The release of the V-Log L upgrade for the Panasonic GH4 brought new attention to log capture in affordable cameras, resulting in new waves of both interest and confusion. I’ve previously taken a first look at the GH4’s V-Log capabilities, focusing mostly on the luma and chroma noise implications of squishing a log image’s wider […]
Got an original HP LP2480zx Dreamcolor display? Did it suffer catatonic failure? By that, I mean a failure where when you turn it on, the side-panel buttons and backlight illuminate… and then, after a few seconds, the side buttons fade to black; no picture ever appears, and the buttons do not respond to being pressed. The final […]
In our first examination into the origins of television remotes, we explored the first mobile units designed to leave the confines of studios and cover events, particularly sports, from anyplace they could get a signal back to the transmitter. Just as television shifted from experimental to a commercial enterprise, World War II broke out. During […]
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Cactus had already in their lineup a flash trigger, the V6, able to work cross-brand, but with the V6 II they take it one step further, and offer high-speed sync, for extra options when it comes to flash control and creativity. Two years after the original V6, Cactus presents the second generation of their wireless […]
As I have shown in many past articles, there are many mono (i.e. non-stereo) digital mics that can be connected directly to your smartphone or tablet digitally, thereby bypassing the phone or tablet’s typically inferior preamp and A-to-D (analog to digital) converter. The same applies if you connect an analog mic (via digital converter) or […]
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A portrait lens for $1699, the corrected information about zoom lenses for the Hasselblad X1D, and a rumor about Sigma Cinema lenses. This is a selection of some of the news – and rumors – published during the week 26 from 2016. Hasselblad: lost in translation The speed at which information and misinformation travel these […]
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This is the first article anyone has written about Star Wars, lawn bowls, weddings and coffee machines, and how After Effects is an unlikely link between them. Since publishing the first After Effects project diary several months ago, I’ve been collecting old project assets for the series – but after writing a more reflective […]
The YouTube personality, actress and filmmaker Anna Akana was chosen to follow on the footsteps of American daredevil Nik Wallenda and Grammy Award winning record producer Swizz Beatz, as the new Rebel With A Cause. Akana, who gave the crowd at VidCon 2016 a sneak peek at what makes her a Rebel With A Cause, […]
The folks at Indie Cinema Academy went ’round the show floor at NAB 2016 with a Lighting Passport spectrometer and measured every LED light they could get their hands on. They’ve just posted their initial results, the aptly-titled COMPLETE LED COLOR RENDERING DATABASE OF 2016: CRI, TLCI, CQS, TM30-15. With 165 lighting measurements, it’ll be pretty […]
If you’re an editor who loves great television then you are going to be incredibly jealous of the editor that is the subject of this edition of Art of the Cut. After paying her dues as an assistant editor on movies like “Reservoir Dogs”, “Goodwill Hunting,” and “Without A Trace” to name a few, Kelley Dixon […]
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