DaVinci Resolve 9.0.3 Adds Timecode Syncing from Audio Tracks

Blackmagic Design today announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 9.0.3, a new update to the world’s most advanced color correction tool. The update includes a new timecode feature to add timecode to non timecode cameras, improved CinemaDNG control palette, AAF and XML clip management, enhanced stereoscopic 3D grading and support for XML round tripping in […]

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Carl Zeiss Preparing New Premium Lens Range For DSLRs Starting with 55mm f1.4 Distagon

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Carl Zeiss recently announced that they would be producing a new DSLR lens range that would take a no-holds-barred approach to lens building. “We simply removed the limitation of price” one Zeiss representative told me on their booth at PhotoPlus Expo this week. The result is a first lens that look more like a cine […]

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Hands On With The Canon 200-400 f4 L IS 1.4x

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Canon's 200-400 was announced as an in-development lens more than 12 months ago. This means that it hasn't yet become an official lens and that we don't know when it will ship and how much it will cost. Canon is still staying tight-lipped about this unfortunately, despite the lens being heavily tested during the summer […]

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Kicking the tires on Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6

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Apple has dropped a new release of Final Cut Pro X. 10.0.6 came down from the cloud on Tuesday, October 23 and delivered on the new features that Apple discussed back in April at NAB 2012. Dual viewers, RED camera support, better audio tools and MXF support are all now a reality in some form […]

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CAMERAS: More Thoughts on Canon’s Color Science, This Time with Pictures

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Accurate color and pretty color are not always the same. Let’s compare two Canon C300 color matrices and see for ourselves… Every camera, and every manufacturer, has its own “look.” Part of this is how the sensor is constructed, in particular what specific filter colors are used on the red, green and blue photo sites; […]

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T-TAP Thunderbolt out-only interface: the details in general + with a DreamColor monitor

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Back in April 2012 at NAB in Las Vegas , the USA-based AJA first announced and showed their US$295 T-TAP out-only audio/video Thunderbolt interface, which makes a lot of sense in the age of file-based video production. Since April, I have covered the product in a few articles, and kept pressing AJA for more details, […]

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