New Nikon SB-910 Speedlight

MELVILLE, N.Y. (November 29, 2011) – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the addition of a new flagship speedlight, the powerful and capable SB-910 speedlight. Building on the versatility of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS), the SB-910 incorporates an enhanced intuitive operating system and graphic user interface (GUI). The SB-910 speedlight comes equipped with a wide zoom range covering the most popular focal lengths as well as FX/DX-format identification that optimizes zoom settings based on the camera body. This new speedlight also provides more efficient battery usage as well as an enhanced Thermal Cut-Out function. “As Nikon’s new flagship speedlight, the SB-910

Canon Launches Winter Rebate Program

It’s just that time of year when everyone is trying to get you to buy something !  Canon have just launched their huge winter rebate program and you can make savings on this from now until January 7th! B&H have a dedicated page to help you get to grips will all the discounts.

Canon Delays Introduction Of New Telephoto Lenses

Canon USA sent out a short press release a few days which confirms a delay in the introduction of the new 500mm F4 L IS II, the 600mm F5 L IS II and the 200-400 F4 L IS. For me this is personally disappointing as I have one of the 500s on order and was really looking forward to playing with it soon! No indication is given for the reason of the delay and no new time frame is given for these lenses which we have known about for a year or so now. Press Release LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. –

Nikon Rebates Are Out !

It’s that time of year again !  Last week we had the Canon rebates announced and now Nikon have answered with their versions!  

Panasonic Finally Launches The True Successor To The GF1. Meet The GX1.

The original GF1 was launched several years ago back in the very beginnings of Micro Four Thirds and it quickly gained a dedicated following from more advanced users with its small size and manual features.  Much to many people’s dismay, the theoretical successors (GF2 and GF3) became more and more consumer focused and lost key features like controls dials in favor of full touchscreen interfaces.  Today Panasonic are finally addressing the diversion and beginning a new line with the GX name.  The GX1 takes all the major advancements that we’ve seen in the GH and GF series over the last

10 Things You May Not Know About The Canon EOS C300 & Future Of Cinema EOS

I did a post similar to this on the recently announced EOS 1DX which people seemed to enjoy so here we are again with another one.  This time I was able to have a short conversation with Erik Allin from Canon today , who works out of their Hollywood branch and was a technical specialist in the research of the C300.  The chat turned up a couple of new interesting pieces of information that I’ve added here. 1 – EF Cine Primes – 3 announced, 2 more in the pipeline Whilst the two zoom lenses are identical to the PL

RED Announces The Scarlet-X

I’ve totally lost track about when we first heard the name Scarlet.  Either way it doesn’t really matter because what we heard about back then has long gone.  Red do not stand still and the specs and price of the Scarlet have evolved continually over the last few years around the launch of the spectacular Epic camera.  Today we finally get to see what they have settled on.           Important Specs 5k Stills (5120×2700) 4k Motion Lower data rate than the Epic 4K Quad HD at 30 fps … 3K at 48 fps, 2K at 60

Canon Announces Development of 4k Video DSLR

HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011/TOKYO, November 4, 2011 – Canon Inc. today announced that the company is developing a new-concept EOS-series digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Incorporating an enhanced version of the video-capture capability offered in the current EOS-series lineup, the new camera will be ideally suited for cinematographic and other digital high-resolution production applications. The model will be equipped with a 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor and, enabling the recording of 4K video (at a frame rate of 24P, with Motion-JPEG compression), will make possible the type of exceptional image quality and sublime imaging expression to be expected from the next generation of “EOS Movies.”

The announcement coincides with the launch of the Cinema EOS System, marking Canon’s full-fledged entry into the digital high-resolution production industry. The new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.

Further details regarding the new EOS digital SLR camera currently under development, including the product name, specifications and scheduled launch date, have yet to be decided.

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Canon Launches New Range Of EOS Cine Lenses With EF Mount

Alongside the launch of the new EOS C 300 video camera, Canon have also addressed peoples concerns with using regular EF lenses on these cameras for shooting video professionally.  EF lenses were not designed with manual focus in mind and they can prove tricky to use when critical focus is necessary.

Those problems have now been addressed though with this new lineup which features a true cine style of long focus throw and detailed lens markings with distances as well as a manual aperture. All resolve to 4K:

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Canon Launches The EOS C300 – Super35 Digital Video Camera

Ever since the somewhat accidental success of the Canon 5dMKII in the film making industry we’ve been waiting for Canon to incorporate their large sensor video capabilities into a camera that was designed from the ground up with this purpose in mind.  Many video capable DSLRs have come and gone since the 5dMKII launch but almost without exception they still had the same drawbacks of it’s predecessor when it came to more professional production.  Highly compressed footage, no XLR inputs for pro audio gear and no HD-SDI for pro monitoring gear.  In the mean time Canon’s competitors have released cameras