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Phantom Flex4K Camera Can Do 1000fps at 4K 2000fps at 2K:

Mitch Gross from Abelcine has shown off the new s35mm Vision Research Phantom Flex4K camera at NAB 2013. The Phantom Flex4K camera allows you to shoot at 1000fps at 4K and up to 2000fps at 2K pixel resolution. ... Read More...

Astro Design Debuting an 8K Camera Head and 1080P LCOS EVF at NAB:

If you go out to NAB today you're sure of a big surprise. If you walk the halls today you'd better go in to Astro Design. For every Hawaiian shirt clad cine gear freak will gather there for certain. Astro Desig... Read More...

Sony Expands XAVC Format Ramps Up 4K Development and Drops XAVC S:

The successful sale of almost 2000 Professional CineAlta 4K cameras such as the F5, F55 and F65 models as of April 2013; the XAVC format has been considered to be widely adopted in the marketplace. The XAVC for... Read More...

Convergent Design Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q OLED Monitors:

Convergent Design have announced two new 7.7" OLED monitor/recorders called the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q. The Odyssey family Convergent Design say, is intended to follow users as they journey through their career... Read More...

Panasonic AJ-PX5000G P2 Camera With Native AVC-ULTRA Recording:

Panasonic announced the AJ-PX5000G, its first P2 HD camcorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots. The 2/3-inch, 2.2M 3-MOS camera combines superb image production, light weight and ... Read More...

The ARRI Alexa RED EPIC Sony F55 Sensor Test:

What does an ARRI Alexa, RED Epic, and a Sony F55 camera have in common? Sensors... And Allstar the gear makers who gave us the A-Mount System and the tripod / shoulder base rig for cine compact cameras have bu... Read More...

The Pumpkin Massacre Shot at 700fps:

FOR-A Corporation of America, has showcased the efforts of Montreal-based photographer and visual engineer Benjamin Von Wong who recently used its VFC-7000 HD Variable Frame Rate Camera for two artistic video p... Read More...

BBC Gets Over 500 JVC Professional GY-HM650 Cameras:

Caught a Tweet from @Visual_ImpactUK and apparently they have been very successful little bees. Over the course of 2013, the BBC will purchase over 500 units of JVC Professional’s GY-HM650 ProHD network-enabled... Read More...

Grass Valley Entry Level LDX Flex Studio Camera System:

Grass Valley has added the LDX Flex studio camera system as an entry-level offering to its LDX Series of upgradable system cameras. The affordable LDX Flex delivers the same high-quality images and performance—... Read More...

Can It Be True HEVC Is Not Quite Twice As Good As H.264:

Iain Richardson on his Blog vcodex.com asks the question "HEVC : is it really twice as good as H.264?" Iain states that the new standard for video compression, High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC, is claimed t... Read More...

Hitachi NAB Camera Lineup Announced:

Hitachi will introduce at NAB 2013, the SK-HD2200 full body HD production camera - a new top-of-the line studio and OB camera that features new 2/3-inch, 1080/60p, progressively scanned, (Ultra-Advanced) UAIT-C... Read More...

4 Videos Showing Off The Novo Camera Including Wireless App and FF:

Nick from Radiant Images has been very busy fronting a series of videos running through the Novo camera and demoing some of the accessories available for the modified GoPro. Camera accessories like a wireless f... Read More...

Novo Camera Demonstration and a Side by Side Test Against The GoPro:

We first received the news from View Factor (story HERE) that they had rehoused a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition camera into that tiny little Novo frame. Now Nick Lantz from Radiant Images demonstrates the steroid ... Read More...

So You Like The Look Of The Novo and Want To Mod Your Own GoPro Camera:

You recently saw that View Factor Novo, the heavily modified GoPro Hero 3 camera and thought you might like to do that yourself. Well maybe not quite the same as the Novo but you could open up and attempt to gi... Read More...

A Rehoused GoPro Hero 3 Becomes The Monster Novo Digital Camera:

What happens when you buy a GoPro Hero 3 camera and put some crazy DIY mods on it? Well if you are View Factor then the Novo Digital Camera is sure to be the outcome. Here is the latest weekend project f... Read More...

Ummm But The RED EPIC Camera Already Had EBU Approval:

The RED EPIC camera has had all the right and proper chart, resolution, noise, contrast range, frame rate tests etc, etc, etc done already. You know what the EBU (think the old BBC camera tests) gave it a broad... Read More...

4K In The Home Is Now Declares Big RED Jim Plus a 6K Double Dragon:

RED have kindly thrown up some frame grabs taken from their new Dragon sensor. Shot at 86fps on a prototype Dragon 6K. So that's means it was shot at 6000 x 3000 ( 2:1 )... the full sensor on that is a staggeri... Read More...

Blackmagic Cinema Camera RAW Vs ProRes In a Minute:

With a wink, maybe a blink, may we show you what lrtvgrabbarna did comparing the Blackmagic Cinema Camera's RAW output Vs ProRes output. I set up 1 pcs 24W LED (from right side). Adjusted dimmer on LED t... Read More...

HEVC H.265 First Stage Approval But Could It Be Another Five Years Away:

We talked about the H.265 video codec standard way back in May 2012 in this post H.265 High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC Coming in 2013: and then again in December when we asked What is the Big Deal About H.... Read More...

H.264 Gets New Profiles: High, High 10, High 4:2:2, and High 4:4:4 Profiles:

Did you see the old H.264 video codec standard has been polished up to get the most out of its time left before H.265 claims all the glory? #NB I looked at the date on this release in reverse, so this news is a... Read More...

Can You Tell Which Scarlet Aerial Clip Has Been Post Stabilized:

Here we have two clips back to back shot with a RED Scarlet camera at 4K with a Compact Prime 18mm lens and without filters using the Superstudio Aircam Super-8 platform. The clips are identical except for one ... Read More...