Stunning New 4K Footage From the Samsung NX1
Samsung surprised many of us this year at Photokina, when they announced their first 4K mirrorless camera – the Samsung NX1. The new 4K offering from Samsung is yet another alternative …
Author: Ogy Stoilov
Podcast 028 – Interview with Producer Yana Georgieva – Tips on How To Produce a No Budget Feature Film
Podcast 028 – Interview with Producer Yana Georgieva – Tips on How To Produce a No Budget Feature Film and Discussion On Her Latest Crowdfunded Web Series “KOSMOS” Posted …
4K Recorders News: Odyssey7Q+ Ships, Supports FS7 Raw and Gets New Firmware Update, Plus Atomos Shogun Hands On Video
Just recently the Colorado-based Convergent Design announced a new top monitor/recorder in their existing line-up, amply named the 7Q+, much to the surprise of some and at a time coinciding …
Adobe Releases Updates for Popular Creative Cloud Apps
The Adobe Suite of creative applications such as Premiere Pro, and After Effects have been some of our favourite tools here at 4K Shooters. I started using Premiere Pro …
The Atomos Shogun 4K HDMI Recorder/Monitor Shipping Plus Video Walkthrough By CEO Jeromy Young
Back at NAB 2014 in April, the Sony A7s was one of the hottest cameras announced. However, it was announced that the only way to get the 4K output from …
The 4K Shooters Christmas Gift Guide For Filmmakers On Any Budget
It’s the time of the year loved by many, but most of all credit card companies. All jokes aside, Christmas time is great time to put your cameras away …
Podcast 027 – Special Guest Director of Photography Colin Elves On His Latest Work on Mogwai’s Teenage Exorcists Music Video
Podcast 027 – Special Guest: Colin Elves, DP Discusses his latest work on Mogwai’s Teenage Exorcists Music Video, Plus Thoughts on the new Odyssey7Q+ Posted by Ogy Stoilov December …
CYMATICS: Science Meets Music In An Audio-Visual Extravaganza
According to Wikipedia, the word Cymatics derives from the Greek ‘kyma’ meaning ‘billow’ or ‘wave,’ to describe the periodic effects that sound and vibration have on matter. Drawing inspiration …
Fotodiox Pro B4 Magic Adapter for BMPCC Lets You Use Broadcast Zoom B4 2/3″ Lenses on Your Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera offer significant versatility not only because of its small footprint, but also because of the active Micro 4/3 mount, which has an inherent short …
Convergent Design Announces New Flagship Odyssey7Q+ with 4K ProRes Recording Over HDMI for GH4, A7s and Sony FS7
Earlier today, Colorado based video equipment maker Convergent Design announced a new flagship recorder/monitor in the Odyssey Family – the Odyssey7Q+. The latest addition to their lineup of already …
4K Laptops from Acer, Toshiba and Lenovo For Gamers, Editors and Photographers
2014 has already been a pretty crazy year for 4K devices both in the consumer and professional world. And this is not just 4K cameras I’m talking about here, …
FootageStudio 4K Offers ProRes Transcoding On a Windows PC
Editors and video professionals working on Macs have long benefited from an industry-proven and solid ProRes workflow. It is often the codec of choice for most editors for both …
Podcast 026 – Blackmagic Firmware Update, Cage Giveaway Reminder, What’s Possibly Next from Canon, and Musings on my Next Camera
Podcast 026 – Blackmagic Firmware Update, Cage Giveaway Reminder, What’s Possibly Next from Canon, and Musings on my Next Camera Posted by Ogy Stoilov December 8, 2014 In Episode …
Nebula 4000 Lite Portable 3-Axis Micro Gimbal Stabilizer BMPCC, GH4, GoPro Hero4 or Sony A7s
Hand-held gimbal stabilisers are certainly in vogue these days and there’s plenty of them around, regardless of you camera – whether a GoPro, a DSLR, or a full blown …
BlackMagic Camera Utility 1.9.10 Fixes Bugs Plus Music Video Shot on the 5D Mark III MagicLantern Raw
The Canon 5D Mark II changed everything. It spawned the current crop of large sensor cameras. This was more than five years ago. The successor – the 5D Mark …
New Mini Doc by Ed David Produced by Lars Von Trier, Shot on the Sony FS7
The Sony FS7 took me by surprise, as I believe many others. Packing an impressive “features-to-dollars” ratio rivalling cameras costing 2x certainly raised a few eyebrows, it was the …
RAW 4 PRO Cineform Converter For Your Raw Clips From Your BMPC 4K, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, or D16 Digital Bolex
Shooting in highly compressed 8bit 4:2:0 H.264 on most DSLR’s and some lower-end large sensor camcorders can save you time in the edit and space on your backup drive, …
4K TV Sales Are Up And 7 Ways To Get 4K Into Your Home You Might Not Know About
Times are changing and changing fast. Gone are the days of MiniDV, trying to convert interlaced camera footage into progressive and those bulky 35mm adapters have fallen into oblivion… …
Podcast 025 – New URSA Firmware Update, gStabiH14 Gimbal, Our New Cage Giveaway, and Some Free Stock Footage
Podcast 025 – New URSA Firmware Update, gStabiH14 Gimbal, Our New Cage Giveaway, and Some 18TB’s of Free 4K and 5K RED Epic Footage You Can Download For Free …
Tentacle Sync Timecode Generator For DSLR and Video Shooters On a Budget
Syncing audio can be a real pain. For DSLR videographers and filmmakers, capturing audio in camera for professional jobs in not an option. DSLR’s lack XLR connections, good pre-amps …