LG presents the world’s first 34-inch IPS UltraWide QHD Monitor
This is a sponsored message from LG Electronics. In the world of 16:9 monitors, those who needed more screen space to get their work done had to be creative… by…
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Who Wants to Take a Lighting Class?
Due to the success of last year’s lighting class Abel Cine has asked me to come back and do it again. So I am: “How to Light Faces: Hard Light,…
Arri Amira at Videofax
Last Wednesday, Videofax in San Francisco hosted Arri’s Snehal Patel, who showed off Amira, “the new documentary-style camera” with the heart of an Alexa. Amira is a tasty package: backlit…
Lights I Haven't Made Yet #1: The Art Book Light
A gaffer once called me a “picky lighter.” I take pride in that designation, but I also take pride in working fast. Here’s a new soft light trick I’ve been…
NAB2014: New Features in Premiere Pro, After Effects & Media Encoder
Adobe has announced a major update to Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC and Media Encoder CC. As expected, there are many under-the-hood improvements that affect Mercury Engine and now Mercury Transmit,…
NAB 2014: Camera News from the Panasonic Press Conference
Rather than bloviate, I’ll just fling the pertinent slides at you: Interestingly, the GH4 wasn’t discussed. It appeared unheralded on a single slide, but wasn’t a topic of discussion, though…
NAB 2014 – TVLogic VFM-058W
Among other announcements at the TVLogic press conference was this new 5.5″ camera-top monitor, the VFM-058W. It builds on the widely-used VFM-056W with several useful enhancements: Full 1920×1080 resolution. This…
Black Magic URSA camera photos and details from NAB 2014
Black Magic Designs introduced the new URSA Camera Line at NAB 2014. This new Cinema Production Platform comes in four configurations and according to Black Magic CEO Grand Petty this…
NAB 2014: JVC Camera News
Some things for broadcast and news: the GY-HM850 and GY-HM890 are new shoulder-mount, 3-chip 1/3” HD camcorders in the mold of the 790, but using high-sensitivity CMOS sensors instead of…
NAB2014: JVC demos four new 4K large sensor cameras for digital cinema
JVC Kenwood is unveiling four new 4K camera models at NAB2014 featuring 4K CMOS Super35 sensors from its sister company AltaSens. The cameras on display in the booth are prototypes…