Tweet The sizzle of all of the new and exciting products at NAB has finally died down, giving most of us a chance to catch our breath and see the result of NAB 2013. Obviously 4K is the king of the show – with so many new and exciting offerings for a format that made [...]

Tweet When you think of DSLR video and the boom that happened in the last few years, the name Canon is the first name that pops up. Specifically, the Canon 5D Mark II – the workhorse of the large sensor revolution. It’s been several years since the release of the 5DMII and several camera models [...]

Tweet We had a chance to try out the MoVI at NAB and I have to say it is impressive. The one that we had our hands on today is the M10. The M10 is listed at $15,000 and comes with all of the capabilities to operate in a multi-operator mode or single operator mode. [...]

Tweet Atmos has announced the Samurai Blade today – an unbelievably bright 1280×720 5″ monitor. It is camera mountable, works just like the original Atmos Samurai and has a crystal clear image. Features include: Standard BNC connectors Full waveform/vectorscope Adjustable gamma Real-time monitoring Focus assist, zebra and false color monitoring S-log/C-log recording Trigger rec/stop from [...]

Tweet Blackmagic announced a 4k Super35 production camera today for $3,995. Details to come as the show floor opens in a few. More information here.

Tweet The pre-NAB 2013 buzz is at a fevered pitch, and already we’re seeing some real standouts emerge. One fascinating piece of equipment everyone on the show floor will be talking about is the Freefly MōVI camera stabilizer. It completely eliminates the “old school” vest-and-arm archtecture we’re used to seeing on camera stabilizers and replaces it [...]

Tweet Panasonic had a few new announcements this year – first off is their new HPX 600 camcorder. It is being touted at the lightest shoulder-mounted 2/3 inch camcorder available. It sports the new 2/3 CMOS sensor and will be upgradeable for new features in the future like AVC-Ultra support, and recording to proxy files. [...]

Tweet Blackmagic released a new cinema camera at NAB this year that promises to provide filmmakers with a better contrast range, better compression and an overall better experience. From the press release: The Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, large 2.5K sensor, integrated SSD recorder that has the bandwidth [...]

The crowds are thick here at NAB 2012’s Booth #SU902. People are shoulder-to-shoulder trying to take a peak at Avid’s largest product announcement at this conference in over a decade. The booth itself is enough to stir a sense of excitement in even the most Luddite of tech users. The displays are larger than life and I’m slowly making my way to each smaller display to wrap my head around the new family of products and services they are offering. I have to say: This is going to change everything.

Tweet It looks like Autodesk is stepping up to try to capture that market share of editors that felt “abandoned” by the release of FCP X last year.  Even though Apple is releasing new updates for FCP X bringing it closer to how FCP 7 used to be, there is still a void in that [...]