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Get it on EOSHD’s Rare.eBay.Finds Leica 9mm F2 Dygon for Leicina Special Leicina Super camera $247 reduced from $549 Before DSLRs, when was the last time the worlds of cinema and SLRs merged? Last week I had my eyes opened by a cinematographer friend who told me about a time during the 1970s (the golden age of cinema) when Leica got in on the game and produced a movie camera.

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Buy it now – your early GH2 from EOSHD, delivery 3-5 days Akihabara News in Tokyo reports that the GH2 has uncompressed RAW video-out via HDMI. UPDATE #1 Philip Bloom tests and confirms clean HDMI output. Uncompressed? Let’s wait and see what the image is like from his external recorder. Check here for his latest updates.

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Contrary to what some believe I don’t dislike Sony or pro video cameras. Back in the earlier days of DV I used to shoot with a series of different Sony cameras. The Sony VX2000 was an affordable competitor to the legendary Panasonic DVX100. I upgraded to the more rugged Sony PD170 with XLR jacks and lots of nice pro features but unfortunately very similar image quality. My last Sony camera…

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View – With / without – view the full 1080p grabs at Flickr Buy – View current Fader NDs on eBay, shipping internationally Thanks to a request from a friend Alex Kanakis I’ve decided to revisit the Fader ND by Light Craft Workshop / HL Optics, the much cheaper Hong Kong alternative to the Singh Ray Vari-ND filter (view at B&H Photo Video here)

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Above: notice zoom rocker switch on camera body Sony’s F3 is here, a competitor to the Panasonic AF100 in all but price. The F3 is the reason for the lack of 24p in the NEX-VG10 and Sony’s DSLRs, the F3 is aimed squarely at the film, TV, broadcast and video industry in competition with Arri and RED and features a new Exmor Super35 CMOS. They have saved all the good…

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