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Create Timeless Images with History-Making Gear

October 20, 2016 By Rose Clearfield

When you’re in a creative rut, experimenting with new gear offers the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself. Consider investing in one or more the following scene-setters to create new classic, timeless photos and video.

 Angenieux 16-40mm Optimo Style Zoom Lens with PL Mount

Angenieux Optimo Lenses

Pierre Angenieux was a French engineer and optician and one of the inventors of the modern zoom lens. He’s best known for introducing the Angenieux retrofocus, a wide-angle lens boasting an inverted telephoto configuration. Since 1935, Angenieux has been leading the pack in developing optimal cinematography lenses for the broadcast and film industries. The 16-40mm T2.8 PL (pictured) and 30-76mm T2.8 PL are lightweight lenses with 4K capacity, perfect for producing cinematic yet modern imagery. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: AARI Fresnel Lights, Angenieux, classic photography gear, creating timeless images, Fuji X-T2, hasselblad, Kessler, photography gear

 

Kessler Parallax Auto-Pans Your Slider Shots

May 6, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Kessler Parallax

Kessler is showing off a new auto-pan head, the Kessler Parallax, that works in conjunction with Kessler sliders to automatically pan on a subject throughout the slider movement.

The brilliance of the Kessler Parallax is that it achieves this movement without a motor to drive the head. Additionally, it can pan either inward (on a static subject) or outward (for a panoramic effect). [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: cineslider, Kessler, Kessler Parallax, slider

Kessler CineDrive Released

August 23, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Kessler CineDrive

Kessler has announced pre-sale dates for its new CineDrive motion control system.  CineDrive features multi-axis control over camera movements and allows you to fully configure key frames, bezier curves and precision positioning for your time lapses, stop-motion or live action shoots.

The basic kit will be less than $6000 and will include a Kessler CineDrive Brain, two motor bricks plus hardware to configure as a pan/tilt head and a slider motor.  An iOS app for the CineDrive system is in the works for the release (or soon thereafter) and an Android app will be available in the future.

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Pre-sale orders will begin at 1 PM ET on Wednesday, August 29. The sale will be limited to 25 orders at a first-come first-served basis to US customers only and with a one CineDrive system per customer limit. A second batch of CineDrive systems should be available in 1-3 months.

More details available on the Kessler CineDrive website.

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: CineDrive, dolly, Kessler, motion control, slider, stop motion, timelapse

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