Color Charts at NAB: See What You’re Missing

Color Charts at NAB: See What You're Missing 1

Why am I hawking camera test charts at NAB? Because they reveal the secrets hidden inside every single camera made. Back when we used to shoot film, a gray card was often enough to ensure properly printed dailies. No one shoots gray cards anymore, but they’re more important than ever—even though they don’t work terribly […]

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NAB 2016: SoftPanels LEDs with built-in color metering

NAB 2016: SoftPanels LEDs with built-in color metering 2

Color-tunable LEDs — lights adjustable for color temperatures from incandescent to daylight and anywhere in-between — have been around for years. A new Kickstarter project aims to take the next step: SoftPanels LEDs not only let you dial in the desired color, they’ll do it themselves with a built-in color meter and an AUTO pushbutton: The […]

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Compact-Servo 18-80mm: the first of a new line of Cinema lenses

Canon COMPACT-SERVO 18-80mm

Canon’s versatile COMPACT-SERVO 18-80mm Zoom Lens (model name CN-E18-80mm T4.4L IS KAS S) is a compact and lightweight 4K-ready lens conceived for mobility. It is the first in a new class of Canon lenses. The new COMPACT-SERVO 18-80mm Zoom Lens is a cinema-style lens that includes a newly developed servo drive unit as a standard […]

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ART OF THE CUT with Oscar winning editor: Martin Walsh

ART OF THE CUT with Oscar winning editor: Martin Walsh 4

In the Art of the Cut interview series I’ve had the pleasure to interview several Oscar-winning editors. This one was made possible by Eddie Hamilton, who I interviewed for “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.” Eddie was credited as additional editor on “Eddie the Eagle” and was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the legendary […]

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Dell Long Term Test Update – Changing to the Precision 5510

Dell Long Term Test Update - Changing to the Precision 5510 5

It’s been awhile since we’ve checked in with the Dell Long Term Test. My plans to put the Dell M3800 laptop to good use the last couple of months as an editing tool were disrupted by a couple of longterm jobs where I was editing on client gear, out of my office. I thought it […]

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Join PVC For Our Part of the Teradek NAB ’16 Live Show

Join PVC For Our Part of the Teradek NAB '16 Live Show 6

ProVideo Coalition is proud to once again participate in the Teradek NAB 2016 liveshow and live stream. We are providing two hours of content for Teradek’s week long broadcast from booth C6025 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Just look for the fish bowl. Keep your browser pointed here for the full […]

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