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...

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. Also coming are updates across the 1/3″ sensor line.  The AC 130 &...

  Remember that big FCP SuperMeet at NAB 2011 that announced FCP X and everyone went wild in anticipation. Then the app finally dropped for an unheard of price of $300. It seemed for a minute that FCP X was set to flip the NLE industry on its head, but just a minute later it became quite clear that this was not the post tool that most pro editors could depend on, despite some truly amazing new features.  Yesterday, Apple...

Now might be a pretty good time to stock up on hard drives, before the prices start to shoot up. Catastrophic flooding in Thailand has had a negative impact on about 70-80% of the manufacturing of hard drives and their necessary components. Hardest his is Western Digital which has been forced to close plants, but also affected are; Samsung, Hitachi, Seagate, and Toshiba. Many retailer have a supply of drives for the next couple of...

Log & Transfer Not Required The wait is over. Panasonic has finally released the long awaited plugin for Final Cut Pro 7 that allows you to work with AVCCAM footage from camera’s like the AF100 without the need for transcoding to ProRes.  This plugin also enables QuickTime to Playback the .mts files generated by AVCCAM cameras. The AVCCAM Importer plugin is available for download here. AVCCAM Enabled Cameras: AG-AF100...

Raytrix Adobe and institutions including Stanford and Indiana universities have been developing plenoptic cameras.  Plenoptic cameras capture images with multiple focus setting that allow the images to be refocused after it’s been captured. It is accomplished by the implementation of 40,000 micro lens that sit on top of the images sensor creating 40,000 image fragment which is can later be manipulated to achieve the desired plane...