» Archive for the ‘Filming’ Category
16Apr Tokina 11-16mm Cinema Lens
When I walked by the Tokina booth at NAB, they had this prominently displayed out front. A Canon 5d mark III with the prototype 11-16mm attached. My first question was “Are you making a full frame version of this lens?”, I got an ashamed looking “No.” from the rep working at the booth. He went on […]
16Apr Atomos Samurai Blade is a great looking monitor
The original Atomos Ninja was one of the first reasonably priced portable HDMI video capture devices on the market. Some would also call it a field monitor, though the original 800×480 resolution screen left a bit to be desired. With the addition of the Samurai Blade to Atomos’s lineup you finally get a beautiful looking 1280×720 resolution […]
14Apr Wi Audiolink wireless Rode Videomic pro test
More Wi Audiolink examples for those of you who wanted some more audio tests. In these case the transmitter was only about 6 feet away from the camera. It seems the best audio path when using the Wi Audiolink is to feed the microphone into the preamp then feed the camera output of the juicedlink […]
13Apr Beachtek MCC-2 audio adapter
I wandered by the Beachtek booth at NAB and had a chance to see the new Beachtek offerings. Meet the ultra compact MCC-2 which is basically a passive two channel mixer for $89. The MCC-2 is designed with 3 cold shoe adapters around the outside of the unit, giving you plenty of mounting options for a wireless mic […]
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 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 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 […]
