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The Review of The Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K

Brian Hallett October 03, 2019

6K in your hand. 6K on our gimbal. 6K. 6K. 6K. We love our “K’s.” The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K offers up a ton of…

The Review of The Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro G2

Brian Hallett September 25, 2019

It is the update to the URSA Mini Pro bringing further functionality and features to Blackmagic Design’s biggest cinema camera. Just enough new features and frame rates for…

The Nikon Z6 Mirrorless Camera Review Part One

Brian Hallett September 12, 2019

The Nikon Z6 is one of two mirrorless camera options from Nikon and the one best suited for 4K video capture. Before we get started, a full review of the…

The Review Of The Canon XA-40 UHD Camcorder

Brian Hallett September 11, 2019

The Canon XA40 is a small and mighty UHD camcorder yielding canon’s color as a weapon against single-lens camera hate in an s35mm and full-frame world. A…

Review: V-MODA BoomPro head microphone for certain headphones

Allan Tépper August 25, 2019

The ≈US$30 V-MODA BoomPro microphone sounds great in its niche and is most similar to another head microphone I have reviewed before, the competing ModMic 5. What they…

Review: Plugable USB-VOX studio microphone

Allan Tépper July 20, 2019

My evaluation of the ≈US$75 USB-VOX studio microphone from Plugable involved several happy surprises, beyond its high quality sound for voice. Before its arrival, I knew that it…

SmallHD Focus 7 Review. Is 1000 Nits Bright Enough?

Brian Hallett July 18, 2019

A 1000-nits. A 7-inch touch screen. An affordable monitor at home on either a high-end camera system or accompanying a solo-shooter and a mirrorless camera. The…

Quick Look: Signature Primes

Adam Wilt July 18, 2019

ARRI is now shipping Signature Primes, lenses “designed to render organic, emotionally engaging images, gently softening and texturizing the large format with natural skin tones and creamy bokeh.” Signatures Primes…

Record 3D binaural audio with Hooke Verse hardware and software, for Android, iOS + more

Allan Tépper July 10, 2019

Welcome to the world of 3D binaural sound, thanks to Hooke Audio, which graciously offered me the opportunity to review its Hooke Verse hardware and software. 3D binaural audio goes…

Review: Samson Q8X supercardioid dynamic handheld microphone, headless with A81WS

Allan Tépper July 04, 2019

This is my review of the ≈US$100 Samson Q8X dynamic handheld, XLR vocal microphone, headless with the ≈ US$30 Shure presidential A81WS windscreen. Two details make the Samson Q8X…

Review: RØDE Procaster dynamic cardioid studio microphone with WS2

Allan Tépper June 30, 2019

This is my review of the US$229 RØDE Procaster dynamic cardioid studio microphone, which RØDE sent to me together with the RØDECaster Pro. Because there has…

Review: CrumplePop EchoRemover plugin

Allan Tépper June 26, 2019

If you record audio in an untreated room (or your remote guest does), often you’ll get excessive echo/reverberation, as sound waves reflect and return to their starting point…

Review: ClearVoiceover audio plugin

Allan Tépper May 22, 2019

In my experience, to make a musical sound bed “fit” well under a dry voiceover, you either have to duck the music (i.e. attenuate it) or equalize it to…

The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX0 II Digital Camera Review

Brian Hallett May 21, 2019

The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RXO II Digital Camera looks like an action camera. The small size and the rugged build make the small flip-out screen 4K camera appear…

Panasonic AG-CX350 4K Single-Lens Camera Review

Brian Hallett February 19, 2019

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…

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