Month: August 2012

UPDATE: CVP in the UK are taking pre-orders at just ÂŁ4162+ VAT (ÂŁ4999) which is much better than expected. The initial price quotes by sources was $8000. When the Adorama / B&H pre-orders start, will update the pricing info again Canon today launched the much speculated Canon C100, the budget version of the C300. Initially set for a price under the Sony FS700 (around $8000), the camera is double the…

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Check out the Blackmagic Cinema Camera versus 5D Mark III footage and blog post at EOSHD here With both cameras around the $3000 with a Canon lens mount, and the DSLR being such a popular choice for video, I thought I’d examine the reasons for buying one or the other. Which should you choose?

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Photokina is less than a month away now and it is going to be a busy time. I will be there to get my hands on the new cameras, and I don’t think I can remember a month like this with such exciting products being released. Sony’s full frame camcorder the VG-900 will have a mirrorless mount, all in a video camera form factor for ÂŁ2.5k and of course we…

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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/48085024[/vimeo] DOWNLOAD 2.5K BLACKMAGIC H.264 FOOTAGE HERE (Important: on the Vimeo page for this clip, click download to get the 2.5K 80Mbit clip. Don’t bother watching it full screen from the stream as it is a pale imitation of the full 2.5k file) I’ve been experimenting today with Blackmagic Cinema Camera workflows. I use Adobe Premiere as my main NLE. I am not an FX guy so rarely use After…

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Above: my first go at grading the Blackmagic Cinema Camera raw output The above frame is scaled to 660 pixels wide for the blog. Click here to view the full 2400 x 1350 frame in your browser and another full frame here John Brawley and Blackmagic Design today released the first raw DNG files from the camera. Here’s my take on how the raw camera stands up.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU71wZBoA1E[/youtube] This from Michael Hession at Gizmodo. It really is a great idea – he has used the stills burst mode (the fastest ever on a DSLR) of the Canon 1D X to piece together a short video at 14 fps. The video has the dynamic range, resolution and overall quality of photographs. It is a massive step up from the video mode but of course 14 fps is shall…

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