Tips and Tricks For Shooting During Golden Hour
It’s pointless to say that Golden Hour (or magic hours as it is often also referred to) is the most beautiful part of the day and it’s been the …
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RED RAVEN Is Now Officially a 4.5K Camera
If you still aren’t completely sold on the recently unveiled Red RAVEN camera, then maybe the following announcement might make you reconsider. After a long night discussion with Jim Jannard, in …
Setup Record Trigger for the GH4 and Sony A7s on the PIX-E5 4K Recorder
The big question for a lot of shooters out there today, who own mirrorless 4K cameras like the Panasonic GH4, Sony A7RII, and Samsung NX1 is often – how …
How to Utilize a MIDI Controller to Enhance Your Editing Workflow
Being an integral part of high-end editing and colour grading workflows, hardware control panels have been around for years. They are still extensively utilized by many seasoned professionals as extremely …
New Canon C300 Mark II 4K Footage by Magnanimous Media
The Canon C300 Mark II was unveiled at this year’s NAB 2015 trade show in Las Vegas and was easily one of, if not the most, highly awaited camera …
Extremely Fast External Thunderbolt 2 SSD by JMR Electronics
The US-based company JMR Electronics mainly known for building some advanced data storage and server solutions recently announced a portable bus-powered Thunderbolt SSD capable of read speed up to 1400 MB/sec and write speed …
Leica SL: New Premium Super35 4K Mirrorless Camera
Premium photography camera maker Leica just dropped a massive 24 megapixel Full-Frame mirrorless bomb! Leica may be the associated with supreme quality and a price tag to match in …
Watch Out DJI OSMO – the New ROXOR 4K Gimbal Camera is Just $199
Not even two weeks ago things in the hand held gimbal market became even more interesting with the latest announcement from DJI – the Osmo – a full fledged …
Sony A7s II Hands-On Review and First Impressions
Just when everyone were eager to glimpse the Sony PXW-FS5 for the first time at this year’s IBC trade show in Amsterdam, the leading Japanese camera manufacturer surprised us …
First Blackmagic 4K Micro Studio Camera Footage
I was just browsing BMCuser.com and found out that Youtuber Better Aesthetics Bodybuilding recently posted what appears to be the first footage (at least that I’ve seen) from the Blackmagic Design …
Sigma Adds Super Wide and Fast 20mm f/1.4 Art Lens
Sigma make some really awesome lenses and compared to Canon L series and Zeiss lenses tend to be more affordable. Low-budget filmmakers embraced their Art line of primes lenses especially the 35mm …
Lexar Just Unveiled a New Lineup of XQD, CF and SD Cards
Multimedia cards are an essential asset of today’s digital filmmaking world, but as expected, there are some considerable differences in terms of overall quality, reliability and performance they provide. Whether you’re …
Dell Announced Three New Ultrasharp Monitors Designed for Professional Video Editors and Colorists Alike
With creative professionals in mind, who demand the highest levels of colour accuracy, Dell designed and recently announced three brand new Ultrasharp monitors with improved colour reproduction and enhanced connectivity. …
Cinemartin & NVIDIA Team Up to Bring You 2x Faster HEVC H.265 4K Encoding
Cinemartin, the Spanish team that develops the leading ProRes conversion / transcoding encoders for Windows (Cinemartin Cinec) as well as plugins for Adobe Premiere and After Effects (Plin PR, Plin …
New Sony RX1R II Is A 42 Megapixel Full-Frame Compact Monster
In somewhat of a surprise move, Sony unleashed their new RX1R II compact camera with a massive full-frame 42.4 Megapixel EXMOR R back-illuminated CMOS sensor and a fixed Zeiss 35mm …
Shooting, Editing and Delivering 360 Degree Videos – Everything You Need to Know to Start Off
It seems that 360-degree videos are generating a lot of buzz lately as more and more filmmakers are excited and curious to dip their toes into the world of virtual reality content. Creating …
New Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Lens for Sony A7s/Sony A7RII and A7SII
Zeiss expands their Loxia lens family with the introduction of the super wide Loxia 21mm f/2.8 lens. In true Zeiss fashion, the new Loxia lens offers full-frame coverage, manual …
Tripod Maker Manfrotto Brings Out New Line of Video Sliders
A slider is one of the most important piece of kit used today in the world of video production. Regardless of whether you are delivering for the web, broadcast, events …
Lattice Introduces the World’s First 8K/60p 12bit Transmitter and Receiver
Resolution, image acquisition and display technology are advancing at an insane rate as we speak, and there is certainly no way to forecast where this crazy ride is going to take …
How to Swap Edits in DaVinci Resolve 12
DaVinci Resolve 12 is not only a complete colour grading suite but also a fully fledged professional editing system which is still a precedent, especially for a free piece of …