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How Sony’s Clever Electronic Variable ND System Works and Why it Matters
Numerous Sony cinema cameras include electronic variable neutral density (ND) filters, including the popular full-frame FX9.
Numerous Sony cinema cameras include electronic variable neutral density (ND) filters, including the popular full-frame FX9.
Audio company Hollyland debuted its Pyro Series of wireless transmitters at NAB last month, kicking things off with the Pyro H. Now, just over a month later, Hollyland is back with another Pyro product, the Pyro S. This time, the focus is on wireless video transmission rather than audio.
There was so much news unveiled at NAB 2024 last month that a few things slipped through the cracks, including Venus Optics' new Laowa Ranger S35 cinema zoom lenses. After being teased in Las Vegas, the compact cine lenses have officially launched.
While today's Apple event centered on the iPad lineup and redesigned iPad Pro, the tech company also offered some extra surprises, one being the announcement of an update for Final Cut Pro on Mac, an upgraded Final Cut Pro for iPad app, and a new Final Cut Camera app for iPhone and iPad devices.
A tripod head is one of the most important pieces of equipment a photographer can own. Most photographers start with cheap, shoddily built tripods with integrated heads, sometimes bought as part of a kit. While they don’t know it, these tripods aren’t worth their weight in plastic, which is a fancy way of saying they’re worthless.
While it would prefer that filmmakers remember the advantages of RF-mount, speaking exclusively to PetaPixel, Canon is looking on the bright side of Nikon's acquisition of RED Cinema,
Hollyland, a leading provider of wireless audio and video solutions, has announced a new line of video transmitters. The new wireless Pyro Series transmitters promise to be the ideal option for multi-person mobile wireless image transmission and monitoring.
In addition to unveiling the Pyxis 6K and Ursa Cine 12K cameras, Blackmagic Design also used NAB 2024 to tease an even higher-resolution camera with a large-format image sensor.
Expanding on the success of its Night Walker APS-C and Super35 cinema style series launch, Sirui has announced two new T1.2 S35 cine lenses through Indiegogo: The wide angle T1.2 16mm and telephoto T1.2 75mm.
Less than a week after Nikon closed its acquisition of RED, the company tells PetaPixel that it has begun moves to advance its position in cinema and leverage its new partner.
With NAB 2024 in full swing, many companies have announced new products, shared details on business plans, and given videographers plenty to look forward to in the coming months. SmallRig, a major player in the photo and video space, has just unveiled two new products designed for modern content creators.
Alongside the new Pyxis 6K full-frame cinema camera, Blackmagic Design also unveiled the Blackmagic Ursa Cine 12K camera. Like the Pyxis, the Ursa includes a full-frame image sensor, but it promises wider dynamic range, higher resolution, improved performance, and more features suited for high-end production.
Blackmagic Design has announced a full-frame cube-style cinema camera at NAB 2024. The Pyxis 6K camera comes in EF, PL, or L-mount and shares many features with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K the company released last year.
Nikon announced on March 7 that it had entered an agreement to purchase RED. Now, Nikon's huge acquisition is officially complete, just in time for Nikon's NAB 2024 appearance.
DJI has updated its extremely popular RS 4 and RS 4 Pro gimbals. These relatively compact gimbals are heavily inspired by their predecessors, promising similar payloads, but they feature improved usability and performance, including expanded vertical shooting capabilities.
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a British robotics company owned by Nikon, has announced Cinebot Max, the newest addition to the company's Cinebot series of camera robots.
YouTube is testing out a new AI-powered feature that allows users to skip to the "best parts" of a video.
Canon has announced a new firmware update for its video-focused EOS C500 Mark II camera, bringing enhanced Cinema RAW Light formats to the flagship cine camera.
Sigma may be best known for its photographic lenses, but the company's video-specific Cine lenses are very well regarded in the industry. So much so, in fact, that the Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) has selected Sigma Cine lenses as its new standardized test lens.
Nikon's surprise acquisition of RED Digital Cinema this week represents a seismic shift in the cinema camera space. It also has far-reaching consequences not only for Nikon and RED but also for the rest of the digital camera industry, including Nikon's biggest competitors.
Venus Optics, maker of Laowa photo and cinema lenses, has announced two new anamorphic zoom lenses, the Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X Anamorphic 28-55mm T2.9 and 50-100mm T2.9.
Photographer and filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov, whose work PetaPixel has featured on numerous occasions, recently forayed into HDR video with a brilliant short film, Creation.
Filmmaker Alan Melikdjanian, known by millions of fans as "Captain Disillusion" on YouTube, creates entertaining and educational content where Captain Disillusion reveals the truth surrounding video effects and editing. Captain Disillusion also regularly dives into camera technology, as in his latest video all about shutter speed.
The One LUT is able to "seamlessly match" the iPhone 15 Pro's ProRes log video to the cinematic quality of the Arri Alexa K1S1 rec709 look.
One of the most exciting consequences of the advancement of technology is the democratization of tools that were once reserved for big-budget productions.
Rode announced the Wireless ME wearable microphone last April and has today debuted a new dual transmitter version of the popular audio solution.
Many digital cameras include an optical low-pass filter (OLPF) in front of the image sensor to blur some of the finest details before they reach the sensor. While it may seem counterintuitive to make an image softer, an OLPF helps prevent a very ugly digital artifact called moiré.
Belkin's Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit turns a user's iPhone into a pan/tilt video camera.
Hollyland's new Lark M2 wireless microphone system is a lightweight mic system designed for vloggers, podcasters, and filmmakers.
Photography and cinematography equipment company Tilta teamed up with Oscar-winning Director of Photography Claudio Miranda, ASC, to create The X Gift, a holiday-themed short film shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.