Meet the PowerPole – a Battery-Integrated Extension Pole for Your GoPro Hero4
I just love the concept of the GoPro cameras! So small, yet capable of yielding incredible pictures and video in a size I still cannot fully fathom. Pick it …
Time Remapping In Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Remember these super cool freestyle extreme sports videos where the guy on the skateboard is jumping off the vert ramp high in the air, and suddenly the action slows down, …
DEFY Introduce Their New G2X Gimbal For $1,995
DEFY make some really cool handheld gimbals for a wide variety of cameras from compact cameras like the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, the Lumix LX-100, GH4, Sony A7s up …
An Alternative Power Solution for the Sony A7s Using Canon 5D Mark III Batteries
Occasionally, DIY solutions can deliver even more efficiency and benefits to users than the built-in assets a certain product provides. Take a look at the Sony A7s, for instance. Sure, it’s a formidable compact …
Podcast 032: Interview with Special Guest Filmmaker & DP – Tom Antos
Podcast 032: Interview with Special Guest Filmmaker & DP – Tom Antos Posted by Ogy Stoilov January 19, 2015 In Episode 032 of the 4K Shooters Podcast, we chat …
DJI Releases a Series of Tutorials for Their 4K Drone – The Inspire 1
Back in November DJI released their next generation unmanned aerial system – the 4K Inspire 1, which is expected to be available at the end of January. The 4K …
6 Things to Consider When Preparing Your Film Shoot
After overcoming two main obstacles – finishing the film script and securing financing, you will enter the pre-production stage of your film. At this stage you will need to …
Convergent Design Makes An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Buy an Odyssey7Q+ 4K Raw Recorder & Get 2 x FREE 256GB SSDs
Just a little bit over a month after they announced a new flagship 4K ProRes/Raw recorder/monitor – the Odyssey7Q+, and a new firmware allowing 4K recording in 10bit 422 …
Lenzhound Releases Affordable Wireless Follow-Focus
Any 1st AC can tell you how important being able to easily pull focus is. On locked town shots or handheld with minimal motion, you can typically get away …
Recording 4K (UHD) 10-Bit 4:2:2 from the GH4 with the Atomos Shogun
Atomos quickly built a name in the industry with its array of external recorder/monitors, both for their ability to seamlessly capture from the camera as well as their ability …
Russian Roulette: A Master Class in Hiding your Budget Limitations
Accentuating your positives and hiding your negatives is a practice that most all people use in at least some facet of their life. In filmmaking, it’s no different. It’s …
Upcoming BeastGrip Pro Lets You Use SLR Lenses With Your Smartphone
Smartphones are becoming more sophisticated and with camera sensors capable of producing lovely images, which is attributed to the “iphoneography” snappers quickly displacing point and shoot camera and even …
How to Mask a Moving Object in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
It’s quite impressive how much the technology has grown as of right now, and it has no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Talking about the NLEs in particular, …
Zacuto Gratical HD EVF Video Review by Den Lennie
Picking the right accessory for your personal gear kit could be a quite overwhelming task, simply because there are so many tools on the market these days. It’s getting even harder …
Atomos Shogun Firmware 6.02 & GoPro Hero4 Black To Get More Slow Motion Next Month
The Atomos Shogun 4K HDMI recorder/monitor made for a great Christmas present for those who pre-ordered shortly after the NAB announcement as the highly anticipated recorder/monitor started shipping. Sony …
The Next Generation High-Efficiency Video Coding – HEVC (H.265) Overview
Even the most outraged opponents of the 4K acquisition hardly could deny the indisputable assets the format has brought to the table in today’s production environment. Better overall image quality, more pixel density, finer detail, …
Podcast 031 – 4K Gear Discussion with Special Guest Erik Naso, DP & Blogger – Part II
Podcast 031 – 4K Gear Discussion with Special Guest Erik Naso, DP & Blogger – Part II Posted by Ogy Stoilov January 12, 2015 In Episode 031 of the …
The 4K “Ready” Sony PXW-X70 Gets a Review and Sharpness Test, and ISO/Gain Test vs. Panasonic GH4
4K was the theme for the majority of Sony cameras in 2014, and by the looks of it, 2015 will be no different. The Sony FS7 was the big …
A Couple of Micro 3-Axis Gimbals for Your GoPro Hero4 or iPhone 6
3-axis stabiliser gimbals come in all shapes and sizes and for the past two years this has been a burgeoning market for video professionals. As these stabiliser devices grow in …
SuperMHL: New Standard & Cable for 8K TV’s (Yes, 8K)
As ridiculous as it sounds, 8K TV is real. At least, for now there is one from Samsung they debuted at CES 2015. Maybe others are doing them in …