Products
Sony F55/F5 V3.0 Update: 16mm Mode
One of the highlights of Sony’s F5, F55, and AXS-R5 new Version 3.0 Update is the ability to shoot Super 16mm format on the camera’s S35 sensor. There are countless 16mm lenses, zooms and primes. Many are languishing on shelves. Most are smaller and lighter than their 35mm cousins–and best of all, they have probably been paid for long ago…. read more…
JBOD – Just A Bunch Of Disks
Panic was palpable in the Mac community. Without room in the new Mac Pro for extra hard drives, where would all the storage go? After all, our old aluminum perforated 2010-2012 Mac Pro towers had bays for up to four 4 TB drives. After lots of phone calls, advice from experts like AJA’s Jon Thorn and others, we’re happy at… read more…
Tags: 5big, LaCie, Mac Pro, Thunderbolt
ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphics
Camtec in Burbank received one of the first “starter sets” of ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic Prime lenses: 35, 50, and 75 mm T1.9. Kavon and Jay Elhami kindly let me test them on an Alexa and on a Gecko lens projector. These 2x squeeze anamorphics are incredibly free of geometric distortion. In other words, if you’re doing a Day, Exterior, Wide… read more…
Tags: ARRI, Camtec, Master Anamorphic, ZEISS
Leica Summicron-C Lens Update
Leica Summicron-C lenses are here. Just as Leica still camera lenses come as f/2 Summicron and f/1.4 Summilux models, there are now two lines of Leica Cine lenses. The two product lines offer a choice of aperture, performance, and price. The new Summicron-C lenses are T2.0. Leica Summilux-C lenses are T1.4. .The Summicron-C lenses are about 30% shorter and 20%… read more…
Tags: CW Sonderoptic, Leica, Summicron-C
Alexa Update Sup 9.0
Cyber-Monday includes the new ARRI Alexa 9.0 Software Update Packet (SUP) for XT/XR and Classic cameras. SUP 9.0 includes ARRI Open Gate sensor mode.
In Open Gate sensor mode, the active pixel area is 28.17 x 18.13 mm, 3414 x 2198 photo sites, an image circle of 33.5 mm, and an aspect ratio of 1.55:1. This larger area can be helpful for repo, resizing, digital stabilization, rotating, or native 3.4K VFX. read more…
Keslow gets Vantage Ones
Keslow Camera has received the first 3 focal lengths of the new Vantage One T1.0 Spherical Prime Lens set: 25, 40, and 65 mm. I believe this is the first in the USA. The full Vantage One set will consist of 17.5, 21, 25, 32, 40, 50, 65, 90, and 120 mm — all T1.0. Above T2, Vantage One… read more…
Tags: Keslow Camera, Vantage Ones
Leica X2 Gagosian Edition
Camera Style. Leica Camera and Gagosian Gallery introduce the new limited edition Leica X2 Gagosian Edition. The all-metal body sports expressionist black paint splotches on the camera’s white leather trim. Larry Gagosian (classmate of Howard Preston at UCLA) established his gallery in 1980 in Los Angeles. Since then, Gagosian Galleries have presented works of the world’s leading contemporary artists in their 12 galleries worldwide. Larry… read more…
Cooke Metrology Lens Projector
Cooke’s new Lens Projector is now shipping. No rental house or lens owner should be without one. A lens test projector is essentially a slide projector. The light source is a bright, parallel beam. Instead of a slide, it carries a test chart (reticle) with format lines and resolution grids. The image is projected through the back of the lens onto a… read more…
Tags: Cooke Lens Test Projector, Cooke Optics, ZGC
Panasonic 4K Camera & Tablet
4K Camera Panasonic’s prototype 4K Varicam 35mm sensor camera, seen at IBC, was shown again under glass at InterBEE. The plethora of rods surrounding the body seem to be intended as grab handles and mounting points for gobo heads, Mafer clamps and car rigs. 4K Toughpad Nearby, Panasonic’s new Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 tablet was on display. The 20-inch 4K… read more…
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Canon C100 Dual Pixel Autofocus
Beginning February 2014, Canon EOS C100 cameras will autofocus continuously and twice as fast with Canon’s entire line of EF lenses. The optional upgrade will cost $500.00 (plus shipping and handling) when you send your C100 camera body to a Canon service center. Who knew (besides Canon’s technical team) that the C100, C300 and C500 had dual pixel CMOS sensors?… read more…
Tags: C100, Canon, Dual Pixel
Astro Viewfinder
The latest update of Astro’s DF-3512 was shown at Tokyo InterBEE. The Astro DF-3512 is a full HD LCOS EVF (1920 x 1080 Electronic Viewfinder). It fits nicely on a Canon C500, C300, or any other camera in search of a good viewfinder that can be positioned anywhere. After a few false starts, the Astro now lets you focus clearly,… read more…
Panavision Primo V Primes
Panavision now has a new line of primes, the Primo V series. They have been designed for 35mm digital cameras, and because of protruding rear elements, cannot be used on mirror shutter film cameras. The set of Primo V primes consist of 14.5, 17.5, 21, 27, 35, 40, 50, 75, and 100 mm T1/9. The Primo V lenses use lens elements from existing Primos. Mechanics… read more…
Tags: Panavision
Canon 4K Reference Monitor
Canon demonstrated the new DP-V3010 4K Reference Monitor in their 4K theater at Tokyo Headquarters today. It’s a 30-inch 4K IPS LCD flat panel display with the jaw-dropping ability to exactly match its mates on set, in grading suites around the world, as well as simultaneously running projectors and monitors. Anyone grumbling about the $40,000 list price will quickly be mollified by the stunning fact… read more…
DaVinci Resolve 10 Ready
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 10 is ready to download. It’s free for all existing DaVinci Resolve users. DaVinci Resolve Lite edition for Mac OS X and Windows is also ready to download–for free. The new Resolve Live feature lets you do color grading real-time and live. You can control primaries, secondaries, power windows, custom curves and more. Grades can be… read more…
Sony α7R and α7 full-frame cameras
I think I accidentally stumbled onto a clue as to the direction we’re headed in motion picture cameras. It comes, once again, from the digital still world. Full-frame, format-agnostic sensors. Comfortable with B4, Super16, Super35, Anamorphic, Full frame and many other lenses and aspect ratios. The first hint of this was Leica’s new M camera, with CMOS sensor, live view,… read more…
Tags: full frame still camera, mirrorless, Sony, α7, α7R
Denz PL to Leica M Adapter
Seen at IBC and PhotoPlus Expo NYC, this new adapter from Peter Denz turns the Leica M into a superb Director’s Finder. The PL-to-M mount adapter provides extra support for heavy PL lenses. It attaches to the latest Leica M 240 in place of the camera’s existing base. (If you’re concerned about warranty, better check in advance.) A sliding cover… read more…
Tags: CW Sonderoptic, Denz, Leica, Summilux-C
Angénieux History Updated
Our Angénieux History special 64-page report has been updated with additions and corrections. The new 25-250 Optimo DP is included. New Angénieux Optimo DP 25-250 mm T3.5 Zoom The 25-250 mm zoom range has been a de-facto standard since Angenieux introduced the famous 25-250 T2, HP and HR lenses between the 60s and the 90s. At IBC 2013, the new Optimo… read more…
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Scorpio Anamorphic Lenses
When Andres and Alfredo Valles and Pedro Povill invited me to visit them in Barcelona, I jumped. Barcelona is one of the great cities on earth for architecture, daring cuisine, and a bold new journey by Servicevision into anamorphic lens manufacturing. The pundits were prognosticating that it couldn’t be done: designed by lady, made in Spain, by a bunch of… read more…
Tags: Anamorphic Lenses, Scorpio, Servicevision
Leica C
There are three compelling reasons to put a new Leica C in your pocket or purse. Built-In Electronic Viewfinder: where every Leica owner expects it to be. Size: Shorter than an iPhone (about twice the thickness), you’ll take it everywhere. WiFi: Control the camera from your smartphone and send images online. Images: The pictures look great. Color, contrast, dynamic range… read more…
Leica Cristina Barcelona
The Leica C is a pocket camera with a unique difference. It has a built-in Electronic Viewfinder. This puts a merciful end to the usual pocket camera tourist salute: camera at arm’s length, eyes squinting at a glary monitor screen that’s impossible to view in sunlight. Leica C’s built-in 200,000 pixel Electronic Viewfinder duplicates the image provided by the push of a button on its 3″ TFT 920,000 pixel LED monitor. And because the 12 Megapixel 1/1.7″ (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor is CMOS, the EVF image is live-view in both still and full HD video. read more…
