Tag Archives: Cameras

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HD Expo: Canon’s DSLRs, JVC’s Blu-ray Recorder and More

The folks at All Mobile Video may have been promoting Sony’s recession-themed “Cash for VTR Clunkers” trade-in program to boost sales of the SRW5500 and SRW5800 HDCAM SR decks, but if the mood at yesterday’s Createasphere HD Expo September exhibit … more »

Goodbye Kodachrome

Real film lovers of the world probably shed a tear today as Kodak announced the retirement of KODACHROME film. From a moving image standpoint Kodak discontinued Kodachrome Super 8mm stock back in 2005 which wasn’t a real surprise. Super 8 … more »

Canon 5D firmware update for manual control now available

Recently I posted about Canon’s upcoming firmware update to the 5D Mark II that will allow for one of the most requested features for those shooters using the camera’s hi-def movie mode: manual control. Well that update is now available … more »

Highwater: Dana Brown Shoots Big Waves

Growing up in California, I’ve always had a thing for surf movies. So when I got the chance to see the latest from Dana Brown (Step into Liquid), it was an easy answer. The movie was shown outdoors, on the … more »

Canon to update the 5D Mark II with manual controls

If you were anywhere around Twitter last night you probably caught wind via the hundreds (thousands! [millions!!]) of tweets that Canon is soon going to release a firmware update to this popular DSLR camera to allow manual control of ISO, … more »

Canon’s D-SLR Does Double Duty in Video

One of the surprise hits of this year’s NAB was a video camera that isn’t a video camera at all — namely, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a $3000 digital still camera that shoots beautiful 30p video. Stu Maschwitz, … more »

Announcing REDucation at NAB

Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2009…For the first time, RED plans to offer education: an immersive, in-depth week-long course dubbed REDUcation. The first course will begin in Summer 2009, “REDucaiton is the next logical step for us,” says RED executive … more »

Five Minutes with Ted Schilowitz

I caught up with Ted Schilowitz at the Assimilate cocktail party at NAB. He had a few interesting/entertaining stories about the proliferation of Red and its near cult following.

Big Changes at Avid

[4/23/09: Updated with logo image.] Las Vegas, NV, April 20, 2009…It starts with the logo. Gone is the Avid logo we’re all familiar with, changed into a clever use of (still purple) triangular arrows: up, down and fast forward to … more »

Crank High Voltage: the DI at Company 3

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor  have a reputation for being…shall we say, extreme. The thrills of Crank just got revved up with Crank High Voltage, set to be released today (April 17). It won’t disappoint, says Company 3 senior DI … more »