D2, the world’s fastest monolight with TTL
Q and A with Boris Yamnitsky about the Boris FX – GenArts acquisition
One of the surprise acquisition announcements to come out of IBC 2016 (I mean besides Blackmagic buy Fairlight) was the announcement that...
Sony clarifies why it offers optional MPEG2 for PXW-X70 & PXW-FS5 camcorders
Owners of Sony’s PXW-X70 and PXW-FS5 camcorders now have the option of purchasing an upgrade license to record HD...
DaVinci Resolve on a Surface Pro 4
Blackmagic Design and Intel loaned me a Surface Pro 4 to test the performance of the Iris GPU and...
ON1 Photo RAW arrives in November
There will not be a public beta of ON1 Photo RAW but a private beta ahead of the release...
ART OF THE CUT with Paul Crowder of “Eight Days a Week” doc
Paul Crowder is a London-born, L.A.-based editor who just cut Ron Howard’s fantastic tribute to the Fab Four: “The...
Ikan EC1: a new gimbal stabilizer
Equipped with 3 axis gyro stabilized brushless motors to balance the camera attached to it, built in durable aluminum...
Blackmagic Ursa Mini OS gets Beta 2
One month after the release of the new URSA Mini camera operating software Blackmagic Design makes the Beta 2...
New ZEISS Loxia 2.4/85 for Sony E mount
The De-Click function on the ZEISS Lokia lenses is a direct invitation to videographers, as are the Lens Gears...
Enhance the Match Frame command in FCPX with this little hack
I’ve spent the last 6 weeks or so cutting a big yearly corporate job in Final Cut Pro X....
PIX-E firmware update 3.02
Video Devices today released firmware version 3.02 for the PIX-E5H, PIX-E5, and PIX-E7 monitor / recorders. The headline feature...
Paving the way for VEGAS Pro 14
VEGAS Pro, Movie Studio, ACID, and Sound Forge can now be found on the buyer’s web portals, while global...
New Nano USM lens brings back DOF scale
The long waited EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS II USM is more than a replacement for an old lens, is...
Canon EOS M5: a mirrorless that thinks it is a DSLR
In camera 5-axis image stabilizer for video that works in tandem with the lens IS, a centralized electronic viewfinder...
A Season of New Cinema Lenses for Filmmakers
Are we right in the middle of a cinema lens revolution? I am talking about cinema lenses priced for...
