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- Sundance 2025 Filmmakers Share What Cameras They Used (and Why)
NoFilmSchool (Tuesday, 28 January) - The Sundance Film Festival is off to a rip-roaring start in Park City, Utah and we’re excited to share some firsthand insights into what cameras were used by filmmakers for their films this year. As we’ve done in years past, we surveyed all of the filmmakers at this year’s Sundance... - Canon will announce the PowerShot V1 in the Near Future
Canonrumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - We have been told that Canon is going to introduce another PowerShot V series camera. Back in May of 2023, Canon introduced the PowerShot V10, a new form factor vlogging & streaming camera. We have no idea how well the PowerShot V10 did sales wise, but Canon is bringing out... - A Future-Proof and Affordable ARRI ALEXA 35 Base Model is Here NoFilmSchool (Tuesday, 28 January) - As we’ll see in our camera survey from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the top camera choices by filmmakers and DPs on many of the best and brightest features and shorts was—unsurprisingly—the ARRI ALEXA 35.This has been an industry trend for several years now, and ARRI cameras often...
- Chauvet Acquires LiteGear, Forms New Cinema Lighting Division
CineD (Tuesday, 28 January) - Chauvet, a developer of luminaires, trussing, controllers, atmospherics, and related lighting equipment based in Florida, USA announced the acquisition of LiteGear, a company known for manufacturing LED lighting solutions for the film and television industry. If you are not familiar with Chauvet, it might be that you heard about Kino... - ARRI ALEXA 35 Base Model Starts at €50K & Adds Flexible Feature Licenses, Lower-Cost Media CineD (Tuesday, 28 January) - ARRI just introduced an ARRI ALEXA 35 Base Model that has the same exact hardware as the original ALEXA 35 (now called ALEXA 35 Premium Model) but is missing several software features such as open-gate shooting for anamorphic production, ARRIRAW or 120 fps recording. A more affordable version of a...
- A good indication of the specs of the Sony RX1rIII… when it launches in 2025?
SonyAlphaRumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - I still have no definitive confirmation that a new full frame fixed lens camera will be announced in 2025. All I know for sure is that Sony executives have stated several times that development of the RX line is not yet complete. And given the hype around compact cameras, I... - Older News
- You can digitize medium format film using the new VALOI easy120 with the Sony cameras and Tamron 90mm macro SonyAlphaRumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - Valoi has announced the new Easy120. In this video you can see how they use a Sony camera with the new Tamron 90mm macro lens to scan medium format film. I own two Mamiya 7 cameras and a Pentax 67, which I still use fairly regularly. The only downside to...
- Audiio Mobile App for Music Licensing Released CineD (Tuesday, 28 January) - Music licensing company Audiio has released a mobile application for iOS and Android devices, expanding access to their music catalog for content creators and filmmakers. The app allows users to search, download, and manage music licenses from mobile devices. Audiio, a music licensing platform that offers a library of royalty-free...
- ARRI ALEXA 35– Lower entry price, lower-cost media & flexible licenses
News Shooter (Tuesday, 28 January) - If you have ever wanted an ALEXA 35, but the price was out of reach, ARRI is now offering a lower entry price, lower-cost media, and flexible licenses. The three core things ARRI wanted to do are as follows: Lower ALEXA 35 entry price ALEXA 35 with Base License Core... - Canon Patent Application: Lenses with Optical Distortion Correction Canonrumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - This is an interesting patent application (2025-012993) showing a strange lens configuration. The embodiments show a potential RF fish eye zoom, even though that is not the focus of the patent application. By inserting a lens grouping identified as (LC) into the lens, Canon is able to reduce the distortion....
- Blackmagic Ultimatte 2.2 Update News Shooter (Tuesday, 28 January) - Blackmagic Design has released its new Ultimatte 2.2 Update that adds support for connecting Ultimatte 12 4K to 10G Ethernet so it can be used as part of 2110 systems. What’s new in Ultimatte 2.1 General performance and stability updates. The post Blackmagic Ultimatte 2.2 Update appeared first on Newsshooter....
- Blackmagic Desktop Video 14.4.1 Update News Shooter (Tuesday, 28 January) - Blackmagic Design has released the new Desktop Video 14.4.1 Update which fixes a playback compatibility issue with Gen 5 PCI Express slots on DeckLink 8K Pro Mini. What’s new in Ultimatte 2.2 Adds support for ST 2110 IP Video to the Ultimatte 12 4K model. The post Blackmagic Desktop Video...
- Blackmagic Video Assist 3.18 Update News Shooter (Tuesday, 28 January) - Blackmagic Design has released the new Blackmagic Video Assist 3.18 Update that adds support for Blackmagic RAW recording from Panasonic UB10 cameras to Video Assist 5” and 7” 12G HDR models. What’s new in Blackmagic Video Assist 3.18 The following models have new features. Blackmagic Video Assist 5” 12G HDR...
- Stock Notice: Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z (White) Canonrumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - B&H Photo has stock of the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z Lens (White). This lens is still difficult to receive and is on Canon’s supply shortage list, so there may not be a lot of them out there yet. If you’re in the market, I’d probably move...
- Canon Patent Application: Power Zoom Ultra Wide Angle Lenses Canonrumors (Tuesday, 28 January) - In this patent application (2025-011796) we have several embodiments of ultra wide angle lenses that would be power zoom capable. They are all inner focus lenses as well. It could be that Canon is thinking about making, yet again, another ultra-wide angle, and this time with more of a video...
