Developed as the successor to the Pentax K-1 full-frame DSLR camera launched in April 2016, the new K-1 Mark II has a competitor: Pentax offers to upgrade the original DSLR to a Mark II version. The compact, rugged and weather-resistant Pentax K-1 Mark II now becomes the flagship camera in the K-series lineup, but it […]
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A new dolly and carry handle for the award winning flowtech 75 tripod will appear at NAB 2018 Show, expanding the options available for the new tripod system. Sachtler and Vinten will showcase at 2018 NAB Show the all-new camera tripod technology. The flowtech 75 tripod has received multiple industry accolades since its initial launch […]
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Trying to figure who’s going to win Best Editing? Check out these interviews with the editors themselves. Baby Driver with Paul Machliss Shape of Water with Sidney Wolinsky, ACE Dunkirk with Lee Smith, ACE I, Tonya with Tatiana Riegel, ACE I had an interview scheduled with Jon Gregory of Three Billboards, but we weren’t able […]
With the new 2TB Pak 2000 AJA now offers four Pak Media sizes, which are available as preformatted in either HFS+ or exFAT for fast deployment upon arrival. Pak Media is a high capacity Solid State Drive (SSD) encased in a protective housing with a rugged connection engineered to handle the rigors of repeated use in […]
February was a busy month as the Editblog posted a QuickTip a day for the entire month. Some were Adobe Premiere Pro, some Final Cut Pro X, others Avid Media Composer … even a few DaVinci Resolve tips and various other things. Feel free to browser #28daysofQuickTips from 2009, 2011 and 2015 as well but some of those […]
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The film look is an elusive thing. Everyone has their favorite flavor, but there are two basic, yet opposite, techniques in vogue right now—and I think I’ve figured out why. When the film-to-digital transition commenced in earnest, back in the early 2000s, the biggest complaint about digital was that it had a “video look.” Over […]
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Mirrorless and HDSLR cameras get most of the press attention nowadays. However, there are still many content producers who prefer the traditional camcorder with permanent parfocal zoom lens. (Parfocal means that the lens maintains focus when zooming, unlike many varifocal lenses designed for still photography.) Let’s review some of the traditional camcorder’s unique advantages compared […]
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Free food, free beer, good people, and amazing brands. That’s Gear+Beers at Filmtools in Burbank. As the sun set on February, Filmtools brought together Arri, Matthews, mLogic/Codex, Atomos, and G-Technology to demo some of their newest gear and provide an intimate setting for people to talk to them about whatever came to mind. Industry professionals, […]
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the Filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a Filmmaker. Options include pitching an idea, or a commission through screenwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening your project. Filmtools decided to take a deeper look into the world of a Filmmaker. This week, we had the opportunity to speak to […]
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Vashi Nedomansky edited the film “6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain” which is the first feature film edited natively in 6K resolution. While visiting Sundance 2018, I had a chance to sit down with Vashi and talk through the creative and technical challenges of post-production on this film. PVC: I haven’t yet had a chance […]
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