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Wolfcrow: 50 reasons to pick the Panasonic GH5 over the BMPCC 4K
Wolfcrow has just published the video entitled 50 reasons to pick the Panasonic GH5 over the BMPCC 4K. Wolfcrow clarifies that the BMPCC 4K has better imagery, but points out how the GH5 has 50...
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Recommended Media For The Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Since Blackmagic Design’s brand new Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is ending up into some people’s hands it’s time to talk about what media works with this 4K camera. This, of course, is an important item....
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DMC-FZ2500 — the worldcam camera/camcorder that fell through the cracks
I don’t know how it happened, but no one from ProVideo Coalition has covered the quite compelling Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 worldcam camera/camcorder until now. I am quite amazed at how many...
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Casting the look of a camera into glass
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting with ARRI’s senior color designer, and I asked him the question I like to ask all camera manufacturers: “Why?” No two cameras look the same. Sensor hardware...
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Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Review
Is the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K their best camera to date? I hope we will find this out together so let’s break it down. What criteria are required for someone to call a manufacturer’s...
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The Oath Shot with URSA Mini Pro and Edited with DaVinci Resolve Studio
The film “The Oath” was shot with several URSA Mini Pro digital film cameras and edited and graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio. I mean who does not love a filmmaker make their story work on a...
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Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro Gets 3200 ISO With Firmware 6.0 Update
After a little time in Beta with Blackmagic RAW, Blackmagic Design surprised URSA Mini Pro shooters. Today Blackmagic Design released Camera 6.0 update which improves the ISO range of URSA Mini Pro,...
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Shooting @3200 ISO On The URSA Mini Pro
Before camera firmware 6.0, and the ISO cap on the URSA Mini Pro, I might have veered away from shooting some news or documentary work on the flagship Blackmagic Design camera. I was nearly always...
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RED Announced Dragon-X Sensor to DSMC2 Line
RED announced the legacy of the Dragon sensor is now available in it’s DSMC2 line up. Placing the Dragon-X just below the Gemini 5K camera in the four camera line-up. The price for the Dragon-X brain...
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Panasonic EVA1 Tasked To Lens Nature Documentary
Shooting with Panasonic AU-EVA1 5.7K cinema cameras, Director of Photography Joe Callahan has completed principal photography on a feature-length documentary about wildlife rescue and rehabilitation in...
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Signature Primes vs. Ultra Primes: The Pixel-Peeper’s Guide
For nine months I’ve been working periodically as a trainer for the ARRI Academy. Recently we added an Alexa LF to the class, accompanied by a set of Signature Primes. These lenses are, as best I can...
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Lens coverage, sensor size, and pushing the limits
Sensors and lenses don’t always get along. In the HDR and UHD world, it’s important to test, test, test. Recently I shot a diffraction test meant to determine whether there was any advantage to some...
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VariCam LT 4K Captures Animal Planet’s “Into Alaska”
Braving the challenging weather and Kodiak brown bears of Alaska, Director of Photography Tom Trainor served as Director of Photography/Kodiak on the new Animal Planet documentary series, Into Alaska,...
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Compare: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 and JVC GY-HC500 1” type 4K cameras
I am intrigued to compare these two 1” type 4K cameras/camcorders. They share the same sensor size, same maximum aperture at both extremes of the permanent zoom, and virtually the same maximum angle of...
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ART OF THE SHOT: “Free Solo” Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
There are times when you watch a film or a documentary and you cannot pull your gaze away. This is the feeling with the documentary feature “Free Solo.” Professional rock climber, adventure...
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Panasonic Delivers First 4K/60P Camera among Broadcast-Grade PTZs
The new Panasonic AW-UE150 4K/60p pan/tilt/zoom camera and its companion AW-RP150 remote controller has been released. The UE150 features UHD 60p output and a wide horizontal viewing angle of 75.1...
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Australia’s Stage Mums Shot with Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K
Australian television comedy “Stage Mums” was shot using its URSA Mini 4.6K and Pocket Cinema Camera digital film cameras. The show’s editing, audio editing, and color correction were also completed...
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Review: The Canon XF705 4K Camcorder
The Canon XF705 is the flagship XF camcorder for Canon and it deserves the placement admirably. The 1″ sensor XF-HEVC H.265 Pro Camcorder packs an Ultra High Definition sensor with the kind of rich...
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Panasonic Introduces AG-CX350 4K Camcorder
Panasonic has announced the AG-CX350, a 4K 1.0-type handheld camcorder that offers both creativity and connectivity for live events, IP Production, sports, and news gathering. The CX350 is a handheld...
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ART OF THE SHOT: Claudia Raschke, DP for Oscar Nominated “RBG”
Now that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have nominated the documentary “RBG” for an Oscar for Best Documentary now might be a great time to share this ART OF THE SHOT interview with...
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