iPhone 7 Plus multi-sensor smartphone, and the 5 questions I asked Apple PR

iPhone 7 Plus multi-sensor smartphone, and the 5 questions I asked Apple PR 1

Yesterday, Apple announced its new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus phones, with major upgrades for both audio and video. The rear cameras on the iPhone 7 Plus now have dual sensors and dual lenses to facilitate better and potentially more artistic imaging. Apple also announced a series of wireless headsets, including AirPods. Ahead I’ll […]

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Sony Z150 Camera Review

Z150

Is the Sony Z150 one of the lowest priced professional 4K camcorders on the market? For a brand new single-lens 4K camera, it is actually not the lowest priced camera.  For camcorders with a 1″ sensor, it still is not the lowest priced professional 4K camcorder. It might have been before I wrote this article, […]

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Three new Zeiss Milvus lenses for IBC 2016

Three new Zeiss Milvus lenses for IBC 2016

The Zeiss Milvus lens family with manual focusing for DSLR cameras is now also available with focal lengths of 15, 18 and 135 millimeters. The lenses fulfill the most modern video standards. For this year’s edition of IBC Zeiss prepared a trio: two super-wide angle lenses, the Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15 and Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18, and […]

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Locating missing FX in Final Cut Pro X

Locating missing FX in Final Cut Pro X 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdjDl4Arujo&feature=youtu.be&a This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training a product that helps you to locate missing effects in Final Cut Pro X. And when I say “effects” I really mean effects, titles, transitions, and generators – all those goodies in the Browser at the bottom right of the FCP X […]

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Ang Lee: frame rate as a creative tool

Ang Lee: frame rate as a creative tool

Filmmaker’s Ang Lee latest feature Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk unprecedent blend of visual formats is again theme for a discussion that started at NAB 2016. Now IBC 2016 is the stage. And there are other signs that Cinema may well be changing speeds. I am not a specialist in the area, so excuse me […]

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Vinten Vantage: a robotic head in the studio

Vinten Vantage: a robotic head in the studio

Presented as a clear upgrade from the traditional PTZ solution, the Vinten Vantage compact robotic head uniquely enables the user to choose the best camera and lens for their application without limitations. Vinten, a world leader in robotic camera support systems and a Vitec Videocom brand, announced the revolutionary new Vinten Vantage – a compact […]

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An Extremely Versatile Tripod System – Sachtler FSB10 T Review

An Extremely Versatile Tripod System - Sachtler FSB10 T Review 3

Sachtler is introducing their new FSB10 T fluid head and tripod system, which is an exciting new addition to their line. The head, which can be ordered with either a Sideload plate (FSB10) or a Touch & Go plate (FSB10 T), runs at about $2,100, with the full kit running anywhere from $2,900 to $4,400, […]

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Panasonic: new VariCam Pure at IBC 2016

Panasonic: new VariCam Pure at IBC 2016

Ideal for episodic television and features, the VariCam Pure is the latest addition to  Panasonic’s family of professional cinematography products. If uncompressed RAW recording is something you need, check it out. The result of a “co-production” between Panasonic and Codex, the VariCam Pure couples the existing VariCam 35 camera head with a new Codex V-RAW […]

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Titan: live-switch a “3-camera show” from one 4K feed

Titan's UI, from the website

Convergent Design has found yet another way to enhance the Odyssey and Apollo monitor/recorders. The Titan HD Extract option, available in October if all goes according to plan, lets you define two HD windows in a 4K feed, and live-switch between them and the full 4K image (downrezzed cleanly to HD, as Convergent has previously shown). All […]

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