Filmmaking
Sony Announces Just Another 4K Mirrorless Camera
Have 4K mirrorless cameras become passé? I mean, when was the last time you were excited about a new camera that came out that shot in 4K, but didn’t shoot Raw or even 10 bit? […]
Sony
Filmmaking
Firmware Friday – Sony VENICE Gets HFR Capability with Update
Version 5.0 of Sony’s VENICE Firmware brings some cool new features, including high frame rates of up to 90 frames per second, as well has internal ProRes 4444 without the need of an external recorder. […]
Filmmaking
CFExpress Poised to Take Over XQD Media Cards
Now that Nikon has finally upgraded the firmware in their Z series mirrorless cameras (and ultimately the D850 and D500 models) to allow shooters to write images to CFExpress, rather than XQD, you can expect […]
Filmmaking
Firmware License for Sony VENICE Boost Higher Frame Rates
It always seems that Sony’s camera sensors can do far more than their feature set lists, and usually in a few months to a year, there’s an optional license which unlocks the really killer features. […]
Filmmaking
Birns & Sawyer Rental to Auction Surplus Inventory
With the retirement of owner and CEO William Meurer, the venerable cinema rental company Birns & Sawyer is set to have an inventory auction of surplus rental and sales inventory. “After many storied years, we […]
Filmmaking
Full Frame Mirrorless Goes to the Big Screen
The very first feature film to use a full frame mirrorless camera as it’s main “A” camera is “The Possession Of Hannah Grace,” a new thriller set to his theaters this week. And while the film […]
Filmmaking
Could Sony’s Next Mirrorless Camera Shoot in 8K? Maybe
The hottest camera rumor to hit the web last week is that the next generation in the Sony Alpha series will enjoy a massive 60mp sensor and be capable of shooting in 8K, and not […]
Filmmaking
8K Video on a Sony A7RIII? Sort of …
Thanks to a bit of a hack, a filmmaker has discovered that you can shoot up to 3 1/2 seconds of 8K video using the Sony A7RIII mirrorless camera. Not only that, but the same […]
Filmmaking
Lexar Drops XQD, Will Focus on CFExpress
In a stunning reversal, Lexar has opted to abandon its planned return to XQD media card production and instead, focus on the faster, and more forward thinking CFExpress media format for high performance media cards. […]
Filmmaking
Will XQD Media Cards Thrive in an 8K Future?
Since Lexar died last year, only to be reborn in its phoenix like glory this year, the XQD media card format has undergone a kind of Renaissance. Not only is Nikon offering its own brand […]