NAB 2012: D-Focus cage for Panasonic GH2
By technical editor Matt Allard: D-Focus were showing a new cage for the Panasonic GH2 at NAB this year. It features a rugged metal construction with full access to ports and battery compartment. Price and availability yet to be announced. They also have an interesting gadget called the D-Zoom – a simple zoom lever which...
NAB 2012: Genus show new Cheeseplate accessories and monitor arm
By technical editor Matt Allard:
Robert from Genus talked to me about the company’s new Cheese range of accessories and their new monitor arm. The Genus arm is actually manufactured by Noga.
Shot and edited by Scott Karlins.
NAB 2012: Litepanels Croma panel and ENG Sola lighting kits
By technical editor Matt Allard: Litepanels were showing a couple of newer products suitable for news shooters at NAB 2012. The Sola ENG on camera lights is a powerful, focusable LED light designed for on camera use or as part of the new 3 head Sola lighting kit. The Croma is a smaller bi-colour LED...
NAB 2012: Lectrosonics new waterproof wireless lav transmitter and new handheld wireless reporters mic
By technical editor Matt Allard:
In this video we check out the new Lectrosonics waterproof wireless lav transmitter and also their new handheld wireless reporters mic.
Video shot and edited by Scott Karlins.
NAB 2012: Vinten Vision Blue5 tripod
By technical editor Matt Allard: Vinten have been making broadcast camera tripods for many years but recently launched the Blue range targeting users in the middle price bracket. Their latest model the Vision Blue5 is a 2-stage aluminium tripod placed above the original Vinten Blue in the company’s lineup. It can take a camera package...
NAB 2012: Cineroid show new LED lights and prototype HDMI/HD-SDI EVF with Retina display
By technical editor Matt Allard: Joseph Jang of Cineroid walks me through his company’s line of LED lights and EVFs on show at NAB 2012. The new L10 lights are incredibly powerful for their size and come in either daylight or tungsten versions for $249 US. You can see more details here. Cineroid also showed...
NAB 2012: AJA KiPro Quad 4K external recorder and $249 T-Tap Thunderbolt 10-bit HD-SDI and HDMI box
By technical editor Matt Allard: AJA were showing their new KiPro Quad 4K external recorder at NAB this year which should work well with new cameras like the Canon C500. It takes the 3G SDI 4K output and records it to edit friendly 4K Prores files. More interesting for many news shooter will be the...
NAB2012: Petrol raincovers for DSLRs, camcorders and audio recorders
By technical editor Matt Allard: Bag manufacturer Petrol had some great looking rain covers for DSLR, camcorders and audio recorders on show at NAB. The unique feature of these DSLR and camcorder covers is the hotshoe mount on top which allows you to add lights and other accessories while the camera is still protected from...
NAB 2012: GoPro show new grading software and wi-fi backpack
By technical editor Matt Allard: We stopped by the GoPro booth at NAB 2012 to check out their new grading software and wireless backpack for the diminutive Hero 2 action cam. The most eyecatching thing about the latest GoPro firmware and software is that you can now record in a flat tone curve for better...
NAB 2012: KINOTEHNIK EVF
By technical editor Matt Allard: Tõnis Liivamägi from Kinotehnik talks me through the company’s new EVF for DSLR and large sensor camcorders like the Sony FS100, PMW-F3 and Canon C300. The company claim the processor in their EVF allows for much lower latency than competing EVFs – which typically have a several frame delay. I...
NAB 2012: Shane Hurlbut talks Master Cinema Series Letus rigs and news shooting with Matt Allard
By technical editor Matt Allard: Hollywood DOP Shane Hurlbut took time at NAB to talk to me about rigs for news and docu shooting. Hurlbut recently shot the blockbuster ‘Act of Valor’ that follows a group of real Navy Seals on a fictional mission. The film was shot mainly of Canon DSLRs and featured Hurlbut’s...
NAB 2012: Ikan show new D series monitors and Elements rigs
By technical editor Matt Allard:
Ikan have a big range of new products here at NAB 2012 – the most interesting is the D range of mini monitors which feature Waveform monitoring options.
