Panasonic AG-CX350 4K Single-Lens Camera Review

AG-CX350

I was sent a camera. It has a 5170 x 2908 sensor. Records internal 4K at 4:2:2 in 10-bit as well as being able to record 4K in the more efficient H.265 10-bit codec at 200 Mb/s or 150 Mb/s. These specs are, I believe quite literally, what many may want in a crowd-pleasing mirrorless […]

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When Hollywood declared war on Television

When Hollywood declared war on Television 1

By the end of World War II, motion pictures were coming to the end of their Golden Age. In three different surveys, 1956 movie attendance was down almost 50 percent from its peak in 1946. Television has been blamed but statistics cite multiple reasons as the cause of the sudden drop in ticket sales. Some […]

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SMPTE Los Angeles discusses real-time visualization in film and TV production

SMPTE discusses real-time visualization in film and TV production

The traditional planning tools used in film and television production are being left behind, as companies use game development engines such as Unity 3D and Unreal Engine to plan new productions. Who would imagine, a few years ago, how important game development engines would become in the work place? Not because of the games they […]

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Blackmagic Design Partners with the USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC

Blackmagic Design announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with the USC School of Cinematic Arts to provide Blackmagic hardware and software to the School over three years. The products will be used by USC students studying filmmaking and post-production, while broadcast production students will now have the opportunity to work with UltraHD in […]

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Zylia: a new approach to 6DoF audio technology in VR/AR cinematic video

A new approach to 6DoF audio technology in VR/AR cinematic video

Video games already use synthetic six degrees of freedom audio to immerse players, but the tech from Zylia and Infineon allows the use of live recorded navigable 6DoF sound from an actual physical space. When entering virtual worlds, you need to do so not just with your eyes, but also with your ears. If sound […]

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Spreaker Studio for iOS adds trimming capability

Spreaker Studio for iOS adds trimming capability 3

For audio content producers who use the Spreaker platform for either live broadcasting or live-to-drive on their iOS device (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch), here is some good news, as of 9 am CET (Central European Time) today, i.e. 3 am New York time. The free Spreaker Studio app for iOS just added an important addition to its […]

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