Posted By Neil Matsumoto
As the world of stills and motion pictures continues to merge, we’ve seen a number of mirrorless cameras, aka DSLMs (Digital Single Lens Mirrorless), released in the past year. For motion picture shooting, a DSLM system offers many advanges over traditional DSLRs such as a smaller form factor due to fewer parts, faster auto focus
Posted By David Willis
As HDVP editor Neil Matsumoto noted in his first post on our NAB 2011 experience here, the convention and the industry as a whole was able to struggle through the recent economy thanks in large part to the video-capable DSLR revolution. First introduced only a bit more than two years ago with the Nikon D90,
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Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Soon Sony will be going all out on the 3D front by releasing a multitude of 3D cameras and support designed for every aspect of production. At the high-end of 3D motion picture production (Avatar, TRON: Legacy), the ideal set up is still your traditional two camera beam splitter or side-by-side 3D rigs by companies
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
In the past, there have been many industry wars, both in hardware and formats. Think film vs. digital, CMOS vs. CCD, Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, etc. Right now, another war is brewing and this involves indie filmmakers who want to step up to one of the latest large sensor video cameras that are currently out
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
I attended a special Sony press event at USC last week (11/17/2010) in which they unveiled a breakthrough camcorder targeted towards indie filmmakers. The majority of camcorder bloggers have been referring to the camera as the latest “RED Killer” but it can also be seen as a sledgehammer to the HD DSLR revolution. The latest
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