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17Jun World’s Fastest Zoom Lens Available to Order – Sigma 18-35mm F/1.8

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Sigma’s latest 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Lens is now available to order. Typically most zoom lenses can only maintain a max aperture of F/2.8, while this new (35mm Equivalent Focal Length of 28.8-56mm) lens can maintain a constant wide aperture of F/1.8 throughout it’s zoom range, thus dubbing it The Fastest Zoom Lens [...]

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04Jun BlackMagic Design Cinema or Production 4K Camera Cage

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Here’s a closer look at these inexpensive BlackMagic Design Cinema or Production 4K Camera cages. The unit is entirely made from metal and can be mounted fairly quickly to a BMCC camera.

The cage will allow dozens of new mounting points along the sides of the BMCC, but the top threaded plate may be [...]

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24Apr BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera Cage Top Handle

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A new and more affordable video cage designed for the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera or new BlackMagic Design Production 4K Camera is popping up. The accessory cage comes with a Top Handle that can be used directly on the BMCC or with a cage bracket frame providing dozens of mounting points. A 15mm rod adapter [...]

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08Apr BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera MFT Active Mount

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The new BlackMagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera was announced here at NAB2013. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
sports a Super 16 size 1080HD sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range. They are saying that the images look virtually identical to the current BMCC EF mount cinema camera. Featuring a Micro Four Thirds™ lens active mount so [...]

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25Feb BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera in Kamerar Tank Video Cage

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I often get questions about whether the Kamerar Tank Cage will work on the new BlackMagic Design Cinema camera. It was originally designed to fit Canon DSLR cameras, but by accident, it can also fit the BMCC. By changing the stock rods on the Kamerar Tank Cage with standard 15mm rails, i’m able to fit [...]

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13Feb Cineroid Retina Display EVF HDMI HD-SDI w BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera

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Here’s a look at how the new Cineroid Retina Display EVF4RVW looks mounted up to a BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. It’s expensive no doubt, but I decided to pick up this EVF and replace the SmallHD DP4 EVF and Zacuto EVF. The Cineroid has a better display using the same Retina tech as the iPhone, [...]

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11Feb BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera Test Footage

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Here’s a recent video from Vimeo member Jason Shelton put together with the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. He had the opportunity to shoot with the new BMCC for a week and used the following lenses: Tamron 18mm-270mm, Rokinon 24mm 1.4, Rokinon 35mm 1.4, Rokinon 85mm 1.4, and Canon 200mm 2.8.

The BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera [...]

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09Feb BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera Audio Overview

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Robert from JuicedLink has been working and testing many (of what he calls) ‘anomalies’ with the early BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. This video provides us with great information on what to be aware of, what settings to have, and what additional equipment will help you to obtain better audio direct into the BlackMagic Design Cinema [...]

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23Jan BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera RAW Footage + Adobe LightRoom + FCPX

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I’ve received a few questions about the RAW format of the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera, so I thought i’d do a short video. The RAW setting of the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera does not shoot video – it shoots RAW pictures. Each picture equals a single frame, so if you’re shooting 24p then it will [...]

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09Jan BlackMagic Cinema Camera Rigs

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Out of the box the BlackMagic Cinema Camera was not designed to be used handheld. There is also the issue of additional accessories that need mounting to this camera, so it will require some type of Rig as you begin building on the BMCC.
I’ve looked at a few BlackMagic Cinema Camera rigs via B&H (seen [...]

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21Dec Black Magic Cinema Sample – Color and Share

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Olivia decided to throw up a ProRes sample from the BMCC so you can see how flat the footage is, but at the same time you can download and color grade for yourselves. You can download the original ProRes file from the Vimeo video page (here)
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It would interesting to see the different results each person [...]

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15Dec BlackMagic Cinema Camera BMCC Shipping

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Above is one of the most popular BlackMagic Cinema Camera examples from OneRiver Media comparing the BMCC to the popular 5D Mark III. In the last few weeks it appears BlackMagic has ironed out production issues on it’s long overdue Cinema Camera and has been shipping out the BMCC. The first Cinema Camera shipping has [...]

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07Sep Blackmagic Cinema Camera for Micro Four Thirds

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So while everyone is checking their mailboxes hoping their new Blackmagic Cinema Camera has shipped, at the end of the year the BMCC will release a new native MFT (micro four thirds) mount. There’s so many options to mount various lenses to MFT cameras, this might end up being more popular than the first EF [...]

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20Apr BlackMagic Cinema Camera – PreOrder Available Now

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From our survey of the people this week in Vegas, the new BlackMagic Cinema Camera was the biggest thing at NAB2012 this year. The first commercially available video camera to shoot RAW for under $3K. It will be interesting to see what people think about the camera once it starts shipping. If you plan on [...]

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