PRL Lighting Lustra 50: a new LED light

PRL Lighting Lustra 50: a new LED light

With a price of $495 and a ~94 CRI for “superior color rendition” the Lustra 50 is a portable, high-output LED light for photographers that capture portraiture, wedding, product, corporate and video imagery. The new LED panel is the first product from  PRL Lighting, a company founded in 2016 by industry leaders Rudy Pohlert and […]

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TLCI vs. CRI, CQS, etc.: How do they stack up?

TLCI vs. CRI, CQS, etc.: How do they stack up? 1

How does TLCI stack up against the other measures of color accuracy? I’ve argued that its testing methodologies might be suspect, but I’ve never actually looked at data to see how it stacks up against the other common measures. Recently, though, I realized the data was right in front of me. Note: This article has […]

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Use Alexa, RED or Canon cameras inside iClone 7

Use Alexa, RED or Canon cameras inside iClone 7

The option to access industry-standard cameras inside the program is just one of the new features introduced by Reallusion inside iClone 7. There is more coming in this new version of the animation program. Continuing their commitment to escalating their 3D animation, Reallusion are working on several new features in iClone 7. Besides numerous usability […]

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The Editblog’s 2017 NLE Buyer’s Guide

The Editblog's 2017 NLE Buyer's Guide 3

It’s a new year and 2017 is a year unlike any other in terms of the technology we have at our disposal for editing and post-production. The controversy over the new MacBook Pro aside we have very powerful hardware to choose from over a wide range of prices. If you’re in the game to edit […]

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Vimeo Pro portfolios: How to overcome 2 major deficiencies

Vimeo Pro deficiencies

Previously, I covered Vimeo Pro’s portfolios, and how to use your own domain or subdomain (i.e. videos.MyDomain.com) on Vimeo’s servers with your own branding. However, Vimeo Pro’s portfolios unfortunately have two major deficiencies: (1) No SSL for HTTPS (Google progressively punishes incompliant websites in search results & in the Chrome browser), and (2) You can’t […]

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New Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt Lenses

Cine

Schneider-Kreuznach introduced an entire new Cine-Tilt lens line-up. The new Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt lenses each come with ± 4° tilt to help a cinematographer distort an image just enough to make it more interesting without changing lenses.  Now, these lenses are not like a DSLR’s tilt-shift lens with way more range of tilt and shift motion. […]

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ART OF THE CUT with Oscar winner William Goldenberg, ACE

ART OF THE CUT with Oscar winner William Goldenberg, ACE 22

William Goldenberg, ACE was nominated in 2013 for TWO Oscars for Best Editing: for Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, and won for Argo. He was nominated again, two years later for The Imitation Game. Other Oscar nominations include Seabiscuit and The Insider. Other films edited by Goldenberg include Heat, Ali, National Treasure, Gone Baby Gone […]

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Turn Any Car into a Camera Car with MotoCrane

Turn Any Car into a Camera Car with MotoCrane 34

The challenges and costs of a Russian Arm System that gets attached to vehicles during a shoot are well known and documented. The amount of options filmmakers at all levels have when it comes to capturing these kind of shots are fairly limited, which is why MotoCrane LLC has created a product that is both […]

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Charters Pole: a portable “crane” for video and photography

Charters Pole: a portable "crane" for video and photography

No drone? No problem. The Charters Pole does the job, and it’s a one time investment that will take your image capturing devices to new heights, allowing you to get shots that otherwise would be almost impossible. Imagine being able to get your camera up in the air – without the complexities of a drone, […]

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