Teradek Bolt: smaller transmitter, extended range, lower price

Bolt: smaller transmitter, extended range, smaller price

The new Bolt transmitters from Teradek are not just some new transmitters. Both models offer greatly improved wireless performance at more affordable prices, while maintaining visually lossless image quality. Teradek says that “the Bolt 1000 and 3000 feature new firmware that allows the device to achieve its maximum range and potential right out of the […]

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Samyang: new 35mm F1.2 Photo and Cine Lenses

Samyang: new 35mm F1.2 Photo and Cine Lens

Samyang Optics has announced the new manual focus lenses for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras: a 35mm F1.2 photo lens and 35mm T1.3 cine lens, both to be available from September. The Xeen 135mm T2.2 mentioned here at Provideo Coalition recently was the first lens announced on the five week 2016 Summer Samyang […]

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Maya 2017: More mograph, less mental ray

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Autodesk has announced a major update to its flagship 3D digital content creation package. If you’re not using Maya, its newly found motion graphics legs may give you reason. If you are using a previous version, mental ray’s departure may leave you crying. In recent years the 3D digital content creation market has increasingly split […]

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Loathing and Loving Prisma

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You’ve probably noticed your Instagram feed getting filled with fine art-ish looking pictures from your friends. You’re also certain that none of your friends are actual fine artists, or at least not good enough to make such interesting images out of their usual mundane Instagram imagery. Chances are, they’re using Prisma, an app for iOS […]

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28 Days of Cinematography Insights Redux – Day 1 – Is it better to have complete control over lighting or the camera you want to use?

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In what was essentially a combination of Scott Simmons’ #28daysofquicktips and my own AMA, I answered questions throughout the month of September last year on a daily basis. The PVC team wanted to rerun this series for our readers along with some new questions and answers, so stay tuned for a few entries at the […]

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Samsung NX1 gets a camera profile, Nikon reveals a 105mm f/1.4

Samsung NX1 gets a camera profile, Nikon reveals 105mm f/1.4

Samsung may have left the photography market, but there are still people using their cameras, so FilmConvert launched a camera profile for the NX1. Adobe updated Lightroom, Canon announced a new firmware for the C300 Mark II and Nikon claimed that it has created the world’s first full-frame 105mm with an f/1.4 maximum aperture. These […]

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