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Amazon has the Canon EOS 7D as “DISCONTINUED” Something New Coming?
The rumors have been flying about a new updated Canon 7D camera. We don’t know if it’s a whole new APS-C camera or a replacement for it. As it looks Amazon has the Canon 7D marked as “DISCONTINUED” First announced on September 1st 2009 makes the 7D almost five years old. The 70D is such […]
Using the Sony Alpha A7s For News Topicals And Grading The Footage
During the month of July I’ve been shooting and editing news breaks that play in the Ellen show These are usually done with studio cameras and crew but they are in training with a new control room setup so I’m doing them for now. I could use a typical ENG camera but come on! Thats no […]
Things That Drive Me Crazy About The Sony A7s
I’ve had the Sony A7s for about a month and It’s a fun camera with some great features, but I just can’t seem to get comfortable with it and a few things just frustrate me. Please understand that this is all my opinion and if you disagree with them that’s fine. I’m not a fanboy […]
Blackmagic Camera’s Get New ProRes Flavors With Firmware 1.8.2
Today Blackmagic released an update for the Blackmagic Cameras that give you several new flavors of ProRes. This is great for projects that don’t require the HQ version that creates very large files and also eats up your media. I like ProRes 422. It’s just right when I use my Ninja Blade with the C100. […]
Canon C300 $2K Price Drop and New Lease Deals.
Canon announced a few new deals on the C300 today. First is a instant rebate of $2000 bringing the C300 to $11,999. This deal is effective until September 30th, 2014. Next is some nice lease opportunities on the C3000 and some lenses too. I leased my C100 from Texas Media Systems. They got the paper work done […]
Using Prelude CC 2014 To Rename Those Pesky AVCHD Clips
How many times have you got screwed by the AVCHD naming convention. It’s one of the biggest complaints I have with the C100 and any other camera that uses AVCHD. The format isn’t for pros, but that didn’t stop camera manufacturers from putting it in high end cameras. Renaming all the the clips Using Adobe […]
Atomos Releases Branded Cfast 1.0 Cards & Bundles For Ninja Star
Atomos today at Cine Gear Expo chatted with newshooter.com about a new 100Mbps CFast 1.0 card that hey are making and selling for the Ninja Star recorder. ProRes requires 80 Mbps and the Atomos CFast 1.0 cards delivers 100 Mbps just enough for HD. This makes those CFast 1.0 cards less expensive than the newer 2.0 versions. […]
Testing The Sigma 50mm f1.4 DG HSM ART Wide Open With The C100
This article isnt a full review but more of an experiment /test and my impressions of the Sigma 50mm F1.4 ART. After having a pre order in since the first day the 50mm was announced I received it a day after a big commercial shoot. I was so bummed! It would’ve been a perfect shoot to […]
Sony’s Detailed Hands On Of The A7s Features
The Sony A7s is a low light monster of a full frame camera in such a compact body that’s capable of Ultra-high sensitivity up to ISO 409,600. No that’s not a typo! This new video with Sony Technical Marketing Manager Ben Pilling shows us the camera and some of it’s features. I still have one […]
GH4 External Mic Audio Issues and Workaround
Panasonic has announced a fix for the audio buzz. Please click HERE for the full story. UPDATE May 27th. B&H today had a webcast on the GH4 with Panasonic Field Training Manager Mathew Frazer. I asked about the issue through the twitter feed with the hashtag #BHPhotoLive to see if I could get a response. Well I did! Here is […]
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