Canon EOS C700 GS PL Cinema available July

Canon EOS C700 GS PL Cinema available July 1

Designed, according to Canon, to be the camera that so many cinematographers having been asking for from Canon, the EOS C700 GS PL Cinema is scheduled to enter the market this July, with a price of $38,000. Announced September 2016 as a “next generation” model, the  EOS C700 Digital Cinema Camera is ideal for cinematographers […]

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Vertical video: new opportunities for filmmakers

Vertical video: new opportunities for filmmakers

Different categories of video and advertising have embraced the vertical format since 2013. If you can adapt to work with the format, vertical video may be a way to expand your activity as filmmaker in new directions. In 2012 social media was making fun of those shooting films in the vertical format, but that same […]

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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Sapphire/Mocha Integration

Let's Edit with Media Composer - Sapphire/Mocha Integration 3

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about one of his favorite effects to work with in Avid Media Composer, and that is GenArts S_Effect, and more specifically, how to integrate Mocha Pro’s masking features directly into the Builder tool, so you have more control over your compositing, than you ever did before! […]

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Hitachi Z-HD5500 HDTV camera at NAB 2017

Hitachi Z-HD5500 HDTV camera at NAB 2017

The new studio and field production camera from Hitachi, Z-HD5500 HDTV, featuring the latest advances in CMOS imaging technology, will be showcased at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show, in Las Vegas. The new model continues the tradition of Hitachi of providing the ability for video acquisition across a diverse array of production environments. The Z-HD5000 […]

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“Playing Lynch” exhibit opens at RED Miami

“Playing Lynch” exhibit opens at RED Miami 4

Photographs pulled from Sandro Miller’s film are a central element of the exhibit RED opens this March, whose proceeds will go to the David Lynch Foundation, a non-profit organization. The exhibit at RED’s Miami location opens on March 11 and will remain open to the public into May 2017. The opening session will be held […]

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DSLRs are still alive, DSLTs may be dead

DSLRs are still alive, DSLTs may be dead

Introduced in 2006 to solve a problem DSLRs had at the time, the Single-Lens Translucent family of cameras, from Sony, may have had its last moment with the Alpha 99 II. If it is so, the system dies in a blaze of glory! The recently launched Sony Alpha 99 II, which represents the top of […]

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Blackmagic Design URSA Studio Viewfinder Review

Blackmagic Design URSA Studio Viewfinder Review 6

Red, Blue, or Green. Sometimes just monitoring in a primary color helps a cameraperson nail the shot.  In the past year, Blackmagic has pushed consistently to developing their products for a live broadcast consumer. They updated their ATEM Switcher, Teranex converters and even released a Web Presenter. The URSA Studio Viewfinder is a relatively recent […]

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The 20th Anniversary MediaMotion Ball is a go for March 6, 2017

The 20th Anniversary MediaMotion Ball is a go for March 6, 2017 7

Put aside Monday evening, April 24th 2017 from 5:30pm for what will be another fantastic MediaMotion Ball! This is the 20th anniversary of this great user event. The MediaMotion Ball will be held at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. The MediaMotion Ball is hosted by the International Media Users […]

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Irix 11mm: designed for DSLR cameras

Irix 11mm: designed for DSLR cameras

Irix introduced in 2016 its 15mm f/2.4. Now a new wide-angle with the same characteristics and design expands the Irix lines of lenses, Blackstone and Firefly. One year ago, March 2016, I published here at ProVideo Coalition a note about Irix, under the title “Irix: one lens, two flavours”. The subject of the note was […]

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What does After Effects even do?

What does After Effects even do? 11

Ridiculous question, right? We all know the After Effects basics. I mean, depending on your point of view, of course. It’s a motion graphics app that can be used to create Hollywood-caliber visual effects, when you’re not using it to animate. It’s all about type choreography. Wait, no, really it’s about plug-ins so sophisticated they might […]

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