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Sony have just revealed an update to last year’s best compact the HX5 – the HX9v (and put the same new tech inside a bridge camera, the HX100v, with a ridiculously long lens and some extra manual control including manual focus ring, horray). The HX9v now does 1080/60p at 24Mbit and 42.9 Megapixel Sweep Panoramas, an awesome feature. I will be getting one, even though it is only a compact…

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For the price and full spec visit DitoGear here DitoGear are a relatively new arrival on the DSLR scene yet a creative and exciting one. They’ve begun to make something of a name for their sliders and I’ve taken some notice. Here I try their cutting edge slider for the first time.

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Above: GH2 with LA7200 anamorphic and Small HD DP6 Check out the full spec and price at Small HD EOSHD recently received a demo unit DP6 from Small HD and I am excited. Why? I am finally free from ever having to enter manual focus assist mode again and squint at a tiny LCD. I am also free from the world of viewfinders, which are great for looking at the…

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[vimeo]19331547[/vimeo] This rig from HalfInchRails is a refreshing no-bullshit approach to DSLR rigging. Rigs are essential for handheld footage (OIS is floaty and raw handheld DSLR shooting is jittery and amateurish) but sometimes they really do make things much more expensive and awkward than they should be.

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Converge are doing great justice to the DSLR community, they *get* it. Their last festival was a massive success and their next one begins on the 1st March at a very plush home, the British Film Institute on London’s South Bank.

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