22-FEB-12
Long time Matthews Studio Equipment customer, director / DOP Rick Gomez of Rick Gomez Photography, a Los Angeles/South Florida-based production house, recently took MSEs new Motion Control System out for a test.
21-FEB-12
Editec, the UK and Irelands Ultra Motion specialist and sole distributor of I-Movix products, has ordered the new X10, the new continuously-streaming ultra-slow motion system developed by I-MOVIX. The brand-new X10 system is the industrys first live ultra motion solution to deliver real-time continuous extreme slow motion in full HD at a groundbreaking 300 fps (or 600 fps in 720p).
07-FEB-12
Miniature camera specialists SeeSense recently supplied four of their IK-HR1P cameras for use in sub glacial Antarctica on the Lake Ellsworth Expedition.The IK-HR1P is in fact a Toshiba IK-HR1S 1-CMOS HD C-mount camera especially modified to CS-mount by SeeSense.
07-FEB-12
Anton/Bauer, part of Vitec Videocom (a Vitec Group company) has introduced its QRC-CA940 Gold Mount solution for the new Canon EOS C300 camera.
03-FEB-12
Rizzoli & Isles DOP Anthony Hardwick has purchased a second OConnor head for the hit TNT series that is currently airing. Hardwick, who has added a new 2575D to his support package, says: Season Two has become more ambitious and we need to capture more action in the same timeframe set for a television shoot.
25-JAN-12
Kessler Crane, a leading manufacturer of camera cranes, jibs, and motion control products, has introduced the Stealth Camera Dolly.
23-JAN-12
The move to digital SLR photography opens up a whole new world of experimentation and growth as the technology and its enabler (the camera) lends it itself to a myriad of photographic opportunities.
18-JAN-12
Equipped with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, the OConnor 1030HDs fluid head and large telephoto lenses, Indian cinematographer and animal rights and environmental activist Sabyasachi Patra set off for the Anamalai Tiger reservation in the Western Ghats to shoot his film, A Call lin the Rainforest.<
10-JAN-12
Canon has introduced the PowerShot G1 X a revolutionary new compact camera with a large CMOS sensor, designed to produce DSLR levels of image quality and control in a highly portable metal body.
09-JAN-12
The Ace tripod system from Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand, is the perfect camera support for the growing market of videographers and DSLR filmmakers. With a payload of up to 4kg (8.8 pounds), Ace is ideal for smaller HDV camcorders and video-enabled DSLR cameras.
05-JAN-12
For the fourth time in a row the German brand ABC Products by Munich-based Movie Tech will provide the cranes for the FIFA 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
04-JAN-12
As from 1 January Lιon Jansen and his crew at the Dutch Dakar Press Team have
been filming the 2012 Dakar Rally off-road automobile race.
15-DEC-11
Q-Ball Pre-Set, developed by Camera Corps Ltd, a world leader in providing robotic camera systems and supporting services for live television and coverage of major sports events, is a compact remotely controlled pan/tilt/zoom HD/SD camera.
15-DEC-11
Tiffen International Ltd. has launched the Steadicam Phantom-V, a new member of the Steadicam range that is designed specifically for the HD broadcast television and 3D markets.
02-DEC-11
Whenever cinematographer James Mathers needs reliable and durable power solutions to bring his wide range of film projects to life, he is confident he does not need to shop around.
21-NOV-11
Camera Corps has fielded nearly 80 cameras plus controllers, remotely-activated heads and protective covers for the latest series of the popular reality-television programme Im a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. This is being produced in full 1080-line high definition by ITV with technical infrastructure supplied by Gearhouse Broadcast.
21-NOV-11
Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand, provided 12 active students from St Benno High School in Dresden with a SOOM XL tripod system with a FSB 8 fluid head.
15-NOV-11
Los Angeles based cinematographer Philip Hurn chose the OConnor 2575 fluid head for the independent feature, Trade of Innocents, directed by Christopher Bessette.
02-NOV-11
At IBC Sony Professional unveiled the progress it has made to provide creative professionals with new tools for content creation and workflow that go far beyond HD. It is using technologies such
01-NOV-11
At IBC Panasonic demoed the newly released HDC-Z10000, the worlds first integrated twin-lens 2D / 3D camcorder that is officially compatible with the AVCHD 3D / Progressive standard. The new camcorder provides broadcasting image quality for 2D and 3D filming, manual operations for professional use and uncompromising audio quality.
