Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
When Leica announced that is new S (Type 007) medium format camera would should 4K video, we all thought that was pretty cool to get 4K capture with 4:2:2 color on the large 30 x 45mm CMOS sensor. However, I had not seen one decked out as a cinema camera until this one on display at the Leica booth at PhotoPlus 2014. [Read more…]
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JVC has announced a trio of 4K camcorders that include two compact camcorders and a Super35 camcorder with a Micro Four Thirds lens mount. [Read more…]
Blackmagic Design just continues to shake up the industry. Their latest move is to announce that the node-based visual effects and motion graphics software Fusion 7 is now available free of charge. [Read more…]
This is a great video from Canon and Alex Buono, who is the DP for SNL, covering the 4K workflow with the Canon EOS C500. As Buono points out, 4K is important in today’s 1080 world for both reframing options on some projects and future-proofing others with a 4K master. [Read more…]
The above video, courtesy of Andreas Brueckl, shows a 30 minute screen capture (condensed down to 3 minutes) of the grading process that went into a L’Oréal Garnier commercial. The commercial was shot on an Arri Alexa and graded with Baselight. [Read more…]
Canon has announced the EOS C100 Mark II cinema camera with 1080/60p recording, several design enhancements and standard Dual Pixel CMOS AF. [Read more…]
Fotodiox has unveiled its new FlapJack LED Edgelight series of LED lights, which are compact at 1/2″ thin and soft light sources for small video setups.
There are four models in both circular and rectangular shapes – two small and larger models of each shape. Check out the video below for an overview. [Read more…]
Tascam recently announced the DR-60DmkII as an update to its first edition of the unique form-factor audio recorder. The DR-60DmkII gets new mic preamps with up to 64db of gain for recording on quiet sets. [Read more…]
Adobe released and update for Premiere Pro to version 2014.1, which adds several new and interesting features, including some new audio features like improved AAF. You can read all about the update here on Adobe’s Premiere Pro blog.
While there are some seriously slick new features, it is still missing some basic functionality that would allow video editors to be more efficient editing and remaining inside of Premiere Pro. [Read more…]
ARRI has announced the ALEXA 65, which is essentially a medium format cinema camera with a 65mm sensor and 6K resolution. With a 65mm format, the camera is creeping toward the territory of the IMAX 70mm film format. [Read more…]