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Remote Monitoring Solutions
Based on customer requests, we recently took it upon ourselves to come up with a viable remote monitoring solution for directors and producers on set. Our goal was to create a wireless, high quality video monitoring system with long lasting battery power in a hand held application with the option […]
Watch: Detailed Sony FS5 Presentation by Alister Chapman
Alister Chapman is one of the foremost authorities on Sony’s large sensor cameras. He is a Sony Independent Certified Expert (ICE) and runs the excellent XDCAM user blog. He is also one of the few people in the world to have worked with the upcoming PXW-FS5. via Dan Chung at […]
QTAKE – The Most Advanced Video Assist
QTAKE took the power of Apple hardware and years of filmmaking experience to build the most advanced video assist system. Instant record and playback, powerful clip database, real-time image processing, intuitive editing, multi-camera support, stereoscopy, RED and Alexa meta-data… these are just a few features that make QTAKE the future-proof […]
XAVC vs ProRes 422HQ
Last week I wanted to spend a little bit of time with our Sony PMW-F55 while it was in the shop before going out to have its ProRes board installed. Without having anything in particular to shoot I decided to put the camera on our Kessler Cine Slider and throw […]
Sony Launches Sony4K YouTube Channel for All Things Sony 4K
Sony Professional now has a new resource to broadcast Sony 4K news, tips and curated playlists of user videos shot on Sony cameras. (via RedShark News) Through the transition from HD to 4K capture and workflows, Sony was one of the principal companies that led the charge. Now that 4K, […]
Blackmagic Lowers Price on Blackmagic Studio Camera
Optical fiber connection now optional Blackmagic Design has announced that it is lowering the price on its Blackmagic Studio Camera by making the camera’s optical fiber connection optional. This decision was based on customer feedback that said many were not using the optical fiber connection. The Blackmagic Studio Camera will […]
Zeiss is Nice!
This past week, we had the pleasure of having Zeiss stop by to give us a full rundown on several of their lens series. We were absolutely floored with what was available, and we think you will be too. Otus Series – The best standard and short tele lens […]