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Blackmagic Design Camera Setup 6.8 For Pocket 4K and 6K
Camera Setup 6.8 has just been released by Blackmagic Design. The new firmware improves the boot-up time for both the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K. This new setup also fixes a problem with...
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A Quick Look At The New Canon C500 Mark II Full-Frame Camera
Thin slicing is a psychology term used by Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Blink.” The premise is you have garnered so much experience you can look at something and all those years of hard work all those...
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Nikon Shows Love For Animals with New Animal-Detection AF
I love my pets. You love your pets. If I were a betting man I may even suggest you like to photograph your pets as much as I do. Getting a perfect focus on our pets though… not the easiest thing to get...
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Canon Releases New Firmware for C500 Mark II
No camera is perfect. It may take time in operators’ hands to discover hidden problems or missed details. In the case of the Canon C500 Mark II, Canon has just released a new firmware update for the...
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Tested: 15 lights, 8 cameras, 7 color meters
Every year Geoff Boyle, the founder of CML, pulls together one or more camera, lens, or lighting tests. Back in July 2019 he asked if I could help with the next such effort, so in February 2020 I found...
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Blackmagic Design Announces New ATEM Mini Pro
In a time of Coronavirus Blackmagic Design’s CEO, Grant Petty showed off firmware updates and a whole new ATEM Mini Pro. All of these announcements directed at Live Streaming Video. In my opinion,...
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Blackmagic Design Announces New Camera Update for Pocket 4K and 6K
Studio camera features added to the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Cameras 4K and 6K. Users can now connect these cameras to an ATEM Mini switcher, or ATEM Mini Pro, and control of the camera’s...
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A Review Of The New Panasonic AG-CX10 UHD Camcorder
If I were to be absolutely honest, my original thoughts about the Panasonic AG-CX10 4K Camcorder were, “Okay, a decent UHD camcorder.” But, and it is a big but, this admission percolated within my gray...
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The New Canon C300 Mark III Announced
Modular, 16 Stops of dynamic range, 4K Canon Raw Lite, with, and this next feature is a nice big feature, Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus up to 120fps. The Canon C300 Mark III is throwing all kinds of great...
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Canon R5 Full-Frame Mirrorless Specifications Announced
Canon is now sharing even more information and specifications of the very highly anticipated, and often talked about, Canon EOS R5 full-frame mirrorless camera currently in development. Yes, THAT 8K...
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NAB-AT-HOME 2020: Zacuto ACT Recoil Rigs
Throwing a small camera onto your shoulder to quickly grab a shot is, maybe quite literally, one of the hardest accessory kits to find. I am picky. We are picky. We know what we want but cannot clearly...
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NAB-AT-HOME 2020: Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Pocket and Hyperdeck Studio Mini
We now live in a time of Live Streaming Video, Zoom calls, and social distancing. Blackmagic just so happened to have a handful of products landing at just the right time to help all of us stream from...
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NAB-AT-HOME 2020: Sony Announces Updates to VENICE and FX9
With new firmware upgrades, Sony will expand the capabilities of its VENICE and FX9 full-frame cameras. More features and expanded usability will offer an even higher level of control and creativity...
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NAB-AT-HOME 2020: Canon C300 Mark III, 25-250mm Lens, and HDR Display
Working from home, or in my case working in my garage, I talked to Larry from Canon about the newly announced Canon C300 Mark III, the brand new 25-250mm cinema zoom, and the new HDR Reference Display....
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Atomos Brings 12-bit ProRes RAW to Z CAM E2 Camera
Atomos and Z CAM bring ProRes RAW recording over HDMI from the E2 cinema camera to the Ninja V 5″ HDR monitor-recorder. The 12-bit color smooth color creaminess we all drool over is coming to the...
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Special Edition of RED Komodo Now For Sale. Price? $7,000
$7,000 is the newly announced price for a custom color RED Komodo 6K Camera. As for the regular (black) RED Komodo? Well, a black RED Komodo is a little cheaper, priced at $6,000. Jarred Land, RED...
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New Firmware For The Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K
**** UPDATE***** BLACKMAGIC DESIGN TOOK DOWN THIS CAMERA UPDATE BECAUSE OF LINES APPEARING IN HIGHLIGHTS. REVERT CAMERA FIRMWARE TO THIS 6.9.2 UPDATE Blackmagic Design announced a significant software...
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Atomos Ninja V and LUMIX S1H RAW firmware delay
The firmware updates enabling the much-anticipated Atomos Ninja V and Panasonic LUMIX S1H RAW over HDMI combination have unfortunately been slightly delayed from the original 25th May release schedule,...
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Blackmagic Design Fixes Firmware for URSA Mini Pro G1
Corrected firmware is released by Blackmagic Design to fix a highlight issue found in firmware 6.9.3. Now with Blackmagic Design Camera Setup 6.9.4, which fixes the issue original URSA Mini Pro G1,...
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New Sigma FP Firmware Adds External Compressed RAW Recording
The Sigma FP just became the world’s smallest ProRes RAW and Blackmagic RAW full-frame camera. Yes, the Sigma can now record in BOTH ProRes RAW and Blackmagic RAW to external recorders like the...
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