Gear Archive
“Sage” is the winner of the Panasonic EVA1 “Share Your Vision” short film contest for non-fiction, directed and shot by filmmaker Gabe Dinsmoor. Shot with the Panasonic EVA1, “Sage” is a tells the story of Errika Bridgeford, an activist who founded the Ceasefire Movement, which organizes ceasefire
Back in the Summer, NVIDIA announced their partnership with RED, whose high-resolution digital cinema cameras have been deployed to create stunning images, however they do require a substantial amount of computer horsepower to render and playback at 5K, 6K, and 8K resolutions. This partnership promises that working
Director Simon Smyth and DoP Balazs Bolygo BSC, HSC recently shot a short film with the Sony VENICE 6K Full-Frame camera. “Shadow” demonstrates extensive capabilities of the top dog CineAlta camera, with impressive dynamic range and low-light performance due to its dual native sensitivity. The Sony VENICE
MotionTribe, the collaborative rental platform with over 3,000 audiovisual professionals, is releasing the beta of the V2, it’s biggest update to date; while also expanding in more countries! You may recall MotionTribe – one of the few online marketplaces dedicated to helping video professionals, production companies and
Esteemed pro audio mixer and recorders maker Sound Devices have released details of their highly anticipated firmware update v3.00 for the MixPre series of audio recorders, mixers, and USB audio interfaces. As a reminder, firmware v2.21 was released earlier in the year alongside the more musicians-oriented MixPre-3M and
I was browsing for some accessories for my SmallHD Focus monitor the other day, and as I was looking for a sun hood, I stumbled upon a new accessory for the SmallHD Focus monitor family that I didn’t know existed – the Pan Module. Made by SmallHD,
Esteemed audio maker Rode Microphones recently announced their all-in-one podcasting production studio – the RODECaster Pro, and now they have also released some really useful demo videos and tutorials to get you started and help you get the best out of the unit. Some of these videos
Being a one-man band can be frustrating and difficult when the pressures of operating a 2nd camera, or sound on your own get to you on a busy shoot. We’ve all been there, the budget is too tight, the client has “all of a sudden” decided to
SmallHD released a major OS3 firmware update for their latest models monitors last November, packing new features and improvements including a new autonomous calibration feature that lets you calibrate your SmallHD monitor without the use of a computer as well as improved and customizable False Colour giving
Not long after announcing the MoVI Wheels (which we covered here), Freefly Systems, the makers of the popular MoVI Pro stabilizer gimbal optimized for pro cinema cameras like the ARRI Alexa MINI and RED cameras, recently released details of their upcoming firmware update for the MoVI Pro. Firmware
Austria-based Angelbird Technologies, that many of you are familiar with thanks to their fast and tiny SSDs, have been creating exciting recording media solutions for indie filmmakers for some time now. Recently, AngelBird announced a dedicated Match Pack for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K designed to
RED Digital Cinema has just added the Dragon-X 5K S35 sensor option into the unified DSMC2 system. The Dragon 5K S35 sensor addition to the DSMC2 lineup marks the 4th option cinematographers now have when choosing a sensor for the simplified, and unified DSMC2 family, which also
Just in time for the Christmas holiday shopping season DJI announced the DJI Osmo Pocket, a tiny 3-axis gimbal stabilized camera that can record 4K/60p video. Some of you may recall a few months back there were rumours of DJI possibly working on an action camera to
Atomos just released the manual for the Ninja V, which has been shipping for a couple of months now getting in the hands of thousands of creatives. The 5-inch form factor is more suitable for those looking for a more compact monitoring and recording solution for their
Most of you probably remember the original LUMU Power light meter for iOS devices that was Kickstarted by Slovenia-based Lumulabs over three years ago, and now Lumulabs are back with the sequel. The new Lumu Power 2 is a completely new light meter that can measure Colour Temperature of Flash in
Samyang Optics has just announced a new addition to their premium XP line of manual focus lenses – the Samyang XP 35mm f/1.2 in the Canon EF mount. The Samyang XP line already includes the ultra-wide Samyang XP 14mm f/2.4 and Samyang XP 85mm f/1.2 lens announced back in 2016 and
Popular Australian audio gear maker RØDE Microphones, has just launched the RODECaster Pro, which they are pitching as “the world’s first fully integrated podcast production studio” to the ever growing market of podcast creators. Whether you are looking to start podcasting, or already are doing it, the RODECaster Pro looks like
Just in time for the Christmas/Holiday shopping season, Leica have announced the Leica D-Lux 7 – a premium, compact camera with a 17 Megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor and 4K video. The timing of this release is no coincidence, course, as the D-Lux 7 appears to identical
As a DJI Ronin-S owner I’ve been patiently waiting for the release of the official Ronin-S accessories, and DJI has delivered by introducing nine new accessories (with pricing) designed for their first single grip gimbal. The nine official DJI branded accessories for the Ronin-S range from a
About a week ago we filmed my hands-on review of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K on a rainy and gloomy day, and despite not getting to film a lot of footage because of the atrocious weather, we managed to shoot some stuff that hopefully may be
