Band Pro Leica Summilux-C By Dan Ochiva
At NAB, Band Pro made the day for many a DP by debuting its long-rumored mystery lens set, the Leica Summilux-C...
Nero Multimedia Suite 10 By Dan Ochiva
All-in-one software suites create an ecosystem of apps that the developer feels work together to offer greater value. Adobe's Creative Suite is a top version of that, where almost every program can input or output to another...
Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5) By Dan Ochiva
As has been the case over the past few years, Adobe chose NAB to announce its latest Creative Suite, now in version 5 (CS5)...
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.3 By Dan Ochiva
This week, Canon released the firmware upgrade for its EOS 5D Mark II DSLR that many requested from the very first: the capability to record 1080 24p (actual 23.98) and 25p recording...
Switronix FLEX-RC1 By Dan Ochiva
With the growing popularity of DSLRs that can shoot HD, manufacturers are jumping in with related accessory gear to solve various production needs...
AJA DataCalc By Dan Ochiva
If you're busy on a production or in the edit suite, any tools that offer to help you work faster and smarter are welcome. And it's even better when they are free...
SeaChanger colorBug By Dan Ochiva
Testing for color value and luminosity--useful if you're doing anything more than a run-and-gun style shoot--usually requires expensive gear that can be a hassle to haul around...
16x9 EXII By Dan Ochiva
A wider-angle view on camcorders is ideal in many situations. But lower-cost camcorders, with their fixed lenses, don't usually offer adequate wide-angle coverage...
By Dan Ochiva
Hollywood and national advertisers remain enamored of projects with lots of animation and special effects, so technologies such as motion capture find ready audiences for new gear...
Western Digital WD TV Live By Dan Ochiva
Location production doesn't usually involve bringing along your own HDTV tuner. But in reality, you are sometimes faced with the need to play out non-copyrighted video on monitors that will appear within the scenes...