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JVC Announces New $2000 Shoulder-Mount GY-HM70

Pushing for more cost-effective HD acquisition, JVC today announced the GY-HM70, a shoulder-mount HD camcorder that shoots at resolutions up to 1080/60p and records AVC HD footage to dual SDHC/SDXC memory cards at up to 28 Mbps. The camera lists … more »

MTI Film Releases Cortex::Convey Transcoding System

MTI Film has released Cortex::Convey, a $995 transcoding engine for converting camera file formats, editorial files, and intermediate files to review, editorial, and intermediate formats as well as DVDs and Blu-rays. Cortex::Convey was first previewed as part of MTI's new … more »

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NVIDIA Ships Four New Quadro Graphics Cards

NVIDIA today announced four new Quadro graphics cards based on its Kepler architecture, reducing the cost of entry for pro users. Joining the top-of-the-line K5000 ($2249) in the Kepler desktop line-up are the Quadro K4000 ($1269), a high-end single-slot card … more »

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Fujinon Sets 85-300mm Cabrio Lens for NAB Debut

Fujinon will arrive at NAB this year with the Premier PL 85-300mm Cabrio lens, a new, longer version of the 19-90mm Cabrio ZK4.7×19 lens it introduced at last year's show. Cabrio is short for cabriolet, or convertible. Like its predecessor, … more »

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16×9 Announces $1,950 F5/F55 Camera Cage

16×9 announced its new Movcam Cage system, designed to give early adopters of Sony's new F5 and F55 camera systems a variety of configuration options. The system, which comprises a top plate, top handle kit, side handles, LWS base plate, … more »

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Disposable Camcorders: How Good Can They Be?

First off, you are probably asking, “What is a disposable camcorder, and why would I need one?” What it is depends on your needs and your bank account. To big movie studios, it may be a $2500 Canon DSLR. To … more »

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ARRI Announces New Alexa XT Camera Line-up

ARRI revamped its line of Alexa digital cinema cameras this week with the new Alexa XT series. The company says the XT cameras (the letters stand for "Xtended Technology") will replace all of the previous Alexa models except for the … more »

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A New York State of Post

According to a 2012 report by the Motion Picture Association of America, the film and television industry grew by nearly 25% in New York between 2008 and 2011 as a direct result of the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit. … more »

Fox Sports to Deploy Gyro-Cam, Super Zoom 4K for NASCAR

When Fox Sports kicks off its coverage of Speedweeks in Daytona this weekend, it'll bring some camera innovations to Daytona International Speedway. The "Gyro-Cam" is a gyro-stabilized camera that rotates to remain level with the horizon at all times, even … more »

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LaCie’s Blade Runner is a Hard Disk Like No Other

Sometimes, style matters. If you're interested in having four very unusual terabytes sitting on your desktop, check out the new LaCie Blade Runner drive, designed by Philippe Starck. The custom-biult 4 TB USB 3.0 drives are being produced in a … more »