Monthly Archives: June 2014
ARRI Alexa gets ProRes 4444 XQ
ARRI Alexa now supports Apple’s new ProRes 4444 XQ codec. This is now the highest quality version of ProRes — with a 1:4.5 compression ratio and a data rate of around 500 Mbps. (In comparison, ProRes 4444 had a compression of 1:6.8 and a data rate of 330 Mbps.) Final Cut Pro version 10.1.2 handles ProRes 4444 XQ. Alexa XT and Classic cameras with the XR Module will… read more…
Tags: Alexa, Apple, ARRI, ProRes 444 XQ
Adam Wilt’s Cine Meter II
Adam Wilt has done it again. His new Cine Meter II is an essential app for every cinematographer. I just downloaded it from the Apple App Store. Adam’s original Cine Meter app for iPhone and iOS was brilliant. This one is even better. The new Cine Meter II app turns your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into a shutter-priority reflected light meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and a false-color… read more…
Tags: Adam Wilt, Cine Meter II
Nikon D810
Nikon revealed the new D810 full-frame (FX) DSLR camera today. It has an OLPF-less 36.3-megapixel (7360 x 4912) CMOS sensor. As photosite count increases, dreaded moiré decreases, and there’s less need for an optical low-pass filter to “smudge” the image. Sensor Size: 35.9 mm x 24 mm ISO: 64 -12,800 (Lo to 32, Hi to 51,200) Approx. Weight: 31.1 oz. (880 g) camera body only Video: Full HD 1920 x… read more…
Tags: Nikon
Keslow Camera’s New Space
Keslow Camera has moved to a stunningly beautiful new building on Blackwelder Street in Culver City (off La Cienega, just south of I-10). The 35,000 square foot space looks like it jumped right out of the pages of a coffee-table book on architecture. The Bauhaus meets Southern California style was designed by architecture firm Abramson Teiger. With clean, efficient lines, custom space-light-like LED lighting, form-following… read more…
Tags: Keslow Camera
Fauer Face-Friendly 4K Filter Factory
The idea arrived with the first bottle of Kanzler 2011 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and Ahi tuna tempura sashimi at Chinois on Main yesterday. By the time the Shanghai Lobster with curry sauce came with a second bottle of Pinot, Howard Preston had the name: “Fauer Face-Friendly 4K Filter Factory.” The company was born. Venture capitalists were salivating and circling. Dr. Hubert Nasse, Senior Scientist of… read more…
Camtec Lens Tests
Here’s an interesting test from Camtec with some of their popular modern and vintage spherical lenses. The tests were shot with an ARRI Alexa XT Plus in ProRes 4444 Log-C. Framegrabs were exported from FCP 7 as high-rez .PNG files. Note this is a test mostly of flare, contrast and hightlights—not a test of skin tones or how portraits are handled…. read more…
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