Panasonic held their camera event on Sunday. If you were hoping to see a successor to the Af100, I’m sorry to disappoint you. But they did announce a new software upgrade. Starting in May, at a cost of $250, you’ll be able upgrade your AF100 to record 1080/60p at 28mbps with the addition of  a 2.35:1 display marker. No mention of expanded focus. Pin It Also coming are updates across the 1/3″ sensor line.  The...

Pin It If you missed Canon’s Sunday night presentation of the new 1D C and C500, Adam Wilt was nice enough to post all the technical slides that Larry Thorpe shared. You can check them out on the PVC ProBlog. There were two films shown. One by Shane Hurlbut, shot on the 1D c and another by Jeff Cronenweth, shot of the C500. I guess we’ll have to keep an eye on Vimeo for the release of those films. ...

UK DPs Stephen Murphy & Ed Moore posted a very interesting test/comparison of the diffusion qualities of various rags and bounce sources.  Check out the results in the Vimeo clip below.  You can find a detailed description on their method on Stephen blog. You can also find Raw 5d photos of the test at Ed Moore’s blog. ...

Pin It The folks at Sony seem to be pulling out all the stops in an efforts to get some serious foot traffic at their NAB booth this year.  The Pre-NAB announcements just keep coming. The latest is the PMW-100 XDCAM HD ($4500).  This looks to be quite a mini beast of a camera. Run-n-Gun and reality shooters are gonna want to take a close look a this one. The features include: Small Form Factor Full 1920×1080...

Looks Like the Sony FS700 might  be for real. Check out these picts.  Notice the ND filters and the HD-SDI.   Sony NEX FS700 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 5