Category: Camera Manufactures
ProDRENALIN from proDAD Turns Your GoPro Vision Up To 11:
ProDRENALIN from proDAD turns your GoPro vision up to 11, or any other action camera. It removes fisheye and perspective distortion, stabilizes the video, corrects rolling-shutter distortion, rotates the video, reduces noise and much more. It is a complete solution for making your raw action/sports videos better. The optimized video can be rendered in industry [...]
Canon Video Camera X–Series-Look Picture Profile For EOS DSLR Cameras:
Canon have announced the release of a new in-camera Picture Style pre-set called Video Camera X–series-look for its range of EOS DSLRs. Created following direct feedback from video enthusiasts, the new Picture Style, Video Camera X–series-look, enables users to capture EOS Movie footage with lower contrast levels, allowing for easier colour grading during post production [...]
Nikon Rechargeable Li-ion Battery Pack Recall:
Nikon has issued a voluntary recall of certain lot numbers of its Nikon Model EN-EL15 rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs. The battery pack can experience a short circuit causing it to overheat and possibly causing the outside casing to become deformed, posing a potential hazard to consumers. There have only been seven (7) confirmed reports of [...]
Eleven Minutes and Fifty Seconds With RED Ted Schilowitz:
Curt Pair and Band Pro recently caught up with Red co-founder Ted Schilowitz and he shared some insight into the latest offerings from Red Digital Cinema at NAB 2013. Red Digital Cinema are leaders in the production world. They started their career at NAB, some seven years ago in a little tent. Many laughed at [...]
ARRI Alexa Alexaremote Remote Controller System Demo:
Balint Seres has sent us his latest video for his Alexaremote Remote Controller system for the ARRI Alexa cameras. network cable and radio control change/set and store 10 profiles for FPS, EI, WB and Shutter check all information on your own screen start/stop camera switch 2K/HD toggle SxS 1 and 2 turn Highspeed on/off set [...]
Jean-Pierre Beauviala Outlines The Future For Aaton:
Jean-Pierre Beauviala Founder and CEO of Aaton has sent out an email briefly outlining his camera company’s current issues, and a path forward that will hopefully allow it to keep trading and producing great cameras and audio equipment. Dear friends, AATON YESTERDAY Over the last couple of years, Aaton devoted its energy and resources to [...]
Sony 4K RED 4K But Is Everything OK:
Sony 4K RED 4K but is everything OK? Well it’s not up to us to decide that question right now so we are just going to leave this here for you to run your peeps over. The snapshot of the piece is that it is about the history or more importantly the rewriting of 4K [...]
Have Aaton Have Gone Out of Business:
A breaking news story that is unfolding, appears to be the sad news that French camera maker Aaton might be going under, or have already gone that way while trying to look for much needed funding investments. Over on CML a short mention from the sites Owner Geoff Boyle simply said “I just heard that [...]
JVC Procison GC-PX100 Camera Shoots 120fps to 600fps Available Now:
JVC have announced the Procison GC-PX100 camera which offers high bit rate progressive recording to deliver high resolution HD images, plus high-speed recording for super slow-motion video. The camera’s high performance combines with Wi-Fi connectivity and specialized apps to make the GC-PX100 ideal for capturing and analyzing fast-moving action. The camera shoots Full HD 1920 [...]
Did You See The RED Showreel From NAB 2013:
If you are going to showcase what your camera company is, does, and can do, then BANG RED Digital Cinema nailed that brief. The RED NAB 2013 Showreel is a slow cooker with all the meaty goodness. There are some really tasty bits in this RED NAB showreel especially towards the end. Keen for more? [...]
NAB Wraps and RED Jim Talks About 4k Then, Now, and Beyond:
NAB 2013 is done and dusted and those on the R&D and product side of it now get to take away the positives and the negatives and work on them for another 12 months where they will do it all again. Jim Jannard popped up on RECON over at REDUser and gave his thoughts on [...]
Blackmagic Design 5 Part NAB Interview Including The BMPC and BMCC4K:
The guys over at Blackmagicuser.net and RawComms have taken to the floors of NAB and caught up with Tim from Blackmagic Design where they talk about the newly announced Production Camera 4K, Pocket Cinema Camera, UltraHD, 6G-SDI, the MFT and EF BMCC cameras availability and upgrade path. NAB 2013: Blackmagic Design Overview, UltraHD and 6G-SDI [...]
Zenmuse Gimbal For GoPro Meet DJI Phantom:
Quick press release of sorts for the Zenmuse Gimbal for the popular DJI Phantom. Jump to the videos at the bottom if you wish. One is a test the other is Jim from Filmtools at NAB looking at this set up. ZENMUSE GIMBAL FOR GOPRO INTRODUCTION DJI announces the Zenmuse Gimbal for GoPro, which includes [...]
The Only Company We Can Beat Is Ourselves: RED Ted NAB 2013:
I really enjoy seeing Red’s Ted pop up in interviews at trade shows. You could almost conduct a drinking game on how his voice is holding up. Emmanuel Pampuri rips apart the RED Booth at NAB 2013 and grabs a slightly husky Ted Schilowitz for a run down on all things RED. Thanks Emmanuel for [...]
Did You See The ARRI Showreel From NAB 2013:
Broadcast and cine trade shows like NAB need smoke and mirrors to get the folks in and product out the door… Luckily ARRI played their part and cracked out this cool showreel… as well as their cameras and professional camera accessories. ALEXA Showreel NAB 2013 from ARRI Channel on Vimeo. Keen for more? Well you [...]
Sony F55 Studio Camera and That Is 4K Broadcasting Right There:
Keith Vidger from Sony Professional Solutions Division let’s you in on a little secret. The Sony F55 can now be made into a studio broadcasting 4K behemoth. Simply slot in CA-4000 camera adapter onto the F55 to provide a feed output into a CCU which can output four streams of QFHD 4K. Check out Sony [...]
Blackmagic Design Talk About The Production Camera 4K:
The guys over at Film-tv-video have taken to the floors of NAB and caught up with Stuart Ashton from Blackmagic Design where they talk about the newly announced Production Camera 4K. Big thanks to Film-tv-video for the clip. Follow them for more great cine and camera news HERE.
ARRI Alexa Camera XR Module Upgrade Announced:
Those that bought an ARRI Alexa camera three years ago should have been rewarded many times over with that investment. Well now ARRI are rewarding Alexa owners by announcing that they can purchase some of the key components of the new ALEXA XT camera with the XR Module upgrade path. The ARRI Alexa XR Module [...]
Blackmagic Design Talk About The Pocket Cinema Camera:
The guys over at Landmine Media have taken to the floors of NAB and caught up with Dan May from Blackmagic Design where they talk about the newly announced Pocket Cinema camera. Feel free to catch up and talk with others interested in the BMD camera line up on BMCUser and also on DVXuser.
Blackmagic Design Announce the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
Blackmagic Design have announced the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, a beautifully designed, pocket sized digital cinema camera that includes powerful features such as Super 16mm sized 1080HD sensor, super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, built in SD card recorder for Apple ProRes, lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW capture and active Micro Four Thirds lens mount, [...]
Blackmagic Design Announce Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
Blackmagic Design have announced the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, a new high resolution 4K digital film camera with an innovative large Super 35 size sensor with professional global shutter, combined with precision EF mount optics and high quality Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) file recording for only US$3,995. Blackmagic Production Camera 4K will be demonstrated on [...]
RED Announce The Scarlet Camera Upgrade Program:
Yet more from RED at NAB 2013… This time Jarred Land announced that RED are offering an upgrade program for the Scarlet camera. 3 Simple Options. #1. Trade in your Scarlet to Full Epic-X (including new black body) – $9500. After that.. you can upgrade your Epic-X to Full Epic Dragon through the normal Epic-X [...]
ARRI Ikegami HDK-97ARRI Camera:
Ikegami and ARRI jointly announced the availability of a pioneering new camera system: The HDK-97ARRI. Remember those cut and shut cars that seemed to be very popular in the mid 90′s? You know where they took two cars and made one car out of it…. Well here is something like that in the camera world. [...]
RED Dragon Sensor Upgrade Begins:
Even more news from the world of RED. Jarred Land announces the RED Dragon Sensor upgrade program is open, and drops the prices down too. We finally have received the new ASICs to begin the process of upgrading Epic and Scarlet Cameras to the Dragon Sensor. Tomorrow (Monday): -EPIC-M owners can pre-order the upgrade for [...]
RED Motion Mount, Tactical Low Profile EVF Mount, REDSYNC MASTER and More:
RED has plenty more in the way of news this year and plenty more in the way of goodies at NAB for you to enjoy: The RED MOTION mount not only incorporates an integrated 8x Electronic ND filter in adjustable 1/100 stop granularity, but also overtakes the sensors timing to give you a true global [...]
