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Panasonic's HDC-Z10000 Is A Pro Camcorder Contender
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By Ned Soltz Jan 26, 2012
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The Panasonic HDC-Z10000 is marketed as a consumer camcorder, but I beg to differ with that targeting. The Z10000 is a truly professional unit, with even a few features not usually found in cameras of this size
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Light with Might: Libec JB-30 Jib Arm Offers Robust Performance but Won't Weigh You Down
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By Jay Holben Jan 26, 2012
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Libec is a fairly new comer to the world of camera support manufacturers. Although its parent company, Tokyo-based Heiwa Seiki Kogyo Co. Ltd., has been around since 1955, Libec Sales of America was established in
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Digital Assistant Data Bank: Toland ASC App Delivers An Invaluable (and Handheld) Resource
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By Jay Holben Jan 26, 2012
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Chemical Wedding consistently wows me with its offerings. A partnership of cinematographer Nic Sadler, Simon Reeves and Toby Evetts, Chemical Wedding has produced some of the most useful and powerful iApps on the
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Open-Door Policy: Avid's Media Composer 6 and Symphony 6 Offer Editors 64-Bit Code and Open IO
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By Oliver Peters Jan 26, 2012
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Avid made the jump to 64-bit in November with its mainstream Media Composer 6, Symphony 6 and NewsCutter 10 software. This highly anticipated release includes 10 cornerstone features: 64-bit code, Open IO, ProRes
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Solid State Is Great: Sound Devices Pix 240 Offers Multiple Options for Outboard Recording
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By Ned Soltz Jan 26, 2012
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Our writers and editors were first wowed by Sound Devices' Pix 240 (and its HDMI-only sibling Pix 220) at the 2011 NAB Show, seeing a prototype unit—albeit with a smaller screen than the shipping product but with
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Smaller Can Be Better: Sachtler Fluid Head Supports DSLR Video Capture
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By Carl Mrozek Dec 01, 2011
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Now that DSLRs have inspired a "smaller can be better" paradigm for professional HD production, a greater variety of smaller tripods are becoming available, and these are getting progressively lighter and more functional.
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ProFinder in Focus: Varavon's Viewfinder Improves DSLR Monitoring
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By Carl Mrozek Dec 01, 2011
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While DSLRs offer some clear advantages over traditional video cameras, they present challenges in ergonomics and monitoring. One problem is not being able to monitor live video via the ocular viewfinder as you can with most video
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AVC Codec Advancements: Panasonic's AG-AC160 Hits A Sweet Spot for Shooters
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By Ned Soltz Dec 01, 2011
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The Panasonic AG-AC160 represents Panasonic's latest entry into the field of 1 3" CMOS sensor-based AVC codec cameras, and what an entry! Panasonic has managed to find the sweet spot for cameras in this price range.
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In Review: Light Up Your World: Photo Soft Box Pro App Is Both Source and Gobo
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By Jay Holben Oct 26, 2011
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In a previous piece on iApps, I wrote about Ben Syverson's Catchlight, which turns your iDevice into a color-corrected light source. It's an incredibly handy, versatile app that I've used a number of times for close-up
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In Review: Theme and Variation: Tiffen's Dfx Filter Simulation Adds to Your Imaging Arsenal
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By Oliver Peters Oct 26, 2011
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Over the past few years, plug-in software developers have continued to evolve their packages of filters into comprehensive effects suites, complete with ready-made presets to preview just how your images will appear.
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In Review: Increased Efficiency: Atomos Ninja Reinvents Your Camera's Recording Capabilities
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By Geoff Poister Oct 26, 2011
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Ninja is one of two new products by Atomos that records the uncompressed HD video stream from cameras with appropriate output ports. Ninja ($995) records directly from the camera's HDMI port, while Samurai ($1,595),
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Smooth Moves: Bright Devices ShotShifter Camera Slider Excels in Tight Spots
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By Jay Holben Sep 30, 2011
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Sometimes I feel like that elderly uncle who grumbles in the corner about the old days. "In my time, we didn't have…"
In the near-decade of my career as a cinematographer, and indeed
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The Lowdown on Large Sensors: Shooting with Sony's PMW-F3 Camera
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By Ned Soltz Sep 30, 2011
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The Sony PMW-F3 breaks new ground in the ever-growing large-sensor camera marketplace. An admission to my readers: I was one of several journalists present when Sony rolled out the camera in the fall of 2010. Rather
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In Review: AJA Kona 3G
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Sep 20, 2011
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New input and output speed amps up a classic.By Ned Soltz
AJA is now shipping the latest update to its top-of-the-line KONA series, the KONA 3G. Capitalizing on the power of KONA 3, KONA 3G adds 3Gb SDI input
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Sensors and Sensibility: The Nikon D7000 is a video camera strong enough to keep Nikon a contender in the DSLR filmmaker market.
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By Jon Silberg Aug 29, 2011
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For some years after Nikon brought video to the DSLR world with its D90, the company pretty much ceded that market segment to Canon, which was first to market with the 1080 and 24p options that really made DSLR
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