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Panasonic Varicam LT 60fps 4K Cinema Camera

Panasonic Varicam LT 60fps 4K Cinema Camera

Panasonic made waves when they released the VariCam 35. Now they give us the VariCam 35 LT. The baby brother to the original Varicam 35, featuring slightly limited but impressive frames rates up to 60fps in 4K and also Panasonic’s unique dual ISO feature. The LT also has ProRes recording  and will also be capable of up to 240fps in a crop sensor mode. Suggest list price of $18K, and $24K with…

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Arri Alexa Mini announced

Arri Alexa Mini announced

  Arri have just announced the brand new Arri Alexa Mini. The little sister to the Alexa and Amira.

  Featuring

A carbon fibre body and PL mount.

CFast cards

4:3 sensor

200fps Prores

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KineMAX 6K First Footage

KineMAX 6K First Footage

Chinese manufacturer Kinefinity have finally released footage from their KineMAX 6K. You can watch the link below.

“Colours of Culture Bali by KineMAX”

Colours of Culture Bali by KineMAX from Kinefinity on Vimeo.

Cameraman: Orlando Bassi (Movie Studio Bali); Location: Bali Island Camera: KineMAX 6K Prototype, KineMOUNT+ PL mounting adapter; Lens: Zeiss Compact Prime…

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Lighting a Interior Sunset Scene by Josh White

Lighting a Interior Sunset Scene by Josh White

Article written by Josh White  joshwhitedop.co.uk

I’m going to do a short write up of a recent lighting set up I did for a scene in the low budget horror film ‘Invasion of the Not Quite Dead’. The lighting design called for a sunset/late afternoon setting and the scene was shot on location in a traditional old English cottage. The film’s look is very stylised with a push toward the slightly…

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Behind-The-Scenes Look: Making of the New Glock G41 Commercial

When Glock and its creative agency CraterDust approached commercial production company Modest in Atlanta about producing a spot for their G41 pistol, they knew they wanted the spot to be eye-catching and to highlight the tactical nature of the gun.

           Photo Credits: Richard King Photography

Director Matthew Pope looked at CraterDust’s concept – a special forces team doing a takedown of a…

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ARRI ALEXA 65mm 6K

ARRI ALEXA 65mm 6K

Arri have just announced that they are going big with a new digital cinema camera the Alexa 65 which features a 65mm sensor recording at 6K resolution. At 3x the size of a standard s35mm sensor the new ALexa65 will be available for rental only at this stage.

At the heart of the ALEXA 65 is the A3X sensor; the largest high-performance motion picture sensor available on the market today. The…

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Sony Announce the S35mm PXW-FS7 180fps

Sony Announce the S35mm PXW-FS7 180fps

  Sony today have announced the brand new PXW-FS7 at IBC 2014. Clearly a replacement for the successful FS700, the FS7 features s35mm sensor, internal 4K recording at 60fps and 180fps at 1080p. Price tag of $8000 or €6000.

Specs

Super 35mm Sensor

UHD 3840 x 2160 at launch (DCI 4K is planned for early 2015)

Dynamic Range: 14 Stops

Base Sensitivity: ISO 2000

Internal…

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Beauty Lighting by JP Caldeano

Beauty Lighting by JP Caldeano

  BEAUTY LIGHTING With beauty lighting, I try to get my light sources as large as possible. One of the things I say over and over is, the larger your light source is in relationship to your subject, the softer the light. So for beauty lighting, I generally get the modifiers (soft boxes / reflectors) as close to my subject as possible. I wanted to achieve an even shadow less light, so I used…

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The Digital Cinematography Cameras of the Past

The Digital Cinematography Cameras of the Past

Before the days of DLSRs that shoot stunning HD and 4K video, came an elite group of cameras who made all that technology possible and changed the face of cinema forever. See how far we have come in just 15 years.

  Sony F900

It was June 1999 when George Lucas revealed Star Wars Episode II was to be the first major Hollywood movie to be shot 100% using digital cinema cameras. Sony and Panavision…

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Bautiful view. Arri Alexa and Arri Fujinon 18-80mm

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A New Dawn For Cine Lenses - Tokina PL Mount - Digital Cinematography

Tokina announce affordable professional PL mount cine lenses for use with PL mount and canon EF mount cameras. Cinematography news and articles.

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ALEXA XR/XT gets new ProRes 4444 XQ Codec - Digital Cinematography

Digital Cinematography - ARRI is announcing support for Apple ProRes 4444 XQ in ALEXA XR/XT cameras in Software Update Packet SUP 10, to be released in July 2014. This new format is the highest...

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Litepanels ASTRA Bi-color 1x1 - Digital Cinematography

Digital Cinematography - Litepanels revolutionary 1×1 get even better. Litepanels have introduced their latest LED light, the ASTRA Bi-color 1×1. Boasting 4 times the light output of existing 1×1 panels, AC and DC power...

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Blackmagic Ursa 4K Film Camera - Digital Cinematography

Digital Cinematography - No this isn’t a hoax it’s one of two new cameras released from Blackmagic. They seem to be adding 2 completely different cameras to their range. A 1080p Studio camera...

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AJA CION 4K Cinematography Camera - Digital Cinematography

Digital Cinematography - The new offering from AJA that was announced at NAB looks very exciting for many reasons. 4K Global Shutter High Frame Rate 60fps recording internally, 120fps output XLR Inputs with Audio...