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Wooden Camera Lightweight Compact Mattebox, the Zip Box Pro

Indy Mogul is BACK!

Compact Powerful Aputure AMARAN AL-MW Mini LED Light Packs a Punch

A Quick Look at the ALEXA LF Camera’s Picture Quality

SmartCAM Horizon Brushless Monitor Stabilizer… Solves Low-mode to Hi-mode Rebalancing

Gimbalgunner 2.0 Brushless Gimbal Camera Rig

The GimbalGunner is completely balanced on the shoulder what assures comfortable shooting like with an old style ENG camera. It fits most prostyle cameras and it is easy to adjust and balance. The GimbalGu... Read More...

Panavision Has Released a New and Groundbreaking Version of its Popular PANASCOUT App

Panavision has released a new and groundbreaking version of its popular PANASCOUT application. Adopted by industry professionals as an essential creative tool during preproduction, PANASCOUT was the first appli... Read More...

ImageVision Z Camera is a 4/3 4K Drone / UAV Camera

Z Camera has a nice ring to it. ImageVision have a Z 4/3 4K Camera that is going to be for UAV drones. Z Camera will have H.264 compression recording and be controlled via WiFi and Bluetooth handheld devices such as iOS and Android phones and tablets. ... Read More...

A Look at the Sekonic SpectroMaster C-700 Color Meter from AbelCine

From AbelCine... The Sekonic SpectroMaster C-700 color temperature meter provides data to determine a light’s color temperature and compare it to other lighting instruments. In this blog, I present several l... Read More...

Movcam ALEXA mini rig

Movcam have put out a sneak peek video on Vimeo of their upcoming rig configuration for the highly anticipated ARRI Alexa mini camera. The video is quick so you may want to hit play a few times on this one. ... Read More...

Sadly This is What Happened To The AXSY Slider… A Crowdfunding Lesson

Sadly the successfully crowdfunded Kickstarter project, the AXSY slider at this stage will not see light of day. We reached out for answers, and received a message from one of the slider's backers (name withheld). We were looking forward to seeing the AX... Read More...

iStabilizer Smartphone Gimbal

iStabilizer’s newest camera mount holds any up to 3.5 inches wide, enabling smooth, stunning video without the shakes typical of hand-held filming. iStabilizer, known for their selection of universal tri... Read More...

LockCircle Birdcage BoomBooster For Sony A7 Series Cameras and the GH4

LockCircle BoomBooster, the “freestyle agility” grip handle for Birdcage A7/GH4 system. The BoomBooster is the lastest LockCircle addition to the popular Birdcage modular production system availa... Read More...

WICAM SHELL Power and Safety Holder for HDMI Signal Sticks

Shell – safety holder for HDMI Stick. Fits to Paralinx Arrow and Nyrius Aries Pro transmitters. Thanks to Shell, the HDMI Stick transmitter can now be powered and receive the video signal through one HDMI. There is no need for connection of mini-U... Read More...

WICAM SATELLITE HD Uncompressed Video Monitoring System

Satellite HD – is a light portable video monitoring system for transmission of Full-HD Uncompressed video signal. HDMI Stick transmitter can be connected to any source of HDMI signal. Completed wit... Read More...

WICAM Cypress HD Wireless Portable Video Control System

Cypress HD – is a wireless portable video control system, which is capable of transmitting uncompressed Full-HD video signal. The main features of the system are the following: without delay and com... Read More...

SoderbergFilms Lens Shootout Round I

From Soderberg Films... SoderbergFilms Lens Shootout Round I from Soderberg Films on Vimeo. SoderbergFilms Lens Shootout Round I Round I of the lens shootout put on by Soderberg Films and Mac House Productions in San Francisco. We wanted to create a compa... Read More...

DIY Steadicam Made Out of Hard Drives

There are plenty of DIY'ers out there that are hell bent on making what they film look smoother. A home made Steadicam seems to be very popular choice for the budget minded filmmakers. Here are a collecti... Read More...

DJI RONIN-M Unboxing & Demonstration from Foxtech Hobby

From Foxtech Hobby... A fresh unboxing video on DJI ronin M, it's much lighter than the heavy Ronin and can do the similar job. Working mode changing method changed. For more on the Ronin M: https:/... Read More...

Sony a7R II Mirrorless Camera: Product Overview with Alex DePew and Adorama

From Adorama... The Sony a7R II has the world's first full-frame back-illuminated 35mm sensor. The new 42.4MP sensor has a sensitivity up to ISO 102,400 and features in-camera 4K recording. It's new 399 point phase-detection system makes it's autofocus extr... Read More...

Sound Devices 688 Mixer / Recorder Stars in Reality-Style Production

Not long after Sound Devices introduced its groundbreaking new 688 mixer/recorder, veteran sound engineer Daniel S. McCoy, CAS, became one of the first in the industry to deploy it in the field, employing it fo... Read More...

Sony RX100 IV & RX10 II Cameras: Super Slow Motion Dogs

From Sony... Super slow motion of dogs captured at 480fps and 960fps. A newly developed Exmor RS™ CMOS sensor with a DRAM attached delivers lightning data processing and realizes up to 960fps (1000 fps in PA... Read More...

Blackmagic Certifies Transcend 128GB and 256GB CFast 2.0 Memory Cards

Quick one for you... Blackmagic Design has approved the New Transcend CFast cards. Blackmagic Design has certified the new Transcend 128GB and 256GB CFast 2.0 Memory Cards and recommends them for Blackmagic URSA. As of June 2015 the following is t... Read More...

Chrosziel Light Weight FS7 Camera LWS 401-FS7 Becomes Top Seller

I received an email from Chrosziel management informing me that their €575 light weight FS7 camera LWS 401-FS7 shoulder pad / rod support combo plate has gone on to become an unbelievably successful top selling... Read More...

JVC Expands All-Weather Camcorder Line: Boosts Performance and Battery Life

Top model offers 1080/60p AVCHD Progressive Recording Capturing life’s adventures on video isn’t always smooth sailing, which is why JVC today announced two new rugged, weather-proof camcorders that can en... Read More...

PD Movie Remote Live Multi-Control System

From ikan... PD Movie Remote Live Multi-Control System Camera operators have fallen in love with PD Movie Remote Live (PDL) -- the self-contained, multi-control handgrip and motor system ergonomically designed for controlling both cinema and EF c... Read More...