Author: John Zdechlik
Sony VENICE CineAlta Full-Frame 35mm 6K Camera Announced
At events in Pinewood Studios UK, and Hollywood, Sony just announced their long-anticipated high-end full frame CineAlta camera – it will be called “Sony VENICE”. It’s specs at a glance are: 6K (6048 x 4032) Full Frame Sensor PL Mount, and an E-Mount (Lever Lock Type) Will Be Available 8 […]
Canon 18-80 First Look w/ Sony Cameras
Thanks, Canon, for bringing in one of the only three production lenses in the country! It was great to get to play around with this lens and test the functionality with the Sony cameras – i.e. the Sony PXW-FS5, Sony PXW-FS7, and Sony PMW-F55. Canon COMPACT-SERVO 18-80 observations We liked […]
Desktop Archiving Just Got More Affordable and Faster with mLogic’s mTape LTO-7 and PreRoll Post!
Do you need to quickly and safely archive Terabytes of data on a regular basis? Can’t afford an enterprise backup system? The mLogic mTape might be a solution worth looking at, and Z Systems wants to show it to you! The Technology: The mLogic mTape is a standalone LTO-7 data […]
Remote Desktop Support at Z Systems via Teamviewer
Z Systems has been offering remote desktop technical support for years. It is a great complement to telephone and on-site assistance and really shines for customers that are far away or have just a ‘quick question.’ We use Teamviewer to do this and have been really happy with the productivity […]
The F5 gets a 4K upgrade via optional license
After a hack was recently discovered/announced that allowed PMWF5 to record 4K XAVC internally to an SxS Pro+ card, Sony announces an upgrade that will give the PMW F5 the power to do the same. The difference is the hack wouldn’t allow playback monitoring of the 4K XAVC footage. The […]
Cine-EI Mode when recording S-Log2/3 and raw on the F5 and F55
Alister Chapman published this interesting article regarding Cine-EI Mode when recording S-Log2/3 and raw on the F5 and F55. Enjoy! http://www.xdcam-user.com/2013/12/cine-ei-mode-when-recording-s-log23-and-raw-on-the-f5-and-f55/
Tricks and Tips re Version 3.0 of the Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 4k Cine Alta Cameras
Now that version 3.0 has been out for the Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 Cine Alta cameras, we are learning some of the new workflow options. This is just a really rough list for now, but I’ll be adding to it in the future. 1. Playback of RAW footage now goes […]