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Zoom Teases an 8-Track Field Recorder & Shows Off the Q8 Camera
Hot on the heels of their Q8 camera announcement, Zoom tantalizes us with a very serious looking field mixer. Here are some specs: 4 XLR Combo Jacks on each sideAA BatteriesDual SD Card SlotsAluminum...
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Monitor Up to 25 Batteries from Your Smartphone with Switronix VoltBridge
Switronix has made their name on reliable battery monitoring on their bricks and chargers. Now monitoring can be brought to any device with a P-tap (D-tap) via a $100 dongle. Switronix also introduced...
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3DR's New Solo Smart Drone Is Absolutely Mesmerizing, & Only Costs $999
The most buzzed-about product on the floor at NAB isn't from Blackmagic or Panasonic or RED. It's from a small drone startup called 3D Robotics. After watching this absurdly epic launch video for the...
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Rosco Blinds Us With a Ridiculously Powerful 8x8" LitePad Vector
Rosco Laboratories is known for many things, but lately they've brought out extremely useful, low-profile LED tech. Check out the new ultra bright 8x8" Litepad Vector (4 times as bright as its 12x12"...
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Convergent Design's Massive Firmware Updates Unleash Powerful New Features...
Buy something once and see it get better with time – this is an ethos of modern tech and Convergent Design is among the most active companies when it comes to firmware updates. So get comfortable, and...
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Arri's New SkyPanel LEDs Offer Beautiful Soft Light & Incredible Versatility
At NAB yesterday, Joe Marine caught up with Mike Wagner of Arri to discuss the new SkyPanels: And more videos for the SkyPanel LEDs: The S60-C and S60-RP (the phosphor version) will retail for $6250...
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Learn How to Do Sound the 'Hollywood Way' on Oscar-Winner Frank Serafine's...
We stopped by the Sony booth at NAB to chat with Oscar-winning sound designer Frank Serafine about his upcoming MZed Sound Advice Tour, which will teach attendees the skills they need to record and...
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The Easyrig Vario 5 Is Easily Adjustable for Cameras Between 11 and 38 Pounds
The Easyrig is among the most underrated camera stabilizers out there. The company's most recent product, the Vario 5, is its most versatile and adjustable yet. The Vario 5 is capable of carrying...
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F&V's New Z720 LED Cinema-Style Ringlight Might Be the Perfect Fit for Your...
For cinematographers working with larger lenses, the Z720 ringlight from F&V might be a great addition to your lighting kit. With a diameter of 290mm, the Z720 can be used with larger sized...
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Cooke's New Anamorphic Zoom Aims to Add the Personality & Funkiness Back to...
The new anamorphic lens from Cooke was created to make your shots look as though they were shot with a -- well -- with an anamorphic lens. When we stopped by to talk to Les Zellan from ZGC and Cooke,...
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Shoot HD Aerial Footage Wirelessly with Zero Latency with the Amimon Connex
Amimon's Connex is a wireless HDV transmitter for aerial shooting that can transmit HD images (1080p at 60fps) up to 3300 ft. with zero latency. It can be paired with up to 4 receivers without quality...
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Meet Catalyst, Sony's Brand New Tools for Simplified Editing & Media Management
Two days ago, Sony announced a mysterious new NLE called Catalyst Edit. Ryan Koo stopped by Sony's booth at NAB to investigate: And here's an early photo of these new Catalyst post production tools:...
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Frame.io Shows Off Their Powerful Collaboration Platform, Adds Integration...
Here are the primary features of Frame.io, which are included throughout the different price tiers, even the free version. Accelerated uploading in the browser for fast and efficient media file...
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Get to Know Canon's New 4K Powerhouse, the C300 Mark II
The newly-announced Canon C300 Mark II is on display at NAB 2015, and we ask Jesse Mineo at Canon about the new features. Specs and pricing info are below. Read More
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Redrock Micro's HĀLO May Just Change the Way We Think About Pulling Focus
The term "game-changer" gets thrown around a lot at trade shows like NAB. More often than not, the products adorned with that lovely piece of marketing slang fail to live up to it. However, Redrock...
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A Closer Look at the Kinefinity KineMax, Which Offers Internal 6K & 14 Stops...
Over at the Kinefinity booth at NAB, we were able to get up close and personal with the KineMax 6K, which shoots internal 6K, 4K, 3K, 2K, HD, and 720p, and has 14 stops of dynamic range. This is yet...
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Get 25% Off Color Finale, the Plugin that Brings Professional Grading to Your...
In honor of NAB, our friends over at Color Grading Central, who were just featured by Apple for their powerful new plugin, have a special gift for readers of this site. For a limited time, you can get...
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A Sub $3K Gimbal for DSLR Filmmakers: Meet the Letus Helix Jr.
If you're a fan of Letus' modular gimbal stabilizer Helix, but don't need quite as much power, the Helix Jr. might be more up your alley. This smaller gimbal is geared more toward DSLR and mirrorless...
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Major Updates to Premiere Pro, & a Closer Look at the Brand New Character...
Last week, Adobe revealed their forthcoming updates for their Creative Cloud video applications. Not only did Premiere Pro get some massive updates to its color correction abilities, but Adobe also...
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Nuke, the Powerful Node-Based Compositing Software, Is Now Available to Everyone
For some time, we've known that The Foundry, the company behind many of today's high-end VFX softwares, would be releasing a free non-commercial version of Nuke, its flagship compositing software that...
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The $1100 SpectraHD 4 Monitor Now Includes Waveform, Anamorphic De-Squeeze, &...
Since the release of the SpectraHD 4 monitor, F&V has been hard at work adding to the software with new features. We caught up with them at their NAB booth to talk about the updates. As F&V...
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Steadicam Introduces a Bunch of New Stabilizers for Large Format Cams, DSLRs,...
Steadicam came prepared to NAB with a bunch of great tools for stabilization, including the Steadicam Solo, Smoothie, Curve, and M1. Solo Aimed at the DSLR market, the most notable thing about the...
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Wacom's Massive 27" Cintiq 27 QHD Display Offers 2.5K Resolution & 97% Adobe RGB
If you're looking to make your post-production process a little easier and hands-on, Wacom has come out with some interesting new displays, including the Cintiq 27 QHD, that will give you a little...
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VideoBlocks Marketplace, Where Filmmakers Keep 100% of Their Stock Footage Sales
It's no easy task for filmmakers to navigate the wide world of stock footage services, but VideoBlocks just announced something that will make the choice much, much easier. The news here is...
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Benro Shows Off Highly Adjustable Tripod Heads & a New Line of Affordable...
Benro is known for its high-quality tripods, most of which are priced affordably for beginning and working filmmakers. At NAB this year, they not only showed off some new tripod heads with loads of...
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Bright Tangerine's Super Flexible & Lightweight Matte Box Might Be a Great...
If you're in need of a matte box or follow focus, you might want to check out what Bright Tangerine has got going on. They showcased a few different products at their NAB booth, including a super...
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Meet Shape's New Customizable Rigs for the Sony FS7 and Atomos Shogun
Shape, the Canadian-based camera rig manufacturer, has always been right on top of creating solid rigs for cameras of all shapes and sizes. At NAB this year, they're showcasing two new rigs for the...
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Share, Review, & Approve Video with Your Team All on the Same Collaborative...
NAB isn't all about awesome new cameras and gear! Collaboration is the name of the game, and Wipster is hoping to make it a little easier with a platform that allows users to come together to share,...
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Over 10,000 HD Design Elements Are Ready to Be Dragged & Dropped into Your...
Check out these handcrafted design elements from Rampant Design, which can be easily dragged and dropped into whichever Quicktime platform you're using. Rampant Design's effects are organic, meaning...
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Meet the Makers of Google Street View & Learn About Their Immersive Video...
So, the people behind Google Street View -- yeah, that's Immersive Media. They are the forerunners of 360-degree capture, which is why it was pretty exciting to stop by their booth at NAB and talk...
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Lowel's $625 PRO Power LEDs Are Built Tough for Run-and-Gun Shooting
Lowel has been in the lighting game for 56 years, so we were excited to see the new fixtures they had on display at NAB, including their high-quality PRO Power LEDs, which are great for run-and-gun...
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These Powerful Apps Control RED Cameras Wirelessly, Were Used on 'House of...
At NAB this past week, Joe Marine caught up with Mike Lubtchansky to chat about the foolcontrol apps for Mac and iOS, which can control almost every aspect of RED cameras wirelessly, and were even...
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Dfx v4 Includes 2000+ Effects & Filters That Simulate Tiffen's Award-Winning...
Tiffen is known for their filters, so one might expect the bar to be set a little higher for their Dfx digital filters. While at their booth at NAB, we got the chance to take a closer look at what...
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Audio Recorders for Filmmakers: See What's New & Improved from Tascam at NAB
At NAB this past week, David Plummer caught up with Jeff Laity of Tascam to chat about a few of company's audio recording products for filmmakers, including the DR-70D, a recorder which mounts to the...
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A New Relatively Affordable LED Fixture, a Soft Light, & More from Mole...
The only company that comes close to the ubiquity of Arri lights on professional sets is Mole Richardson, and at NAB this year, the company showed off several new powerful LED fixtures. Joe Marine...
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Apertus Is Bringing Their Axiom Open Source Cinema Camera to the Masses
We've talked about the pioneers over at Apertus many times. However, despite the coverage from sites like ours (and a successful crowdfunding campaign), there's still quite a bit of confusion out...
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Wooden Camera Introduces New Toys, Including an Upgradable Swing-Away Matte Box
Wooden Camera has come out with a few new items to add to their already impressive line of camera accessories, including a new matte box, magic arm, a power distribution box called the D-Box, mounts,...
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Sound Devices' 4K Monitors Offer Touch Sensitivity & Full Range of Apple...
At NAB, Sound Devices showed off their robust line of 5" and 7" field monitors, the PIX-E Series, which offers tons of monitoring tools, SDI and HDMI I/O, 4K recording, and the full range of Apple...
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Meet Sachtler's Affordable Ace Tripods, Baseplate, Follow Focus, & Matte Box
Sachtler is well known for the quality of their tripods, but not so much for their affordability. That changed that a few years ago when they released the Ace tripod, which at roughly $500, made for a...
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Keep Your Camera Gear Organized with These Nifty New Bags from Tenba
Keeping your camera gear organized can be a hassle, especially when it comes to the small stuff like cables and memory cards. Last week, Tenba showcased a few new products at NAB which aim to help....
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These New LED Lights from Dedolight Are Great in the Field & in the Studio
Dedolight has been recognized several times by the Academy for their accomplishments in engineering their high-quality lights. (They've even won the Scientific and Engineering Award in 2003.) This is...
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Zeiss Shows Off Cine Zoom Lenses That Can Cover RED's 8K Full-Frame Sensor
Zeiss made a decision a number of years ago that they were going to make their cine lenses as versatile as possible, and their newest cine zooms are all capable of easily covering RED's new 8K...
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Meet ACES, the Professional Color Management Standard for the Digital Age
The dizzying array of digital media formats for capture, playback, and distribution is, well, overwhelming at the very least. And you'd better believe that there's never been a truly standardized...
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Aputure's Lightstorm LEDs Are Small but Powerful Thanks to Their Honeycomb...
Aputure came out with some pretty intuitive new products at NAB, namely their VS-5 monitor and Lightstorm LED lights, which offer high light output with smaller panels, as well as Touch to Plate LEDs....
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Teradek Adds 3D LUTs to the Bolt & Introduces Spark, a 60GHz Wireless Video...
Teradek introduced a few new updates and products at NAB 2015, including 3D LUT support for the Bolt in a firmware update, wireless control of RED cameras through the Cube, and a new wireless video...
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Sennheiser's AVX System Aims to Simplify Wireless Audio for One-Man-Band...
At this year's NAB, Sennheiser showed off their new AVX system, which is designed to make it easy and simple to get high-quality wireless audio: Ultimately the goal of the AVX system is to make...
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Aputure's DEC Lens Adapter Lets You Wirelessly Control Canon Lenses on MFT &...
Aputure talked with us at NAB about their DEC lens adapter for Canon EF and EF-S lenses on Micro 4/3 and E-Mount Cameras. It allows the wireless control of both iris and focus as long as the lenses...
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Tiffen's Rota Pola VND & 138mm VND Let You Quickly Control Exposure in Matte...
Tiffen showed off a few interesting filter products at NAB, including a new 138mm variable ND, and the new Rota Pola VND, which takes their circular polarizer filter tray, and adds another polarizer...
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DEFY's Dactylcam Lite Essentially Gives You a 600ft. Dolly Anywhere You Need It
While DEFY already has a camera line system for larger cameras, they've released a cheaper version, the Dactylcam Lite, that handles payloads up to 10 pounds (and with the G2X attached, cameras up to...
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ARRI ALEXA Mini Product Manager Michael Jonas Walks Us Through the New Camera
ARRI made a big splash a few months back by announcing the ARRI ALEXA Mini, a scaled-down version of their larger camera with the same image quality but the addition of internal 4K (and of course...
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