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Matthews to Show New Makalu System Remote Head at NAB 2013
Matthews Studio Equipment (MSE) debuted its lineup of new camera-support products for NAB, led by MotionPeak's Makalu System, a remote head geared toward time-lapse and VFX cinematography. The Makalu is controlled using a multi-axis jog box with a joystick that …
Review: Red Giant PluralEyes 3.1.1
If you follow post-production news at all, then you’re probably aware of (and may have even tried out) Red Giant's PluralEyes 3. Automatically syncing multiple cameras and audio tracks, it might be one of the single most useful technologies to …
Extreme Music Debuts Cloud-Based Customix Tool
Responding to longstanding requests from music supervisors that it make original stems available to allow easy remixing of production music tracks, Extreme Music has launched Customix, a new tool that it says will let music supervisors and video editors take …
FirstCom Partners with Sound Editor Rob Nokes on FX Library
At NAB, FirstCom Music is officially launching a new site, FirstCom SoundFX, in conjunction with sound editor Rob Nokes (Bones, Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship). The site will offer FirstCom's production clients access to a new library of more …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
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 …