Hands On With RED & 3ality Technica’s Meizler Module For Epic And Scarlet

The new Meizler module was teased a month or so back on RED’s website but at NAB the nearly finished product was on display.  At the RED booth it wasn’t possible to get up close to it but outside at the 3ality Technica booth they had one just sitting there all wired up and ready to play with.  It seems that not many people knew this and I only stumbled upon it in my final hours at the show. So what’s this module all about then ?  Essentially it’s aim is to streamline your camera rig and remove a number …

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RED’s New Products At NAB

RED announced a barrage of new products at NAB last week, including the details of the much anticipated Dragon sensor upgrade.  For $6000, Epic owners will be able to upgrade their current sensors to a 6k sensor which will also offer improvements in dynamic range.

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of mount options out there now with Nikon and Leica having been added to the lineup.  I was able to briefly try out one of the first Leica mounts with a Noctilux 50mm lens one evening, it is quite bizarre to have such a small lens on such a big camera but to have the option at all is pretty neat.  Feature application is pretty limited due to the inability to add any kind of follow focus though but for hand held travel shooting it would be a lot of fun.

The Pro IO module is ‘shipping soon’ for $3750.  These are all the Is and Os on this one side, these are no more on the other side.  It’s quite bulky really and you’ll need to add a module adapter to it to allow you to put it onto the camera body as well as you can see in the next picture.

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Sony Demo 8K Stitched Video Of Soccer Match

Ok this was one of the coolest things that I saw at NAB last week.  Sony demoed a setup with 2 of their F65 4K cameras shooting a soccer match and outputting a stitched 8K wide image which could be used in HD production.  Very cool stuff.  Check it out on ProVideo Coalition.

Post-NAB DSLR Gear Wrap Up

I’ve just got back from Las Vegas where I spent a few days hanging out with some friends and checking out all the latest HDSLR and video production gear.  NAB brings in around 100,000 people from all around the world and all the major players in the production industry show up to show off their latest and greatest hardware and software.  Over on ProPhoto Coalition I’ve written up a run down of some of my favorite DSLR related gear that I found at the show.  It’s almost impossible to see everything though, and only a tiny proportion relates to DSLRs

News from NAB 2010

I know a lot of people who check out this blog are interested in video as well as photography, and especially in the current convergence between the two. This years NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show has just wrapped up, and even more than last year the buzz about the show was all about DSLR video technology. There were many noteworthy announcements at the show but these are a couple that caught my attention. Carl Zeiss Compact Primes II When major cine lens manufactures start producing a lineup specifically designed for shooting video with a DSLR the whole industry sits