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RED Announces DSMC2 Touch 7″ Ultra-Brite LCD Monitor
Today, RED Digital Cinema® introduces the DSMC2® Touch 7.0” Ultra-Brite LCD Monitor to its line of innovative camera accessories. The new RED® DSMC2 Touch 7.0” Ultra-Brite LCD Monitor is a robust,...
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Film lens vs. digital lens: what are the differences?
I’ve worked with a lot of cameras, and I’ve always come back to ARRI cameras whenever I’ve had the chance. It’s just my artistic preference. I’ve been more agnostic about lenses, as one can put any...
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Photo Tour: Canon Burbank
In late December I visited Canon Burbank, an 11,000 square foot, purpose-built facility where you can see Canon’s stills, video, and cine cameras; take classes; test equipment; and drop gear off for...
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Three lenses: a look at bokeh, depth of field and geometry
Some people take time off during the holidays. I borrow a half million dollars worth of camera and lenses and shoot whatever comes to mind. It’s a sickness, but an enjoyable one. In this article, I...
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ART OF THE SHOT: “Ask Dr. Ruth” DOP David Paul Jacobson
Now that the Sundance Film Festival is in full swing I had the opportunity to talk to cinematographer David Paul Jacobson who shot the Hulu documentary chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth...
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Panasonic EVA 3.0 Firmware Update adds 4K60P & H.265
Panasonic has announced a free firmware upgrade, Ver. 3.0 (aka EVA 3.0), for the AU-EVA1 cinema camera that greatly improves the camera’s capabilities, including 4K60p 10-bit capture, hardwire remote...
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What’s missing from the new full-frame Panasonic Lumix cameras?
Many videographers are excited about the new full-frame Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 and DC-S1R cameras, without noticing a few key features that are unfortunately missing in them, but are fortunately...
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Chromatic aberration: hard edges, hue shifts, and storytelling
Accidents yield interesting truths. This is especially true in lens and camera tests, where it’s hard to know what to test for but there’s always something interesting to find if you look close enough....
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New Blackmagic Camera 6.1 Update for Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Announced and released today, Blackmagic Design updates the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K with new firmware. The Blackmagic Camera 6.1 update adds quieter audio recording, a new pixel remapping feature, new...
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Sony 4K PTZ BRC-X1000 and BRC-H900: REVIEW
Sometimes you cannot get a camera and a camera operator in the right position to get the shot. For an undefined number of reasons sometimes a production has some sort of limitation. For example, in the...
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Roy Wagner ASC Shoots Film “Stand!” With Blackmagic Design Cameras
Cinematographer Roy H. Wagner, ASC shot the upcoming musical drama “Stand!” using several URSA Mini Pro cameras for principal photography, along with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for select...
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Behind-the-lens nets: a lost art makes a comeback
I’ve always been a little different. That’s the only explanation I have for cutting gels out of Rosco and Lee swatch books and putting them behind video lenses. As a camera assistant in the bygone days...
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Blackmagic Design Partners with the USC School of Cinematic Arts
Blackmagic Design announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with the USC School of Cinematic Arts to provide Blackmagic hardware and software to the School over three years. The...
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Panasonic AG-CX350 4K Single-Len Camera Review
I was sent a camera. It has a 5170 x 2908 sensor. Records internal 4K at 4:2:2 in 10-bit as well as being able to record 4K in the more efficient H.265 10-bit codec at 200 Mb/s or 150 Mb/s. These specs...
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Blackmagic Design Announces URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, a Second Generation
Blackmagic Design announces the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, a second generation URSA Mini Pro camera featuring fully redesigned electronics and a new Super 35mm 4.6K image sensor with 15 stops of dynamic...
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Blackmagic RAW Added to Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Camera 6.2 update which adds support for Blackmagic RAW to the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Blackmagic Camera 6.2 update is available as a free...
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Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve 15.3 Update
Blackmagic Design just released DaVinci Resolve 15.3, you can download it here, as they originally announced they would when they showed off the brand new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, a firmware update to...
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ART OF THE SHOT: “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins” DP Kristy Tully
With production credentials like these: “Feminists: What Were They Thinking?” “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA”, and “The ACLU Freedom Files” is it clear why director Janice Engel connected...
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The URSA Mini 4.6K Pro G2 and BMPCC4K: A One Two Punch
One camera on sticks. Another camera on a gimbal ready to float. If I am lucky then I have a third camera ready for a wholly different angle ready to shoot. This is how I like to roll when shooting....
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First Footage from Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2
Earlier in March, Blackmagic Design announced the brand new Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2. The new camera from Blackmagic boasts the ability to shoot 300 fps in HD and 120 fps in 4.6K. This is a...
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