Notes On Video

Episode 50: Sony NEX-VG900 Camera Review | Caleb Pike | DSLR Video Shooter A look at the full-frame sensor NEX-VG900 consumer video camera: The Sony NEX-VG900 gets a 4/5 in my book. I loved working with a full frame video camera. And having APS-C as an option that can be turned on is brilliant. Check out my review for more details and demo footage. C300 Fringe Test | Randy Noland | Vimeo There's been a bit of back and forth on whether this software update fixes color-frining on the Canon C300 . Some Canon techs have even denied that it does... This video is a quick C300 Fringe Test after Canon Factory Service installed firmware ver 1.0.7.1.00. Sorry for handheld but I had 10 minutes to shoot. I tried to mimic pushing to extreme over exposure.I think the fringing issues have been resolved. New footage from the M4/3 Blackmagic Cinema Camera shows promise as shipping on the EOS version of the camera resumes | Dan Chung | DSLR News Shooter Good news that the EOS Blackm...

END OF THE WORLD SHOOTOUT - PART 1 | Shian Storm | Vimeo Not the most polished, professional test ever, but we had 1/1000th the budget of Zacuto, and very little time. We do our best to stress the BMCC, 5DMKIII, GH3, and Hacked GH2 in a High Dynamic Range shootout. We went to some lengths to mess with the framing so as not to have the sensor crop give away which cam is which; primarily so that you'll focus more on which one(s) you like instead of trying to identify each cam. These comparisons have been graded down to the lowest common denominator to be as "equal" as possible. But in Part 2 we'll show you the raw footage. END OF THE WORLD SHOOTOUT - PART 2 END OF THE WORLD SHOOTOUT - PART 3 The Year in Tech: Reflections & Predictions | Daniel Hayek | Vimeo Comments from: Jared Abrams, Philip Bloom, Vincent LaForet, Joe Marine, Patrick Moreau, Jonathan Yi offer their thoughts on the year: Joe Marine: Blackmagic Cinema Camera (while it's still not te...

An Afternoon Music Video Shoot with the Canon C300 | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine For most of the shoot, Rick’s switching between a Tokina 11-16mm and a Tamron 70-200mm. He likes to use the 11-16 on the Glidecam for the wider field of view. “You know, with the C300 you have to shut it off when you change lenses,” he points out as he switches the lenses. “A year with the Canon C300″ | Philip Jonhston | HD Warrior Dislikes… 1. Don’t like the LCD attached to the XLRs, makes sound recording very cumbersome. 2. Would prefer a dedicated switch on the side of the camera for ISO like the C100. 3. The CF flap doors can be fiddly to open. 4. The LCD can get stuck if you tighten the knob too much. Top Tech – Canon CN-E & Zeiss Compact Primes | Australian Cinematographers Society | Vimeo Tom Gleeson, Member of the ACS Technical Committee, and Mike Seymour, co-founder of fxguide, look at the Canon CN-E range and new Zeiss Compact Primes. They note that the Canon line lacks ...

IKAN D7W IPS PANEL MONITOR REVIEW | Rick Macomber | Vimeo Rick takes an indepth look at the $1,169 ikan D7w : The new ikan D7w IPS panel field monitor is here. First revealed at NAB 2012, this monitor comes with all the bells and whistles you would want packed into a nice 7 inch 1280 x 800 HD screen. It has waveform, vector scope, RGB parade, 4 panel view and priority view. Add to that peaking, pixel to pixel, false color, clip guides and DSLR scaling all with a viewing angle of 178 degrees. There's 3G SDI and HDMI loop thru, a headphone jack and a mini USB port for firmware updates. I tested a BP-950G battery which lasted about 3 1/2 hours. Our Top 12 Posts of 2012 (or, the Tyranny of the Listicle) | Filmmaker Magazine I only got to number 9 in the top 12...though I also came in at 10 and 12. Have to do better next year... 9. Canon 5D Mark III: Does More, Costs More. New on the site this year is Michael Murie’s column, “The Week in Cameras.” The Alexa aside, this post d...

WEDNESDAY JAN 16 LearningLab: 10am–12n Bagels + Coffee Digital Asset Management Solutions Learn how to manage, access and protect all of your digital assets with an overview of the CatDV 10 media asset management system along with shared storage options from SNS and archive appliances from Cache-A presented by JB&A’s Jeremy Strootman. WEDNESDAY JAN 23 Pubnight: 6–8pm Pizza + Beer Sony F5 And F55 Overview Join Sony’s Senior Product Manager, Juan Martinez for an in-depth look at the new F5 and F55 large sensor cameras with 4K Super35mm CMOS sensors delivering images with higher contrast, rich color reproduction and greater clarity for every production application. RSVP to events@rule.com as space is limited.