Vision Research has announced the Phantom Flex4K. The camera shoots a 4K image at 1000fps. Watch the below video from Wide Open Camera on the NAB floor to see Mitch Gross from AbelCine introduce it.
Definition Magazine writes: In association with crafttruck.com legendary DoP Gordon Willis recalls the films, the directors and the techniques which awarded him an honourary Oscar in 2009. He talks at length about his relationship with Woody Allen and Francis Ford Coppola and about how he managed to capture some of the iconic imagery in cinema...
Andy Shipsides of AbelCine writes: The Sony F5 & F55 cameras are shipping in quantity now, and we’ve gotten a lot of requests for some custom scene files. I’ve put together five files in our usual flavors. They are designed both to change the cameras’ look and make matching the two cameras easier. The cameras handle colors...
RedShark News writes: For-A have just released a new camera capable of shooting a rather amazing 900fps in 12bit 4K RAW! It’s called the FT-ONE and looks set to really shake things up in the high speed capture world!
Shane Hurlbut of Hurlbut Visuals writes: Many of you have heard me talk about how I light to eye by either looking at the back LCD screen or a lighting monitor like an HP DreamColor. Lighting to eye is something that is based on experience and what you like esthetically. I trained my eye through the use of exposing film, not an LCD screen or...
Steve's Blog writes: FilmLight, the British creators of high-end color grading solutions, announced a line of news products for NAB 2013: a new Baselight ONE, The Slate, FLUX Store, additional Baselight Editions and an update to their BaseLight flagship system.
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Michael Hession of Gizmodo writes: A new piece of filmmaking gear was just announced that could completely re-invent the complex process of camera stabilization. It's currently being tested and endorsed by Vincent LaForet, who's given us a little taste of what it's capable of.
Jon Fauer of Film and Digital Times writes: Fujinon announces a new Cabrio for NAB. On display at their NAB booth will be the new Premier PL 14-28mm Cabrio wide angle 4K lens (model ZK2x14). Focal length from 14-28mm at T2.9, with 200-degree focus rotation. This is the 3rd in the growing Cabrio Family.
Thom Calabro, director of marketing and...
Ikegami and ARRI have jointly announced the availability of a pioneering new camera system: the HDK-97ARRI.
A powerful marriage of technology between two recognized industry leaders, the HDK-97ARRI is a broadcast-style production camera with digital cinema characteristics. In a significant development, the HDK-97ARRI makes it possible to...
David Leitner of Filmmaker Magazine writes: A motion picture camera used to be a light-sealed box with a strip of film running through it. Was it easy to thread? Did it run quiet? How bright was the viewfinder?
Today’s cameras are exponentially more complex. They are literal bundles of separate technologies, each lurching forward at a...
