Shoot Tools: Hitachi By Charissa Young
Available toward the end of the year, the Hitachi SK-HD1000 HDTV digital production camera series employs 2/3in. CCD imagers with full-raster HDTV pixels (1920x1080 or 1280x720)...
Products: PAG By Dan Ochiva
Lithium ion-type batteries from Sony and other suppliers have had well-publicized problems, and some airlines now refuse to let Li-Ion ENG batteries onboard aircraft in hand luggage. ...
Shoot Tools: Sachtler By Charissa Young
The Artemis camera stabilization system is very modularusers choose the arms, springs, etc., to fit a specific camera. The DV Pro FX version takes out some of the guesswork...
Shoot Tools: Reflecmedia By Charissa Young
Unveiled at NAB, the new Basematte, Chromatte Tape, ChromaFlex EL, and LiteRing adapters expand Reflecmedia’s line of Chromatte products. The existing Chromatte gray reflective background...
By Charissa Young
Schneider Optics offers a screw-on filter package designed to enhance the optical performance of DV camcorders, improving contrast and penetrating haze. Available in three sizes...
Edit Tools: NewTek By Charissa Young
The TriCaster Studio live production and virtual set system, which NewTek claims is the first at less than $10,000, features up to six live camera inputs with 3D digital video effects, two digital disk recorders...
Products: Wafian By Dan Ochiva
NAB attendees had a banner year for booth surfing, pausing to gawk at the many new digital cinema camera systems coming of age. ...
Shoot Tools: Anton Bauer By Charissa Young
Accessories can quickly turn a small camera into an unwieldy Frankenstein's monster. Expand the physical dimensions of your...
Products: Iridas By Dan Ochiva
This past NAB, Arri demo’d the SpeedGrade DDS Digital Dailies Production package, a new option for the Arriscan, aimed at improving data logging and speeding up turnaround times for dailies grading. ...
Big Mug Software Releases Monitor Magic
Big Mug Software has released Monitor Magic version 1.0. This is a multiple camera monitoring solution that works with DV, DVCProHD, and HDV....