Three New Cine Lenses Join Sigma’s FF High Speed Prime Line

Sigma expands the FF High Speed Prime Line coverage of 14mm to 135mm and T1.5 to T2 with the three new lenses

By Joy Celine Asto

Sigma recently announced the development of three new Cine lenses—28mm T1.5 FF, 40mm T1.5 FF and 105mm T1.5 FF—joining its FF High Speed Prime Line. These new additions now expand the lineup’s coverage of 14mm to 135mm and T1.5 to T2, equipping cinematographers with more creative options for their projects. As with all the lenses in the FF... Read more

Pond5 To Launch Premium Footage Collection Shot Exclusively On RED Cinema Cameras

The company is set to launch the premium RED collection by late 2018

By Joy Celine Asto

Pond5 has some good news to filmmakers currently shooting with RED cameras or who fully own footage shot on RED. Following the company’s DJI collection, the global content marketplace recently announced its plan to put together a premium collection of royalty-free, licensable videos shot exclusively on RED Digital Cinema professional cameras. Filmmakers... Read more

K-Tek Announces Stingray HeatBlock Transmitter Pouches And Pieces

K-Tek lets you protect your talent and actors with the Stingray HeatBlock line

By Joy Celine Asto

If you constantly have your talent use wireless microphone transmitters for your video projects, you might find K-Tek’s latest release a helpful accessory. The Stingray HeatBlock Transmitter Pouches and HeatBlock Pieces protects them from the heat of the transmitters they wear on set. The HeatBlock line is designed with a patented heat-resistant,... Read more

Pixel Film Studios Launches ProDepth Brush, New Theme Templates For Final Cut Pro X

Pixel Film Studios has some new customization tools for your Final Cut Pro X projects

By Joy Celine Asto

If you’re looking to craft a customized look for your animations, Pixel Film Studios has recently announced some new plugins for Final Cut Pro X. These include the ProDepth Brush, which allows users to create up to four layers of custom brush masking within Final Cut Pro X. It also allows complete control over brush scale, opacity, falloff and... Read more

Adobe Launches Project Rush Video Editing App Plus Major Creative Cloud Updates

Adobe unveils new offerings and key updates throughout its roster of productivity tools for today's creatives

By Joy Celine Asto

Adobe has recently unveiled several important updates for many of its productivity tools and platforms to make them even more useful for today’s creative professionals. Among them is the sneak peek for Project Rush, a new all-in-one, cross-device video editing app slate to be released this year; the beta release of Spark Post for Android, which... Read more

Canon Adds EF 70-200MM F/4L II USM And EF 70-200MM F/2.8L IS III USM To EF L-Series Telephoto Zoom Lenses

Canon's new 70-200mm telephoto zoom lenses come with a variety of updates for advanced amateurs and professionals

By Joy Celine Asto

Canon has recently expanded its EF L-Series Telephoto Zoom Lens lineup with two new 70-200mm telephoto zoom additions: the EF 70-200MM F/4L II USM and EF 70-200MM F/2.8L IS III USM. The new members come with features designed to help both advanced amateurs and professional photographers get their best shots, whether it’s wildlife photography,... Read more

Panavision Features Millennium DXL2 8K Camera At Cine Gear Expo 2018

The large-format camera with a new post-centric firmware upgrade will be showcased at the Panavision booth

By Joy Celine Asto

Attendees of this year’s Cine Gear Expo shouldn’t miss the Panavision booth, where the company is showcasing the Millennium DXL2 8K camera, along with four upcoming large-format lens sets and a DXL-inspired accessories kit for RED DSMC2 cameras set to be available on Q4 2018. The DXL2 boasts of technological advancements developed through... Read more

Sony Ramps Up VENICE Cine Camera Features, Adds Tethering – CineGear News

Sony has announced updates to its VENICE full-frame cinema camera at the CineGear trade show, updates that will improve system performance and ergonomics. The company has also announced that they will be bringing high frame rates to the VENICE camera system. Firmware 2.0 The new firmware, version 2.0 adds a number of new “Imager Modes” Read more…

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FOR-A To Demo Video Switcher, Sports Replay, Graphics Technologies At InfoComm 2018

FOR-A will be showcasing some video production solutions and technologies to those who missed them at NAB

By Joy Celine Asto

Heads up to production teams looking to upgrade their equipment and technologies. FOR-A will be bringing some of its video production solutions to the upcoming InfoComm Show taking place in Las Vegas, June 6-8. Among these are products designed for corporate video, worship, sports and live production. Among these are the HVS-490 and HVS-100 HANABI switchers, ... Read more

The Q8 Travel Is Fiilex’s First 8-Inch LED Fresnel

The new addition to the Q-series LED fixtures also provides one of the industry's longest Fresnel zoom range at 12° – 60°

By Joy Celine Asto

Following the success of the Q-series LED fixtures, Fiilex has recently introduced the Q8 Travel, the latest addition to the product line. It holds the distinction of being the company’s first customized 8-inch Fresnel lens specially made for the proprietary 300W DiCon Dense Matrix LED. It also provides one of the industry’s longest Fresnel... Read more

Kino Flo Announces True Match 3.0 Firmware Update

Kino Flo's new True Match firmware transforms LEDs into eight new customizable lighting effects

By Joy Celine Asto

Need to get creative with your lights? Kino Flo has recently launched an update that allows photographers and filmmakers to play with a myriad of lighting effects. With the new TrueMatch® Firmware 3.0, Kino Flo’s LEDs can be easily utilized to produce a total of eight effects: Candle, Fire, TV, Police, Lightning, Paparazzi, Pulse and Scroll.... Read more

Tamron Launches 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD For Full-Frame Sony Mirrorless Cameras

Tamron brings a new high-speed, high-performance zoom lens for full-frame Sony mirrorless cameras

By Joy Celine Asto

Tamron has great news for Sony photographers looking for a superb zoom lens for their full-frame mirrorless cameras. The new 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (Model A036) is a high-speed standard zoom lens for the Sony E-mount that promises to deliver outstanding image quality and beautiful background bokeh made possible by the fast maximum aperture of ƒ/2.8.... Read more