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A couple of weeks ago I was at Band Pro for a special Sony FS700 thingy and got a chance to try different baseplate solutions from a variet...

BlackMagic is adding a Micro Four-Thirds model of it's Cinema Camera.  Besides the mount the camera is identical to the "old"...

Sony joins the GoPro market with the Action Cam with a 16MP sensor, ultrawide Calrl Zeiss Lens, built-in stereo mic and HDMI output.  How ...

Zylight says it's giving the traditional fresnel a facelift with the Zylight F8 Fresnel . The 8 stands for the 8" fresnel wit...

Canon has just added the C100 as the little brother to the C300 and C500. Just so you can try to keep them straight, the top of the l...

I was at EVS returning a dumb lens adapter and asked their advice on a EVF for my FS700.  Just like Band Pro they thought the Alphatron was...

Sony announces yet another new camera, the NEX-EA50UH, with a large sensor built into a camera body with the ergonomics of the EX-3.  It co...

Here's a youtube video  testing color reproduction of the ARRI L7-C LED fresnel against a tungsten light and other LED competitors.  Th...

In case you've been living under a rock, Zacuto sponsored another camera shootout but this time allowed the individual DP's to chan...

Here's an interesting BLOG about using apps and photoshop to make a great picture.  The moral of the story is that capturing an image ...

Scientists are working on a camera that can see around corners.  Basically it bounces laser light off any surface further than what's b...

The Motion Picture Experts Group (that's the MPEG) has drafted the next compression spec we'll all be using, the High Efficiency Vi...

I got a special invite from the nice people at VTP to hear Nancy Schreiber speak about how to "create a vision".  I love that ma...

Here's a short film shot with no sound showing the capabilities of the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera . It has a smallish senso...

The rumor mill says that Canon will be announcing the full-frame sensor Canon 6D next month and it should be available in time for the Chri...

Did you know Avid offers a free 30 day trial of Pro Tools?  What's the catch?  Well, there's one... You have to have an ilok...

Here's a bunch of tutorials about AtomKraft, other After Effects plug-ins and After Effects News. It's way above my pay grade ...

At last, a website devoted to dolly grips.  This list isn't as funny and maybe because it's all true... http://www.dollygrippe...

The Black and Blue list the 50 things that really suck for an Assistant Camera person.  And then list 50 things that don't... htt...

Thinking of moving to Premiere?  So are a lot of other people.  From a recent webinar come 106 questions about Adobe Premiere CS6.  Some a...

Apple has applied for a patent for a heads up display built into seriously modern iWear.  iWear, I just made that up. Now, Olympus has...

Still guys have been using remotely triggered cameras at sporting events for years.  Now, they've gone even further by using robotic DS...

iENG is an app for news professionals to be used on both the iPhone and iPad.  iENG allows the focus, exposure and white balance to be loc...

Lensbaby has put just about everything they make into a Pelican case and dubbed it the "MovieMaker Kit". It comes with Comp...

Here's a link for this interesting blog on ISO, ASA, EI and Gain sent to me by Lighting Cameraman extraordinaire Ted Baker. I'...

According to results of the Zacuto's "Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout 2012" the lowly $700 Panasonic GH2 is the Best Cam...