» Archive for April, 2013
12Apr Now that we have the Blackmagic Pocket camera is the Digital Bolex still relevant?
It’s been 2 years a year since the Digital Bolex was successfully funded on kickstarter. The camera brought the promise of a super 16mm sensor size and a RAW DNG file format at a sub $3000 price point. In 2011 this sounded like an amazing step forward compared to the cameras that were currently on the market. […]
12Apr Gopro Hero 3 Aluminum Cage
I’ve already signed up for the Kickstarter Gopro Hero 3 cage, but Redrock Micro’s offering does look pretty nice. They are calling this the “Cobalt Cage” and I had a chance to play around with it for a bit at NAB. The fit and finish looks great and the price isn’t too bad at $99. […]
12Apr Tascam DR-60D first impressions
I spent almost an hour hanging around the Tascam booth playing with the new Tascam DR-60D. Buttons and controls felt good and the interface seems pretty straight forward. If you’ve used other tascam devices in the past you shouldn’t have any problem finding your way around the DR-60D’s menu system. The test microphone provided at the booth sounded good […]
11Apr No on screen audio meters on the Blackmagic 4k and Pocket cameras, plus huge file sizes
The last day of NAB seems to be the best time to actually play around with gear. I was able to spend over an hour playing around with both the Blackmagic 4k camera and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. Basically it was the reps, myself, and maybe 5 other people milling around off and on. […]
11Apr Canon 5d mark III HDMI firmware upgrade in the wild
I was hanging out at the Atomos Ninja booth checking out their new (and beautiful) Samurai Blade when I noticed a 5d mark III on display. I started playing around with the settings and suddenly I had a clean 1080p output. I grabbed one of the Atomos reps and he confirmed that this 5d mark III on […]
10Apr More Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera updates
I finally managed to speak with a Blackmagic rep. The literature they have on the Pocket Cinema camera doesn’t say anything about Raw DNG mode. Apparently that is because Blackmagic isn’t 100% sure if that feature will be available at launch. According to the rep the camera will definitely have that option in the future but it could take a few more months depending […]
10Apr Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera hands on and first impressions
A lot of people are excited about Blackmagic’s 4k camera announcement which finally delivers a 4k camera for under $4000. This is something manufactures have failed to do over the past several years and Blackmagic will make a lot of money filling this segment of the market. You might consider 4k camera to be a revolution, […]
10Apr Que Audio Sniper Pro Shotgun Booming Kit
It seems like the design trend is to make things smaller and the Que Audio Sniper is no exception. This tiny little kit includes a boom mic with camera mountable shock mount, boom pole, wind screen, and mic stand for $499. The microphone uses two little button batteries (watch batteries) to provide up to 20db […]
10Apr Azden FMX-DSLR portable XLR mixer
More companies keep jumping into the audio adapter market, this time it’s Azden with the FMX-DSLR portable XLR mixer. On the plus side Azden is offering a 2 channel mixer with XLR and 3.5mm inputs for under $300 (currently $285). The FMX-DSLR also provides up to +16db of gain and uses four AA batteries for up to 15 hours […]
06Apr Studio 1 AM-300 Boom mic headphone amplifier
If you are planning to use a wireless boom mic, it would still be nice to have an easy method to monitor audio before it hits the transmitter. The Studio 1 AM-300 is basically just an XLR pass through box with a headphone amplifier off to one side. Apparently the headphone monitor port has no […]
