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Sony A6000 gets zebra, 16:9 screen and clean HDMI output

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Sony have now taken their Alpha re-think to the mid-range NEX 6 mirrorless camera. For video it looks like an interesting alternative to the ageing NEX 7, adding a 16:9 screen, zebra, dedicated movie mode, new sensor and uncompressed HDMI output.

It also points to some of the new features we’re sure to see on the NEX 7’s actual successor, the A7000.

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Hands-on preview of the powerful 4K shooting Panasonic GH4!

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Based on a pre-production model

Since the GH1 I have been shooting with Panasonic’s mirrorless system for video. Without this series of affordable cameras my early work as a cinematographer and filmmaker simply wouldn’t be the same. The GH4 marks a much needed major leap for the line, the first to shoot 4K to an efficient internal codec AND output 10bit 4:2:2 1080p over HDMI to an affordable external recorder like the Atomos Ninja!

On a visit to Panasonic I got to see the camera, see 4K sample footage and give my feedback. Here’s an account of what I saw…

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Advance press screenings of 48fps The Hobbit ‘disappoint’

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The future is here but it seems nobody checked to see if it looked any good.

Shot with a 3D Red EPIC rig at 48fps, Peter Jackson’s return to the world of JRR Tolkien has been ‘stripped of the magic of cinema’ according to many who saw the advance press screenings by Warner Brothers.

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Nikon D7000 footage airs. More moire, less rolling shutter?

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EOSHD’s first take on the D7000 is mostly promising, plus footage from Chase Jarvis.

Update #1: Nikon have now made the camera body (and kit) available for pre-orders at B&H Photo Video

Chase Jarvis (Nikon’s very own Vincent LaForet) has had a pre-release D7000 for a while now and he’s shot some spectacular videos (below), the very first to be shot with the D7000 as it happens.

Stay watching to the end, you’ll see some BTS footage and the lenses used. I loved the ariel shots from (it seems like!) a mini RC helicopter. Plus the stabiliser they used is really small, and handy. Which is it? Anybody know?

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