Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Lensbaby has announced a new 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye lens for Canon and Nikon APS-C DSLRs. It’s a manual focus lens with a close focus distance of 1/4″. The lens barrel features a focus distance scale and hyperfocal scale.
The lens produces a complete circular inside the image sensor frame with a 185° angle of view.
The Lensbaby 5.8mm f/3.5 circular fisheye lens retails for $299.95. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Nikon has announced the Coolpix S810c camera, which is powered by Android 4.2.2 and features built-in WiFi and GPS connectivity. [Read more…]
Nikon has released a new superzoom lens for its DX camera line – the AF-S DX 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED VR.
It offers a 16.7x zoom range and is 30% lighter than the previous 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G lens. The VR provides 4-stops of stabilization and it should ship in May for $899.95. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Sony’s new A7s is a 4K-capable camera; however, it must send 4K video to an external recorder in order to actually record 4K video. Otherwise, it captures 50MB/s XAVC S video to onboard memory cards. [Read more…]
B&H has the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens back in stock for Nikon DX mount cameras. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
DaVinci Resolve 11 Edit Page
Just a few years ago, DaVinci Resolve was a boutique, all-in-one hardware/software solution for colorists that was a six-figure product. The price currently stands at $30k; however, Blackmagic began offering DaVinci Resolve for Mac in 2010 for $995, which was a huge deal at the time. The price still stands at $995 for the full version; however, Blackmagic also offers a Resolve Lite version for free. The $995 full version is also included for free with the $1995 Blackmagic Cinema Camera and higher level cameras.
DaVinci Resolve 11 Control Surface
In DaVinci Resolve 10, we got a timeline for making some basic editing functions when we import a XML from a supported NLE. Again, it was a huge move that further extended the value of Resolve.
Blackmagic announced DaVinci Resolve 11 at NAB 2014 and they have stepped up the game even further. Now, you can start and finish your editing project in Resolve 11 with no need open another NLE.
That’s right; Blackmagic just jumped head-first into the NLE market. [Read more…]
B&H has the Canon Rebel T3 with the 18-55mm kit lens refurbished for $299.95 (compare to $449 new). Check it out here at B&H Photo.
The Atomos Ninja Star is a $295 HDMI recorder that measures 3″ wide, weighs 3.5 ounces and records 10-bit 4:2:2 ProRes to CFast cards. [Read more…]
Canon has its new 17-120mm T2.9 cinema servo lens on display at NAB 2014. The lens is available in EF or PL mount options, and here it is mounted on a Sony F55. [Read more…]
Taking a cue from Blackmagic and the success it has seen from the release of its cameras in the past several years, AJA released its first production camera at NAB 2014, the AJA CION. [Read more…]