Gear Archive
You may recall that back at NAB 2019 in April this year, Zoom showed off their brand new and compact Zoom F6 field recorder for the first time with the promise of releasing pricing information and further specs in late Spring/Early Summer. Well, the time has come
Legendary Swedish camera maker Hasselblad just introduced the X1D II 50C mirrorless medium format camera, a new and improved successor to the X1D. Hasselblad also announced the much-awaited XCD 35-75mm f3.5/4.5 Zoom Lens and Phocus Mobile 2 tethering solution. In addition, Hasselblad also announced development details of
To some of you this may be old news, but I just checked back on Peak Design‘s latest Kickstarter campaign and it appears they are completely smashing it! For those more familiar with the brand, you know that Peak Design are not new to Kickstarter (at all,
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
RED boss Jared Land, recently announced on reduser.net the company is releasing a RED DSMC2 Gemini Kit – a conveniently put together bundle package designed to give users a decent basic “all-in-one” shooting kit (minus a lens) and save some cash in the process. Apparently, the RED
Not a drone, not a stabiliser, but a friggin’ robot on wheels with a fully functional gel bead blaster! Whaaaat!? How cool is that? At first, I thought this was a spoof, but apparently it’s real. DJI just unveiled the DJI RoboMaster S1, an advanced educational rover
Netflix has been killing it in the home entertainment business by outdoing Hollywood what they are best at – making high-quality, Hollywood-caliber movies and HBO-level binge-worthy serial drama. And do you know who else has been killing it – Cooke Optics! For decades, the legendary British cine
Atomos recently released firmware update 10.1 or AtomOS 10.1 for the Ninja V. The update adds important new functionality such as support for the AtomX SDI module, which expands the Ninja V connectivity to also include SDI (in addition to the already built-in HDMI into the Ninja
Big day for Sony today – the company just announced two highly anticipated full-frame lenses – the massive and hella expensive Sony G Master 600mm f4 prime lens and a new Sony FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS super-telephoto zoom lens. There were no new camera announcements today,
Do you remember the Olympus TG-5 tough little 4K action camera? Well, Olympus are now bringing out the new model – the Olympus Tough TG-6 waterproof camera has been recently unveiled by the company most of us know from the world of micro four thirds lenses and
Tamron has apparently been making their “Superior Performance” lenses for 40 yours, and to celebrate this milestone the company announced a new SP 35mm f/1.4 Di USD Lens for the Nikon F and Canon EF mount. The new Model F045 as it stands in the Tamron lineup,
Chances are none of us are ready for 8K, (hell, I am not even ready for 4K) but regardless, the industry is pushing 8K (and full-frame) like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, so strap yourselves once more, this will be a bumpy ride. All poor
Apple’s new “cheese grater” Mac Pro 2019 may have been the highlight of WWDC 2019, but there were other announcements of note from partner companies such as Blackmagic Design, who will be supporting the new pro machine from the Cupertino tech giant. Earlier today, Blackmagic Design announced
Panasonic may have announced their cinematography oriented Lumix S1H full-frame mirrorless camera with 6K recording options at Cine Gear 2019, but it looks like they are not putting out their Micro Four Thirds division to pasture just yet. That’s because Panasonic have announced a new super-fast wide
SmallHD kicks-off their Cine Gear 2019 presence with a big announcement! The North Carolina-based monitor maker just announced the world’s 1st wireless 13 and 17-inch daylight viewable production monitors that are set to tremendously improve the on-set experience for your focus puller and/or director/client. SmallHD call their
I was a 2nd AC on a low-budget feature film that just wrapped yesterday, and one of the main piece of kit that I was also responsible for was the director’s monitor, which was basically our whole video village. The 7-inch monitor was setup in my Wooden
New for Cine Gear Expo 2019, Vocas have a new 5-Axis Diopter Holder designed to give cinematographers even more creative options to manipulate images. With an increasing variation in diopters from manufacturers like Tiffen, premiere Dutch pro accessories maker Vocas has developed a dedicated diopter holder that
Cine Gear Expo 2019 is about to kick off later this week and legendary cine zoom specialist Angenieux are already kicking down the doors off the hinges with the announcement of the Angenieux Optimo Primes! Yes, that’s right, Angenieux is getting into the full-frame cine prime game
Last September at Photokina 2018, Fujifilm announced the development of the GFX100 – their flagship 102 megapixel medium format 4K video capable mirrorless camera, and today the camera was officially announced at the special launch even called Fujikina 2019 in Tokyo. Scheduled for delivery in late June
Voigtlander is one of the most legendary lens makers in the world of photography with a lineage that goes back more than a century. About a year and a half ago, the legendary Austrian lens maker announced the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.4 lens for Sony E mount
