Adobe Santa Monica
Adobe recently opened a new facility in Santa Monica located at 429 Santa Monica Blvd in an effort to reach out to the Hollywood film and television industry. Similar to…
Hands on with the Matthews Infinity Arm
This past Cine Gear I was walking around the lot checking out the wares and made a stop by the Matthews tent to see what they had going on. A…
Hands on with Anton Bauer Dionic XT batteries
What are the Anton Bauer Dionic XT batteries? They’re batteries that I’d say are overall solid after going hands-on with them. Even though I didn…
Review: The i1 Filmmaker Kit and Colorchecker Video from X-Rite
I was recently sent the i1 Filmmaker Kit and Colorchecker Video from X-Rite to review, and since the process is pretty simple I figured it’d be a good…
RED, G-Tech, and Manfrotto Come Out for Gear+Beers in Orange County
You asked, and Filmtools listened: Gear + Beers came to Orange County at the end of March to host RED, G-Tech, and Manfrotto while also carting out the usual free…
Gear+Beers Recap
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…
Gear & Beers Preview
Good news everyone! To cap the month off in spectacular fashion, on Wednesday, February 28th Filmtools will be throwing another Gear + Beers party at the store! From 3pm to…
Is the G-Drive Mobile SSD R-Series a Reliable Storage Option?
There comes a time in every working filmmakers life where at the end of the day, they have to dump all the footage they shot onto a couple hard drives…
Review: LiveU Solo
A few weeks ago I was given the LiveU “Solo” live streaming device to test and review. They told me the $995 device was easy to use, reliable, and high…
Hands on with the Sony RX0
Last month at Sony Pictures Studios on Stage 23, I was given a few hours to play around with the recently released Sony RX0, priced at $700. There were two…
