New G-Speed Shuttle With Thunderbolt 3 and EV Series Bay Adapters
Filmmakers are always demanding fast, reliable and portable storage solutions for their projects. G-Technology has just revealed its approach to tackle this in the form of the new G-Speed Shuttle. Its...
View ArticleiMac Pro Review – Is It Worth the Money?
As we reported last month, Apple is now shipping the new iMac Pro. Like a lot of people, I was excited to get my hands on the fastest Mac ever created. Having tried it out on a project for the past two...
View ArticleSundance 2018 – Meet the Cinematographers: Doug Emmet
It’s that magical time of year when filmmakers flock to Park City, Utah. We’re giving you a brief on the cinematographers who are showcasing their work at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival – one DP at a...
View ArticleDJI Zenmuse X7 Review – Testing the New Drone Camera in the Field
This is a guest review by drone expert and cinema5D reader Chris Boyes from 5kdigitalfilm, who had a chance to work with DJI’s new high-end camera on a job. He created some beautiful imagery and made...
View ArticleULTIMATE Camera Menu Guide to ARRI, RED, Panasonic and Sony
As filmmakers, you are often required to work on multiple cameras. Often enough, one week you are on a RED, the next on ARRI and then suddenly on a Sony camera. It can be cumbersome to remember which...
View ArticleSony a7 III Announced – Full Frame “Basic Model”, Sample Footage And Interview
Sony’s first camera release of 2018 is the new a7 III. Defined as their full frame “basic model”, this video feature rich camera, its price tag and quality performance, are a good sign of what to...
View ArticlePanasonic EVA1 Firmware 2.0 – Watch Our NAB Interview on All the New Features
The new EVA1 firmware 2.0 is finally here. We’ve met with Panasonic’s Mitch Gross here at NAB 2018 who runs you through all the new features of the Panasonic EVA1 cine camera. This firmware upgrade...
View ArticleKineOS 6 for Kinefinity Terra Cameras is Here – New UI and Compressed RAW
Kinefinity has just realeased a major update for their Terra cinema cameras. The KineOS 6 update brings a completely overhauled user interface (UI) and a lot of new features, although surprisingly many...
View ArticleSD Express – The Future of SD Cards with up to 128TB Capacity
The SD Association just announced a new standard of SD cards which paves the way into the (very data-hungry) future: SD Express combines gigantic capacities of up to 128TB with SSD-like transfer speeds...
View ArticleAvid Media Composer 2018.7 – New Live Timeline and Support for 16K Projects
Avid has released a fairly feature-rich update for their Media Composer NLE. Version 2018.7 offers a new live timeline that allows certain tasks to be performed without interrupting playback....
View ArticleSamsung X5 Portable SSD – Supercharged Transfer Speeds on the Go
Are you a proud owner of a Samsung T5 SSD and do you think that the reading speed of 540 MB/s is fast? Think again! The new Samsung Portable SSD X5 is about 5 times faster than the T5 and with a...
View ArticleRED Announces Dragon-X, Adding 5K Super35mm to DSMC2 Line Up
RED has announced a 4th body to its unified DSMC2 line up. The Dragon-X is the smallest sensor of the bunch, resolving Super35mm at 5K whilst keeping up with the rest in framerate & data rate. The...
View ArticleRED Announces XLR Featured DSMC2 PRODUCTION MODULE
RED Digital Cinema has officially announced their new PRODUCTION MODULE, adding it to their growing list of bolt-on camera expansions for the DSMC2, which finally addresses the lack of XLR sockets, in...
View Article8 Pro Tips for Color Grading – from the “Mastering Color” Course
Color grading is still a mystery for many – together with our regular contributor Ollie Kenchington, we are releasing a short video giving 8 pro tips for color grading, from his amazing course...
View ArticleRED Ranger Announced – It’s Not For Sale, Rental Only
This is a classic RED moment. Using their own reduser.net forum, Jarred Land has announced a new camera by simply posting a single picture of it. The RED Ranger called camera won’t be for sale, though....
View ArticleSIGMA 28mm T1.5 Full-Frame Cine Lens Shipping Soon
As announced in September 2018, SIGMA is expanding its portfolio of full-frame T1.5 cinema prime lenses. While both, the 40mm and 105mm lenses already came out during the end of last year, soon it is...
View ArticleThree New Z CAM E2 Cameras Introduced – 6K With Super 35 Sensor and 6K Plus...
Ahead of NAB 2019, Chinese company Z CAM has announced three new versions of their Z CAM E2 camera, with S35 and Full Frame 6/8K sensors. Now during the show, we had a chance to talk to Kinson Loo from...
View ArticleRED’s Easier 8K Workflow with Realtime GPU Decode and New REDCINE-X Pro
RED digital cinema announced the release of SDK for NVIDIA CUDA R3D decoding as well as new version of the REDCINE-X for Windows. These new updates should significantly improve 8K real-time playback...
View ArticleArtgrid By Artlist Launches With RAW, LOG and Stock Footage Up To 8K
Artgrid is the latest stock footage library from Artlist that offers ‘storytelling’ footage from HD up to 8K and even RAW or LOG files for your productions. Earlier this year, we reported on a new...
View ArticleSony VENICE Firmware 5.0 Announced – New HFR Modes up to 6K 90fps
Sony has announced a new major firmware release for their VENICE cinema camera. What’s worth noting that version 4.0 is yet to be released (scheduled for June 2019) but that doesn’t stop Sony to tease...
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