Hollyland Rolls Out a New 4K Wireless Transmission System

Hollyland has announced the Mars 4K UHD Wireless video transmission system. The system includes the Mars M1 transceiver monitor, which functions as an all-in-one wireless solution for live streaming video to the cloud, as well as the Mars 4K transmitter. “Device simplification and experience upgrade are the core topic of the year for Hollyland’s product...

Sep 2022

Nikon Announces 17-28mm f/2.8 Zoom for Z Mount Cameras

Nikon has announced a new Nikkor Z mount 17-28mm f/2.8 constant aperture lens as the latest addition to their growing catalog of Z-mount constant speed lenses. The lens promises an ultra-wide angle of view, pleasant bokeh, and improved low light performance. “The new NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 is derived from the same mutual concept as the recent NIKKOR...

Sep 2022

Tilta Unveils Half Cage for Sony Cameras, Complete with SSD Drive Built-in

Camera Accessory company TILTA has a cool new storage solution for Sony Mirrorless cameras. It’s a camera half-cage that not only offers a grip and mounting options, but also an integrated 512GB M.2 SSD for additional storage. According to Tilta’s promotional materials, the ExAscend CFexpress Type A to M.2 SSD adapter half-cage supports Sony’s a1, a7S...

Sep 2022

DxO Announces Additions to its List of Camera and Lens Calibrations

DxO has announced support for a host of new cameras and lenses with optical calibration corrections for its visual film apps. The company now offers access to more than 75,000 camera and lens combinations, and the calibrations that support optical range and performance. The list of calibrations enables users of DxO’s many camera software titles to synchronize...

Sep 2022

How to Easily Film in S-Log3 on the Sony a7 IV

Understanding log gammas and how they work is one thing. Making sure you are exposing and using them properly when working quickly on location is another. This is definitely not as easy when working with mirrorless cameras like the Sony a7 IV and S-Log3 since they lack all the advanced monitoring capabilities of traditional cinema cameras. There are...

Sep 2022

Blackmagic Design Pocket 4K/6K Cameras Gyro Stabilization

A recent development in cameras has been the implementation of gyroscopic motion data within the metadata of the recording. What this did was allow for ultra-fast and accurate stabilization in post. In Blackmagic’s Camera Update 7.9.1 they actually added this functionality to a few of the Pocket cameras—apparently a hidden tech just waiting to be unlocked....

Sep 2022

How to Turn Your BMPCC into a Baby ARRI ALEXA (Kind Of)

A big part of what makes the ARRI ALEXA such a well-loved camera system is the color science. For decades they have been almost unmatched in this area. As digital has continued to develop and better and better cameras have become available to your everyday filmmaker that high-end ARRI color science has remained locked into extremely expensive equipment....

Sep 2022

How to Do an Easy Sky Replacement in Premiere Pro 2022

Sometimes everything lines up for a shot and sometimes it’s all but one part. Landscape photographers know what I’m talking about. The timing, the weather, the light, all that can be perfect and then you look towards the sky and it’s just plain boring. With stills it’s relatively easy these days to take the gorgeous sky you captured the other day and...

Sep 2022

Sony to Update Firmware of FX9 for Greater Cloud Support

Sony has announced that a firmware update is coming to the Sony FX9 in October. The update will bring several new features to support Sony’s Camera to Cloud C3 portal. Firmware version 4.0 will add enhanced Camera Connect Cloud (C3) functions including the ability to import LUTs directly to the camera from the cloud to the 6K Full Frame FX9, as well...

Sep 2022

DaVinci Resolve 18.0.3 Out Now

This latest software update doesn’t seem to be a major one by any means, but it still addresses a few annoying bugs of DaVinci Resolve 18. It also improves USB-C connectivity with Fairlight Desktop Consoles, adds better rendering of clips without color nodes, as well as addressing issues with IMF rendering and deleting empty tracks on imported AAF timelines....

Sep 2022