Production
Hot Gear: stolen equipment
On 11 September, loathsome lowlifes robbed San Francisco rental house Videofax of over $1,000,000 of equipment. The contemptible crims cut phone...
Production
PIX-E firmware update 3.02
Video Devices today released firmware version 3.02 for the PIX-E5H, PIX-E5, and PIX-E7 monitor / recorders. The headline feature...
Production
Titan: live-switch a “3-camera show” from one 4K feed
Convergent Design has found yet another way to enhance the Odyssey and Apollo monitor/recorders. The Titan HD Extract option, available...
Production
Classic Speed Panchros reborn in modern form
Cooke Optics has announced a new line of old lenses: classic Speed Panchros, updated to cover S35mm formats (30mm...
Production
Cooke to offer interchangeable mounts for miniS4/i lenses
Cooke Optics has announced that they will soon offer multiple mounts for the miniS4/i cinema primes. Mounts will include Canon EF,...
Post Production
Review: Loctek FlexiSpot Sit/Stand Workstation
I spend too much time at my desk, whether it’s for editing, building graphics, writing, or coding. I find...
News
Fusion 8.2 now on Mac/Windows/Linux, for free
Blackmagic Design has announced that Fusion, a high-end VFX package, is now available on Linux as well as Mac OS...
News
R.I.P., VHS VCRs
Japan’s last manufacturer of VHS VCRs, Funai Electric Company, will end production of the recorders this month, as reported by...
Production
Fujifilm’s free color space converter
Fujifilm makes high-end LUT boxes allowing both color space conversion and look creation. The flagship IS-100, a.k.a. CCBOXX, is...
Production
Gamma vs. Log: tonal-scale rendering
In my V-Log L Revisited article, I went on at some length about neutral rendering across the tonal scale...