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 …
Quite honestly, I can’t tell you all the things that this stuff does cause it’s just way too long a list and way too cool. But what I can tell you is that as far as wireless transmission goes, this is pretty much as high-tech as it gets. You probably won’t use this stuff on …
The Fujinon 4k Premiere Zooms are some serious pieces of glass and steel. There’s a reason why these things go for $90,000 each – ’cause they’re worth it. Now bear in mind, these aren’t for all situations. You have to be doing essentially studio style shooting, on sticks or dolly and want that flexibility to …
RED Meizler module. Honeys, what got cut out of this episode–and believe me, we had to fight to get it down to 9 mins, is the fact that this thing is a fabulous buy if you’re a serious RED user and you’re running a serious production. Sure you might think it’s pricey but once your …
Light Iron – Outpost & Lily Pad Linking service with sales, rentals and proprietary intelligence, is Light Iron based out of Los Angeles. They have offices elsewhere and if you want to get that boutique feeling with a big back-up, they’re a great place to be. This company is back-end focused for your digital film …
Sennheiser is a name synonymous with quality, reliability, and class. We spoke with one of their US reps who graciously brought us multiple Sennheiser products to use. If you’re an on set mixer, or considering being one, you may as well go out right now and get a 416 mic just as a right of …
Canon Cinema Prime Lenses: When we shot this with the awesome Tim Smith from Canon Co. out of their LA offices, they had at the time 3 cinema primes available (note: all only in EF mount – the 24mm, the 50mm, and the 85mm). Let me tell you, these lenses are fantastic. People don’t really …
Hello folks, While we were shooting our bits for Tech Bites, Ted from RED came in and gave us a whopping dog n’ pony show. First up, we have Dragon. Now when we shot this, they were still keeping all the specifics about Dragon hush-hush. It’s been released now and pretty much what we talked …
The Blackmagic Cinema Camera is probably a lot cooler than you imagine or imagined. Now bear in mind, it’s already obsolete, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth talking about. This camera in it’s own way is actually a bit of a landmark. Effectively Blackmagic Designs, a great company, they make a tonne of interesting …