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NAB 2013 Video: Polecam

Polecam founder Steffan Hewitt shows the company's new, wider and longer head for DSLRs and the Canon EOS C300, as well as what he calls "the smallest high-definition 10x zoom lens in the world."

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Forthcoming Phantom Flex4K Camera Captures High-Res at 1000 FPS

Some of the biggest buzz at NAB 2013 has built around the new Phantom Flex 4K camera from Vision Research, which will have the capability of recording at up to 900 fps at full res (4096×2304) when the company releases … more »

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Mobile Labs Hit the Road with Radar Mobile Studios

Roll by the Assimilate booth (SL12705) to see the latest in high-performance vehicles. Parked next to the booth is the Radar Remote, a mobile post facility built into a Range Rover. For $795 a day, you get the Radar Remote … more »

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Shure’s LensHopper Is a New Mic Option for DSLR Shoots

Shure is showing two new camera-mount condensor microphones at its NAB booth (C2627). Under the LensHopper moniker, the VP83 and VP83F are good-looking ultra-compact mics built on Rycote Lyre shock mounts. The major difference between the two models is that … more »

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Autodesk Smoke 2013, Blackmagic Teranex 2D, Sony FS700, Tiffen Filters Top StudioDaily Prime Awards

Autodesk Smoke 2013, the Blackmagic Design Teranex 2D Processor, the Sony NEX-FS700 camcorder, and Tiffen's IRND + Glimmer Glass Motion Picture/TV Filters won top honors in the second annual StudioDaily Prime Awards, held during a special breakfast ceremony at the … more »

ARRI Says: Don’t Believe the (4K) Hype

Before outlining the previously announced line-up of Alexa XT cameras at ARRI's NAB press conference this morning, the company's Marc Shipman-Mueller outlined the company's philosophy when it comes to image resolution. Noting that ARRI is showing footage on a Sony … more »

G-Technology Debuts Evolution Series of Drives

G-Technology announced the Evolution Series of storage products, which takes a highly modular approach to external hard drives and docks. Striped in a RAID 0 configuration, two drives can deliver up to 500 MB/sec of throughput when docked. The new … more »

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AJA Announces Hi5-4K Mini-Converter

With the arrival of semi-affordable Ultra HD television sets, AJA announced the Hi5-4K, a new mini-converter that bridges pro capture devices with consumer displays by inputting 4K video over four 3G-SDI connections and outputting 4K Ultra HD over a single … more »

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Avid Announces Media Composer 7

Avid announced Media Composer 7 at its pre-NAB press event this afternoon, dropping the price to $999 and dramatically simplifying the process for working with files using the AMA media architecture. Specifically, Avid said, editors will no longer be exposed … more »

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Review: Blackmagic Design Teranex 2D Processor

My first memorable experience with Teranex was on a documentary about a decade ago. We had roughly 10 different source formats in different frame rates and frame sizes, and it all had to end up at 1080p at 23.98 fps. … more »