one of their Gazelle Fastbowl tripods. For me as I grow older and lazier,
We’re in the second half of 2019, and the filmmaking challenge competitions just keep on coming. And this is fantastic news for those of you looking to get creative and win some cool filmmaking gear. After Rode Microphones and MusicBed, now innovative gimbal maker Zhiyun is organizing
Just earlier today, MASV (pronounced MASSIVE), the world leader in cloud delivery of enormous video files, announced its June 2019 update, which debuts a new integration with collaboration service Slack. Sending huge 4K video files or other large files to client or workflow collaborators can be an
They’ve been selected as Screen International Stars of Tomorrow, and listed on the Tracking Board’s Young and Hungry List as two of the top 100 new writers in Hollywood. They’ve worked with actors including Game of Thrones’ Joseph Mawle and Bella Ramsey. Now their latest short project,
The first-ever Musicbed Challenge is on and you have until July 9th to submit a short film for a chance to win a ton of gear and grants worth about $80K! The prize pool is split in about $30K/$50+K in grants/gear from sponsors such as Wooden Camera, GoPro,
Perrault Pictures were recently commissioned by Canon to shoot a short sports-based film on their new Canon Sumire Cine Primes. The short film tells the inspirational story of kickboxer Jemyma Betrian. For those, who might have missed the Sumire announcement from a NAB 2019, here is a
There are tools that allow us filmmakers to convey emotion and energy through otherwise dull and boring shots. It may be a crane, a steadycam, a dolly, or for those who can’t afford a set of tracks or a Jimmy Jib, usually it’s a slider. Sliders are
Well, here it is! The biggest video industry education event of the year is now LIVE! For those of you who still might not be aware, the 2019 Complete Video Creators Bundle is an exclusive collection of top video tools and resources put together by some of
