Sound Devices Expands Recording & File Transfer for PIX 260i

Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Sound Devices rack-mounted PIX 260i gains new audio and video functions, Sound-devices-pix260i
formatting drives as exFAT and transferring files over a network while recording.

Novo Digital Camera Brings Cinematic Tools to Action Shoots

Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013

The tiny Novo Cinema Camera for action applications adds cinematic functionality Novofrontviewlens
including manually adjustable exposure and C-mount lens system for extreme
macro shooting.

Panasonic’s Small, Bright Projectors Deliver Images Everywhere

Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Panasonic’s new 3-chip DLP projectors are extremely small and light Panasonic-PT-DZ13K
for their class. The single-chip DLP models have very high brightness
and Digital Link compatibility.

Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5 Simulates Looks & Lenses for DPs

Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5, named ‘Best Mobile Photo App of 2013’ Tiffen-iPad-PhotoFX-Ultra4
by TIPA, lets users simulate filters, lenses, lab processes, grain,
colour, light and more professional photographic effects.

Canon EF Super-Telephoto Zoom Lens Extends EOS DSLRs

Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Canon has built a new interchangeable EF lens for the EOS DSLR Canon-EF-200-400mm-f4L-Extender-2
cameras, the EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x, a super-
telephoto zoom incorporating an internal extender.

Sound Devices PIX 240 Chases Cheetahs on the Edge

Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013

DP Greg Wilson created a shot tracking a sprinting cheetah for
National Geographic, using the Sound Devices PIX 240 production
video recorder for dailies, monitoring and backup.

Zeiss Compact Zooms & DSLR Lenses Stretch Shooting Options

Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013

ZEISS Compact Zoom lenses are made for projects on a tight budget Zeiss-cp2_zoom
and timeframe but have a wide range of applications. Zeiss DSLR lenses
also allow compact camera set-ups.

Sony HXR-IFR5 Interface Captures 4K on NEX-FS700

Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Sony has introduced the HXR-IFR5 interface unit connecting
the NEX-FS700 camcorder and the AXS-R5 RAW recorder to
support 4K RAW recording at multiple frame rates.

Phantom Flex4K Speeds High-Speed Workflows On Set and in Post

Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013

The upcoming high-speed Phantom Flex4K previewed at NAB
2013 produces quality images at variable frame rates with a
super 35mm sensor a new camera control interface.

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K Shoots ProRes 422 in 4K

Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013

The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K has a Super 35 size
sensor with a global shutter, EF mount optics and CinemaDNG
RAW and ProRes 422 file recording.

FOR-A Demos 4K Super Slow-Mo FT-ONE & MXF Clip Servers

Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013

FOR-A showed their new FT-ONE 4K super slow motion camera
at NAB Show 2013, with compact MXF clip servers for very
diverse ingest, playback and playout.

ARRI ALEXA XT Captures ARRIRAW Up to 120 fps

Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013

NAB ALEXA XT cameras come with the XR Module, allowing
in-camera ARRIRAW recording up to 120 fps onto fast, rugged
512 GB XR capture drives.

ARRI’s First Master Anamorphic Lenses Make a Short Film

Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013

NAB The first three focal lengths, 35 mm, 50 mm and 75 mm,
of the ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lens series are fast and
compact, capable of shooting at T1.9.

Cooke and Angénieux Collaborate on Anamorphic Lenses

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

NAB Technical teams from Cooke Optics and Thales Angénieux
have been sharing designs of their respective new anamorphic
lenses.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Captures CinemaDNG RAW

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

NAB Blackmagic’s Pocket digital Cinema Camera includes a Super Blackmagic-pocketcinemacamera
16mm sized 1080HD sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range and built
in SD card recorder for Apple ProRes.

Fraunhofer IIS Introduces Camera Array for Film and Video

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

NAB  Fraunhofer IIS’ camera array has flexibility for creative Fraunhofer-CameraArray
production including high frame rates, high dynamic range
and lightfield processes.

Sony PMW-400 XDCAM Camcorder Records MPEG HD422

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

NAB  The new PMW-400 shoulder-mount camcorder incorporates Sony-PMW-400
2/3-inch full-HD 3CMOS sensors, 3DNR to reduce S/N ratio and
supported formats including XAVC support for HD.

Cinedeck RX3G & MX Update Camera & IIF/ACES Support

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

NAB The Cinedeck RX3G and MX recorders now support Cinedeck Bellevue Worship Center
ARRIRAW, CinemaDNG, CanonRAW, JPEG 2000, OpenEXR
and the ACES colour workflow.