Alan Roberts on the Canon EOS C300 (BBC HD Approved)
Tests and settings on a Canon EOS C300 Tests were made on a pre-production sample of the Canon EOS C300. Clearly, the specification and performance of the camera may differ when it is released, and therefore any details and measurements in this documen...
Panasonic preview f2.8 mFT “X” lenses
CES 2012: Panasonic is showing mockups of two large-aperture zoom lenses for Micro Four Thirds. The Panasonic stand plays host to mockups of a 12-35mm F2.8 and a 35-100mm F2.8 lens, prominently badged ‘Concept’ lenses. Next to the models i...
Mini Review of the Manfrotto Unica V Messenger RED shoulder bag £79
I have been looking for a new bag for my NX70s and came across the new Manfrotto Unica V shoulder bags. I had a choice of orange-red and white, I plumbed for one of each. Manfrotto “The Unica V messenger is the perfect everyday companion for carr...
JVC GY-HMQ10 available from March for £5090
JVC Professional Europe Ltd. today announced the GY-HMQ10, the world’s first handheld 4K camcorder, which captures, records and plays video images at four times the resolution of high definition television. Powered by JVC’s Falconbrid large-...
French Canal Plus drops 3D channel after 18 months !
From an article in Broadcast Engineering …The decision by French pay TV operator Canal Plus to axe its 3-D channel after 18 months of operation is a significant setback for the technology in Europe, following low consumer take up. The channel att...
Cinema 5Ds new community driven review database
Video Review: SACHTLER Ace – new ultra affordable fluid tripod from cinema5D on Vimeo. Sebastian fron Cinema 5D sent me a link to their new community driven review database and within the database is this review of the ACE tripod from Sachtler, I...
Skycam falls onto pitch during a live game…H&S nightmare !
Its interesting to see what this wonderful technology is capable of doing or not doing in the case of this small clip. If that camera rig had fallen on a player it might have not been so funny. This falling on a crowd of people in “T” in th...
The Winner in reverse order
In third place we have the Panasonic AF101, the large sensor camera to start the ball rolling. This was the camera to own during the start of 2011 and the amount of emails I got asking about lens configurations and off camera recorders. For the six mon...
Camcorder of 2011…6 cameras 1 winner
Panasonic AF101 (£4175 without lens 1080 50i, 1080 25p 24p or 720 50p with sound)…At the beginning of 2011 I received the AF101 to review and had it almost for six months, this was to be the first of it’s kind, a large sensor profes...
