Posted By David Willis
For the indie filmmaking crowd, realizable camera movements are about to get a lot more exciting. There are a few very affordable systems that are planned to be unleashed at this year’s NAB with motorized control options that will allow you to mount a number of compatible camcorders on rails and jibs while still being
Posted By David Willis
Historic lens maker Carl Zeiss has announced a new super wide angle lens for Canon EF and Nikon F mount cameras, which includes the video-capable DSLRs from both companies. The Distagon T* 2.8/15 lens offers an extremely wide 110º angle of view on full frame cameras, ideal for exaggerated views, landscape work and architectural or city
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
(No, this is not a prop from Ken Russell’s 1975 film, Tommy.) Most of you are familiar with Weisscam GmbH‘s high-speed camera systems, especially the HS-2. Today, the German company announces the launch of “SOHA” at next month’s NAB, which will take place April 14 – 19 in Las Vegas. “SOHA” looks to be a modular
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
With video sharing sites such as Vimeo and YouTube becoming a viable platform for indie filmmakers, are the days of film festivals numbered? Why bother with expensive entry fees only to have your magnum opus rejected by an unpaid festival intern? After all, with the Internet, you can upload a 1920 x 1080 movie to
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Around the world, even people who have no association to the filmmaking community are well aware of the Canon 5D Mark II – a landmark camera that has changed the production industry like no camera before it. Even before Canon knew what they had, professional cinematographers began to flock to the video-enabled DSLR to create
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Just in time for NAB, Nikon will be shortly releasing a pair of DSLRs that just may place them on equal footing with Canon, who has dominated the HD-enabled DSLR market for the past three years. The D4 ($5,999.95) and D800 (2,999.95) both capture full HD, have manual audio control with a separate headphone jack,
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Nowadays, you can pretty much guarantee that 9 out of 10 lights released will be LEDs. But when shooting exteriors, what if you want some real ‘punch’ to your light. Or for your daylight interior, what if you want to sculpt some lighting shape to your subject. A 1×1 just won’t do. K5600‘s Joker-Bug HMI
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
With a multitude of new cameras, imaging formats, varying levels of compression, and video I/Os, the rise of external data recorders was inevitable. One recorder that has received a great amount of attention within the professional filmmaking community has been Convergent Design‘s Gemini 4:4:4, which is a professional, hi-def video recorder that can fit in
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
As more lower priced cameras are offering ways to output video signals via HDMI or HD-SDI, filmmakers are flocking to some of the latest compact flash disc recorders, which allows them to bump up their compressed codecs for a more efficient workflow. AJA Video Systems Ki Pro ($3,995) and Ki Pro Mini ($1,995) 10-bit 4:2:2 flash
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
For shooting action-packed, running handheld sequences for Danny Boyle’s Oscar winning 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire, cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle employed miniature Silicon Imaging SI-2K camera heads tethered to recorders in a backpack he was wearing. The lightweight and efficient set-up allowed him to run through the streets of Mumbai virtually unnoticed. P+S Technik is releasing
