» Archive for June, 2012
23Jun Crucial 512GB SSD hard drive sale!
If you’ve ever edited on an SSD drive, you’ll know that the speeds will put most spinning RAID setups to shame. These drives were pretty costly in the past, but the price per GB of SSD drive space has been dropping rapidly over the last year or so. Last year at this time a 128GB […]
23Jun Switronix TorchLED BOLT light panel – Video Review
First, a correction. In the video I say “660mAh battery”, that’s actually a 660Ah battery which equals 6600mAh. After taking the TorchLED BOLT out on a weekend long shoot and spending some time with it, I have to say that I’m very impressed. If you’re in the market for an extremely bright compact battery powered LED light, […]
20Jun Campro Low Profile Triple Hot shoe Light and Sound Bracket
Maybe you need to mount 2 wireless units and a field recorder, or maybe you really need 3 ultra bright TorchLED units in a single place. Whatever you need to mount, the Campro Triple hot shoe gives you a solid place to to do it. I ordered one of these as soon as I found […]
20Jun Double cold shoe adapter bracket price drop
The price for these double cold shoe adapter brackets sometimes jumps all over the place. Last year about this time, I put up this post mentioning that the price was down around $13. I’ve seen it as high as $45 and as low as $18, but this is the first time I’ve found it back at […]
19Jun Vizio’s interesting looking MacBook air Clone
A Macbook Air with a core i5 processor, 256GB SSD, 4GB of ram, and a screen resolution of 1440 by 900 will set you back about $1500. But the biggest selling point for me and some others I’ve talked to is that the Air is only 0.68 inches thick, unfortunately the price for the above specs has always […]
18Jun 4DSLR Zoom h4n cradle adapter – First impressions
The 4DSLR Zoom h4n cradle adapter is a quick release mount for the Zoom h4n with rubber pressure pads that provide some handling noise reduction. The 1/4 20 stud on the bottom of the unit also doubles as a very short 15mm rail, making it easy to mount to a rig or arm with a […]
16Jun Juicedlink RM333 available for pre order.
B&H is now taking preorders for Juicedlink’s newest audio adapter, the RM333 audio pre-amp. The design is an interesting configuration of 3 XLR inputs with what Juicedlink is calling Audio output bracketing. The bracketing system is a built in form of the audio protection I’ve mentioned before. Basically it allows you to record audio on […]
15Jun Canon 40mm f2.8 STM pancake lens
Slightly thicker then 2 stacked body caps, the 40mm f2.8 STM lens represents Canon’s first modern pancake lens. I have no idea whether or not this lens will spark a new line of mirrorless Canon cameras, but it is a refreshing change of concept when compared to the rest of Canon’s lineup. The STM designation stands for Stepper motor which is a slightly […]
14Jun Should you buy or rent your film equipment?
Before I dive in, here is a little background. On the left hand side of the image you’ll see a Panasonic AG-DVC32, that’s the PAL version of the AG-DVC30. Back in 2005 I had a PAL project come up and thought it might be a good idea to have a nice PAL camera around. I shot one […]
13Jun The Aviator Travel Jib Camera Crane Kickstarter project
The Aviator Travel Jib is basically a collapsible, light weight mini crane. It has a maximum length of 6 feet and a load capacity of 6lbs, yet when Folded up the Aviator Travel Jib is only 24 inches long. Designed with light weight cameras in mind, It’s basically the crane equivalent of the Konova slider, small, […]
