Tag: lenses
Podcast 046: Panasonic GH4 Anamorphic Mode & Future V-Log L, Litepanels Caliber 3 LED’s & More Posted by Ogy Stoilov April 27, 2015 In Episode 46 of the 4K …
Earlier today legendary German optics maker Zeiss announced a brand new line of lenses designed specifically for the Sony Alpha series mirrorless cameras like the Sony A7s, A7II and A7R. …
Chinese budget lens and adapter manufacturer ZY Optics officially announced their Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens with full frame coverage. The lens is going to be priced around $799 …
After weeks of teasing a new lens, the final missing piece of the puzzle has been revealed by Korean optics manufacturer Samyang. The company announced their latest addition to …
Even though the Sony A7s, Sony FS700 and the Sony FS7 have been widely adopted and loved by the filmmaking community since their respective releases, Sony’s tendency to release …
For decades, anamorphic lenses have carried a mystique about them. There is a certain feeling of something special with anamorphic lenses and their inherent ability to compress an image …
Filters are an essential part of shooting stills and video. However, most times with different size lenses and especially stills lenses used for video, one may find themselves in a …
Quality and affordability when it comes to lenses, especially to cine primes is a rare occurence. Simply not many options exist. Samyang/Rokinon do make very nice cine-vized lenses, but …
Cinema zoom lenses don’t come cheap. But they do offer significant advantages and are desirable for certain productions where primes may not offer the focal range or may slow down …
Prime Circle are an Italian based equipment manufacturer who have been developing re-housed cine lenses based on Zeiss lenses for DSLR and large sensor camera shooters, matteboxes, wireless follow focus …
Sometimes we obsess over gear and can easily fall into the trap of spending a ton of money on more expensive gear, thinking it this way we instantly better …
Chicago-based Magnanimous Media recently tested the worth of Metabones’ pricey and desirable Speed booster lens adapters against their direct “dummy” adapter counterparts, for EF and Nikon adapters aimed at …
The “one of a kind” Veydra Micro 4/3 Mini Primes have already reached their funding goal on Kickstarter only 10 days in. The campaign has raised over $74,000 and …
Over here at 4K Shooters, we dig filmmaking gear creators, who go against the grain and take their ideas/prototypes to the community via crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter, in order …
Lens choice today is not as easy as it used to be in the film days. Back there wasn’t much of a choice when you could choose between shooting 35mm …
More big news for the owners of EF Canon lenses and the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema camera (BMPCC). The long-awaited Canon EF to BMPCC Active Speed Booster from Metabones should …
