Deny Clairmont talks Cooke Lenses in this episode of Tech Bites. You wanna talk the best of the best? Look no further. At this level of the game it’s a question of taste, not whipping it out and seeing whose is longer. Some of the best cinematographers in the world use Zeiss, some use Panavision, …
Blackmagic Designs – Hyperdeck Shuttle: The geniuses at Blackmagic Designs have done it again. They basically built this cute little recorder that records 4:2:2 raw and fits into your pocket. Slap in an SD card and call it a day. It rocks. Check it out. And check out the Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2
Okay so Sound Devices is one serious company out of Colorado. I have no clue where they came from but they make classic American-made, bullet proof products with fantastic design and flexibility. The 664 is an all-singing, all-dancing on-set mixer and digital recorder and it don’t mess around. 6 Channels in and up to 10 …
This product needs no introduction. It’s the friggin Arri Alexa. So let’s just be clear. This thing is arguably the best digital cinema camera out there. There’s a REASON why it chews through 600GB/hr when shooting Arri Raw. There’s a REASON why Arriflex totally redesigned their digital line up and came out with this. There’s …
You gotta give it to Canon. They want to be in the cinema space, so they’ve committed to it. Just take a look at the stuff on that table in front of us. That’s serious high-quality shit. I’m telling you, if you took a c500 with all the fixins and only used Canon’s high-end lenses …
Otto Nemenz, Leica and Band Pro got together and said “let’s make some cinema lenses baby”. And boy did they ever. And boy are they good. And boy they ain’t cheap at $25,000/lens WTF are you getting? Some serious glass and steel, that’s what. Using the famous “Summilux” name (which means F1.4 in still leica …
This is the coolest thing ever. Dan Lebantal, editor of “Iron Man”, has developed a pro editing application for the iPad. TouchEdit is a frame-accurate video editing system for the iPad that uses timecode to export the project to other non-linear systems. To perform edits, users have two monitors—a source and a record monitor—controlled by …
Every now and again a product comes along that kicks serious ass. Welcome Fujinon “Carbrio” lenses. Basically every serious glass manufacturer has a line of mega lenses and then they have their “budget” line. Usually incorporated into the budget line are characteristics of lighter weight, slightly slower max aperture (i.e. 2.8 instead of 1.5, etc.), …
Top of the line. Huge dynamic range. Anodized blue color – because hey, it looks good. Starting price $2,200.
Sony F55. We were very fortunate to get a walk through of the Sony F55 from our friends over a Band Pro (these guys are awesome and know their stuff – highly recommend you check them out). The Sony Fee has 4096 x 2160 active pixels (17 x 9 image). This gets you as close …