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Sony Announces The 4K RXo II Sporting A Flip Screen
Sony just introduced the brand new 4K RXo II. An internally recording 4K waterproof/dustproof/shockproof/crushproof camera. Oh, it also has an articulating LCD flip screen. Check out what Sony says...
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Arri Announces The Alexa Mini LF – Large Format In A Small Body
A rumor no more. Arri just announced the ALEXA MINI LF. Since Arri’s introduction of the ALEXA LF, the big brother to the Mini LF, rumors swirled when Arri would release a large format version of the...
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Quantifying the Large Format Look
Large format is no longer out of reach of the average filmmaker, but the look is difficult to quantify. Naturally, that means I’ll give it a try. I’ve heard a lot of theories as to why large format...
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Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K G2 Firmware 6.3 Out
In time for NAB 2019, Blackmagic Design releases new firmware for their yet to be shipped URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2. Yes, new firmware before the actual camera is in your hands. This is all about NAB....
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NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A
At the north end of the North Hall hallway, the Museum of Broadcast Technology showed off two fine 1974 RCA TK-54A color cameras. MBT’s two working TK-45As New York’s WPIX 11 used four of these cameras...
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Capturing NAB 2019 With The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
NAB 2019 was what we have come to accept, organized chaos. Our team crisscrossed the convention hall floors in search of one-on-one booth interviews, oddball gear, and the “hidden gems.” We ran into a...
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Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 1
We live in an age of lens choice. Because of this, we also live in an age of lens tests. Done properly, such tests are hugely valuable. The best way to ascertain a lens’s contribution to an image is to...
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Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 2
It’s time to name names. I’m going to tell you what lenses you’ve been looking at for the last few days, and offer my own impressions. Disclosure: after several decades as a director of photography, I...
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Nikon Releases The New Z Series Version 2.0 Firmware
Nikon’s announced Ver. 2.0 firmware will further enhance the performance of its full-frame mirrorless cameras, the Nikon Z 7 and Nikon Z 6. Both the Z 7 and Z 6 are great cameras. I have been testing...
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The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX0 II Digital Camera Review
The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RXO II Digital Camera looks like an action camera. The small size and the rugged build make the small flip-out screen 4K camera appear perfect to mount to innumerable moving...
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Blackmagic Design Updates USRA Mini Pro G2 With Firmware 6.4
“General Improvements” is the heart of the new camera firmware 6.4 for the URSA Mini Pro G2. Of course, there are more improvements than just general improvement. A few standouts added, or improved,...
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ARRI Signature Prime and Mini LF Event: Sim Video, Vancouver
Come see me on June 6th at Sim Video in Vancouver, B.C., where I’ll co-present a session on ARRI Signature Primes with product manager Thorsten Meywald. Francois Gauthier, technical sales rep for...
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Cine Gear: The Arri Alexa Mini LF and the Arri “Look”
The Arri booth seemed to always be full during Cine Gear 2019. Could it have been because many wanted to look through ARRI’S ALEXA Mini LF viewfinder to see the camera’s stunning image? This time we...
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Cine Gear 2019: Sony VENICE Firmware Updates with HFR and more
We had a chance to talk to Sony about the new firmware 4.0 for the Sony VENICE. The big news? High Frame Rates up to 90fps at 6K 2.39:1 and 72fps at 6K 17:9 on the large-format 6K camera. At Sony’s...
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Poland’s National Football Association Livestreams with Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design shows off a Multicam broadcast workflow featuring URSA Broadcast and ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, to deliver a wide range of live streaming content for Poland’s national football...
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Diplo’s “So Long” Music Video Uses URSA Mini Pro and Blackmagic RAW
Diplo’s latest music video, “So Long,” featuring country artist Cam, was shot using the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K and utilized the Blackmagic RAW format. Produced at the 2019 Stagecoach Festival in Indio,...
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Hidden Flexibility of Blackmagic’s URSA Broadcast. A S16mm Camera?
I will write about the URSA Broadcast in a bit. Stay with me as I present some background first. A few years ago the Digital Bolex was announced with a 16mm sized sensor. The build, the sensor size,...
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Westlife’s The Twenty Tour Uses Blackmagic Design Live Solutions
Blackmagic Design equipment ranging from the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K digital film cameras and ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K were used as part of a live production workflow by The LED Shed on the UK and...
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The secret life of behind-the-lens nets
“What’s with the pattern in the headlights?” I asked the first camera assistant, as I looked through “B” camera on a feature film set. I was a young second camera assistant, and a bored first camera...
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Focus ramping: when T-stops go bad
Years ago, while assisting on a sitcom, I helped the director of photography shoot exposure tests on all of our zooms. The closeups were darker than expected, and she wanted to know why. The two master...
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