New gadget roundup: Rycote mic suspension, Thinktank bags, Triggertap iphone DSLR trigger and Blackrapid lenscaps
By site editor Dan Chung Rycote mic covers: Microphone accessory manufacturer Rycote have launched a few products that may interest real world shooters. Firstly there is the new Softie Lyre mount with MHR. The kit consists of the ingenious Lyre mic suspension (the hotshoe mount version of which is already popular with DSLR shooters) modified...
NAB 2012: Things we wish we’d had a chance to see
By site editor Dan Chung Every year we get back from NAB and realise that there was equipment that we should have reported but somehow missed. This year is no exception but our good friends at FreshDV and Wideopencamera were there to get the interviews we didn’t. Here are a few of the things we...
Nikon D800 Moire solution on the way from Mosaic engineering
By site editor Dan Chung: One of the main concerns I had when testing video on the Nikon D800 was moire in some images. This is almost certainly the result of the way Nikon engineers are binning pixels to downscale an image to 1080P from a much higher resolution 36MP sensor. This moire patterning was...
NAB 2012: Nikon D800 and Atomos Ninja 2 now working in harmony
By site editor Dan Chung: When I recently tested the Nikon D800 and Canon 5D mkIII side by side in New York the one thing that I could not test was the quality of D800 footage when recorded externally. The clean 1080P HDMI output of the D800 is one of its most talked about features....
NAB 2012: Pluraleyes 3.0 preview from Singular software
By site editor Dan Chung: In this video Bruce Sharpe of Singular software demonstrates the upcoming version 3.0 release. The software features a video and audio interface and is ten to twenty times faster than Pluraleyes 2. Bruce also discusses Cloudeyes – a cloud based audio video sync utility for developers. Video shot by Matt...
NAB 2012: Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown with the Merlin 2 stabiliser
By site editor Dan Chung: Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown takes time at NAB to talk to me about the latest designs from Steadicam and how the new Merlin 2 is well suited to news and documentary shooting. The previous Steadicam Merlin was nice and compact but not really built tough for the rigors of the...
Nikon launch D3200 enthusiast DSLR with 1080P video
By site editor Dan Chung: Nikon have just launched their latest enthusiast level DSLR the D3200. The interesting thing to note about the D3200 is that is has 1080P HD video in 24, 25 and 30P frame rates as well as a stereo minijack input for audio. This camera rounds out the Nikon DSLR line...
NAB 2012: Vincent Laforet on judging the World Press Photo multimedia competition
By site editor Dan Chung: I took the opportunity today to speak to photojournalist turned film director Vincent Laforet about the issues around this year’s World Press Photo Multimedia competition. Laforet was the jury chair for the competition and his comments come after criticism from many in the newspaper video industry of the criteria the...
NAB 2012: Dslrnewsshooter panel on ENG shooters ‘Going large’ with Philip Bloom, Den Lennie, Rick Macomber and Matt Allard
By site editor Dan Chung: This is a recording from the last dslrnewsshooter live panel at NAB 2012. I am joined by former and current ENG news shooters Philip Bloom, Den Lennie, Rick Macomber and Matt Allard to discuss how large sensor cameras have helped each of them further their careers. We also talk about...
NAB 2012: Canon’s Chuck Westfall talks about the Canon EOS-1D C and C500
By site editor Dan Chung:
Canon’s Chuck Westfall takes time to talk to us about about the Canon EOS-1D C and C500.
NAB 2012: Redrockmicro show new rapidly configurable Blue rigs and Wireless follow focus
By site editor Dan Chung:
We interview Brian Valente of Redrockmicro about his latest products. Interesting for Documentary shooters may be the new Blue rig range that can be quickly reconfigured from Shoulder rig to a more stealthy configuration.
NAB 2012: Blackmagic Design Cinema camera featured live on Matt and Dan’s NAB geek out
By site editor Dan Chung We’ve just finished our second live show from NAB on Livestream. We were extremely lucky to get an exclusive first live Q and A session about the new Blackmagic Design’s Digital Cinema camera with the company’s Director of Sales Simon Westland. He brought the camera to the booth and you...
