I've been watching with keen interest the latest round of reviews on what is the best entry level camera for video. I've recently discovered the infinite joy in the editing suite of having multiple camera perspectives of the same subject, but also discovered how difficult...
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The Sony A7S price is $2,495 and will ship beginning the first week in July, so you could say this new low light "Cat" that can focus in the dark is almost out of the bag. You read that correctly, the Sony guy or gal in charge of...
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3 Sensors are Better than One: The Sony Mirrorless Lineup for Doing Serious Video. from patrick murphy-racey on Vimeo. Another old still photographer making the transition to adding video and sound, our friend Patrick Murphy-Racey has been around for awhile doing his still photography thing. Patrick thinks...
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Sony hired Director of Photography Den Lennie several months ago to put a prototype Sony A7S through its paces in Mid March, and to make an amazing demonstration film of just what this incredible A7S Low Light new camera was capable of. Mr. Lennie was a...
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This story was a bit of education for me. Of course, we all know that there is no way that a Galaxy note 3 cell phone is even in the same league as the industrial video workhorse, the Canon 5D Mark III, right? Well, right and wrong,...
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Other People's Money from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. One of my clients is the LA band "Cats With Class." You could say I live with this band, since my wife Suzanne is the Bass player. Suzanne wrote and sings this original work "Other People's Money" in a...
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There have been a few times in history when Leica introduced products I was very interested in. To be honest, the introduction of the Leica T intrigued me, but just from reading about it didn't really ring my chimes. It looked nice, had nice specs,...
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Dr. Andreas Kaufmann: About the Essence from Leica Camera on Vimeo. Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG, introduces the Leica T System and speaks on its design, real craftsmanship and ease of use – a symbiosis of the best. Leica...
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Standin' on a Corner from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The footage isn't pretty, it needs better stabilization or a more steady hand than mine at the time. Stabilization is something the A7R doesn't come with and neither does the 55mm f/1.8 lens. Software stabilization for long clips...
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When you're always on the lookout for good photojournalism styled documentary stories as I am, you never know when or where a story is liable to happen. The best you can do is be ready, and jump when you see the scene setting into place. Never leave...
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NAB 2014: DJI from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. When I started writing this series for TheCameraForum.Com a year and a half or so ago, DJI was just ramping up. I never expected to have a special category of camera for DJI Quadcopters. But here we are only eighteen...
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Introduction Of The Sony A7S from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The world premier of the Sony A7S introduced on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the NAB 2014 Show In Las Vegas by Mr. Shigeki Ishizuka, Sony Executive Vice President. I had planned to attend the NAB convention in...
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AJA entered the digital cinema camera market with the announcement of their AJA CION 4K Production Camera, capable of recording both DCI and UHD 4K, as well as 2K and HD resolution video. From its sleek, elegant 6.4-lb magnesium body to the contoured suede shoulder pad,...
AJA entered the digital cinema...
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Leading off our NAB 2014 coverage we will start with Blackmagic Design. This year at NAB 2014, Blackmagic Design is rolling out a whole new range of Ultra HD products such as converters, routers, DeckLink cards, and more. They are introducing the first 12G-SDI Teranex Express with...
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Panasonic GH4 24p C4K 'Cine-D Profile' Skintone Quickie test from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo. First you can ask the developer & product director of the Panasonic GH4 your questions here;- http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/10019/ask-developers-of-the-panasonic-lumix-gh4-plus-answers-about-the-m43-format/p1 Now the video: Here's a quick test Nick Driftwood put together from a string of new footage...
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The Panasonic HX-A500 4K Action Cam is just the latest in what is becoming a long line of mirrorless camera magic from Panasonic. Panasonic has been on a tear making great strides in mobile video cameras in recent years. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 was probably the first hybrid digital...
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