As video technology has improved, the size of quality cameras has gotten smaller. That smaller size has its downside.  Even though the operator can move faster and be much more agile, often the shots are much less stable than a traditional shoulder mounted camera, Utah cameraman, Doug Monroe has developed a solution that promises to enable much more stable camera control without the limitations inherent with a shoulder mounted...

Well, I can’t say I saw this one coming. Blackmagic Designs, who are know for their elegantly designed I/O, conversion and recorder products, have staked out their position in the Digital Cinema War. Simply named, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, this new 2.4k DSLR sized image maker boasts some pretty nice features: 2592 x 2192 Resosution 12-bit RAW files recorded at 2432 x 1366 2.5K RAW at 2432 x 1366, compressed at 1920 x...

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. ...

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 (1/3″) 10x zoom...

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

Quick Review of Redrock’s Livelens MFT(and why it’s going back) By Eric Martin  I received the Livelens MFT from Redrock Micro yesterday afternoon and while un-boxing also got a last minute call to work (early) the next morning. I took the mount with me and was able to use it for the majority of my shoot. I have some good things to say about the RRM Livelens MFT but also some critical things. First, the good. The...