Why many studios and broadcasters are banning FTP from their supply chain
VR experience: Wolves in the Walls and Lucy, a Virtual Being, win Emmy Award
Lucy, the star of Wolves in the Walls VR experience, from Fable, is a fully realized virtual being who...
Review: Blackmagic Pocket 6K
The new Super35 6K Pocket Cinema Camera from Blackmagic was delivered into a few lucky people’s hands last week,...
Review: V-MODA BoomPro head microphone for certain headphones
The ≈US$30 V-MODA BoomPro microphone sounds great in its niche and is most similar to another head microphone I...
Virtual Production: It’s the future you need to know about
In an age of dizzying technological churn, it’s hard to know which emerging fringe tech is worth paying attention...
Canon and Sony, step aside: Samsung has a 108 megapixel image sensor
The next Xiaomi smartphone will have a 64 megapixel camera, thanks to Samsung, and the two companies announced a...
Review: BenQ SW270C 27″ Photographer Monitor
The BenQ SW270C is a color-accurate monitor aimed at photographers and web-based filmmakers (sRGB types). BenQ sent me it...
Focus ramping: when T-stops go bad
Years ago, while assisting on a sitcom, I helped the director of photography shoot exposure tests on all of...
Will the 6K RED Komodo (dragon) kill the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K?
The new Komodo 6K camera from RED is still a mystery, but it uses Canon’s new RF-mount, giving it...
Canon DSLRs, mirrorless and compact cameras vulnerable to third-party attack
Canon issued a security advisory stating that 33 of its cameras, including DSLRs, mirrorless and compacts, are vulnerable to...
Blackmagic: new US$2495 “Pocket” Cinema Camera 6K + more
In addition to the new US$2495 “Pocket” Cinema Camera 6K with EF mount, you’ll be blown away by the...
Audio interview with Hooke Audio founder & creator of the Hooke Verse
On Beyond Podcasting episode 16, Anthony Mattana discusses 3D binaural audio recording, distribution and consumption with me. Anthony Mattana...
Oculus Quill 2.0: an all-in-one tool for Virtual Reality animated stories
Born out of the creative needs of an Emmy-nominated VR film, the painting and animation tool Quill has reached...
The secret life of behind-the-lens nets
“What’s with the pattern in the headlights?” I asked the first camera assistant, as I looked through “B” camera...
New Sigma lenses for mirrorless cameras: the new world is the old world
Lenses for mirrorless are presented as able to offer better quality than DSLR lenses, due to the short flange...