New Footage from the Canon XC10 4K Hybrid Camera
The big announcements by Canon at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas was of course the highly-anticipated successor the Canon EOS C300, named appropriately in Canon style to the EOS …
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Excerpt From Our Upcoming Filmmaking Guide – The Screenwriting Process…
As with anything filmmaking related it started with an idea, which crystallised into a coherent story, which eventually ended up on paper in the form of a screenplay. I …
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder is Now Shipping Plus New Firmware Update 2.6
It’s a good day not just for firmware updates today, but also for good news from the Blackmagic Design team. The company released Camera Update 2.6 earlier today, and …
Panasonic AG-DVX200 US Pricing Finally Revealed Plus New Footage
Back when they announced it at NAB 2015, Panasonic said their new 4K AG-DVX200 4/3 chip fixed lens camcorder will cost below $5,000 and they made good on their …
Blackmagic Design Announces New Lower Price for Studio HD and 4K Cameras
Blackmagic Design has been pioneering super affordable cameras ever since the announcement of the original Cinema Camera (now selling for $1,995; originally at $2,995 upon release) way back in 2012, and …
LOKI Combines an Ultra Portable Camera Cage, Table Dolly and Shoulder Rig Into One
Being a one-man-band and shooting a wide variety of projects can be pretty brutal at times, especially when you have to travel and lug around most of your kit. …
BeeWorks Launches BW05 Camera Stabilizer
You may recall the innovative BeeWorks 5 camera stabiliser, which we covered last November.The gimbal has an asymmetric design to offset motor weight, making it inherently more balanced and reducing …
Veydra Mini Primes To Be Available in Sony E Mount and C Mount Soon
The Veydra Mini Primes are quite unique lenses – not only are they cinema lenses with a robust metal housing, matched optics, unified fronts, long focus throw, geared rings …
Panasonic AG-DVX200 First Hands-On Video By DP Noel Evans
The world of documentary filmmaking is anxiously awaiting the release of the new 4K Panasonic AG-DVX200. Just like its predecessor the mighty DVX100, the DVX200 is set to revolutionise …
Shooting My First Feature Film And What We’ve Been Working On For Months
I decided to something different today. This post is not about the latest 4K gear, handheld gimbal or the persistent overheating issues currently plaguing the Sony A7R II, or even my reasons …
Rokinon/Samyang XEEN Professional Cine Lenses Available For Pre-Order
Last week we let you guys now about the new cine lenses that Rokinon was planning on releasing soon and as of today they are officially announced. The XEEN Cine …
New Kinefinity KINEMAX 6K Slow Motion Footage in 4K/100fps and 3K/150fps
Kinefinity have been pushing the boundaries of not just price to performance, but also resolution for some time ever since the release of their first generation KineRAW S35 camera. …
SmallHD 500 Series Monitors Get HDMI/SDI Cross Conversion and LUT Downstream in Firmware 2.0
SmallHD announced their 502 iPhone-sized super crisp Full HD monitor at this year’s NAB in Las Vegas, and ever since the units started shipping recently the small company have …
Get 4K/60fps & Full HD/240fps Super-Slow ProRes From the Sony FS7/FS700 On The Odyssey7Q+
Just a few hours ago earlier today, acclaimed US-based gear maker Convergent Design announced the release of firmware update 2015.8 for their flagship Odyssey7Q+ 4K recorder/monitor enabling High Speed Apple …
An Interview With SNL DP Alex Buono About His New Filmmaking Workshop
Alex Buono is a dedicated cinematographer with incredibly unique experience best known for his work as Director of Photography for the Saturday Night Live film unit since 1999. “Quite frankly, when I …
JVC Adds LOG to Their GY-LS300 4K Super 35 Micro Four Thirds Camcorder For Free
Yes, you read that correct. JVC have just announced firmware 2.0 for their MFT mount Super 35 CMOS Sensor 4K LS300 camcorder, which will add JVC LOG mode among other …
Samyang Teases XEEN – New Affordable Proper Cine Primes in PL and Other Popular Mounts
Just as the prices of pro-sumer and professional prices continue to fall, it comes as natural to see more affordable cine lenses come around. This is what Veydra did …
Motion9 Made a Cage For The Samsung NX1 4K Camera
One of the first accessories filmmakers tend to buy along their new mirrorless camera, other than a few extra batteries, is a cage. Yes, guilty as charged here. We love …
The Miller & Schneider G-Cup Is A Custom Designed Viewfinder Eyecup For The Panasonic GH4
Well, while most of us patiently wait and argue online on forums about V-Log L and whether it should be free or not, the good people at Miller & Schneider …
Netflix Reveals More Than a Dozen New 4K Original Series and Films
While the usual suspects in the TV world are scrambling for viewers and resisting the move to a higher than HD delivery format, online juggernauts like Netflix have replaced …