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: 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...
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.
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...
