Sony began marketing the concept of ‘electronic cinematography’, utilizing its analog HDVS professional video cameras. But this effort met with very little success. However, this led to one of the earliest shift from using motion picture film stock as recording medium. With lot of research and changes, digital cinema began to emerge. Sony is one of the pioneers for the development of Digital motion picture cameras....
Yongnuo company is well known for its excellent flashes and radio triggers for Canon and Nikon. Now it has introduced a very compact, high speed lens that is very economical and it is also first Chinese-built auto focusing lens. This lens is equipped with 1.4 extra-large apertures which makes the subject delicate and soft, meanwhile, easily blurring out the background and brings...
As the name implies, Cineo match box light is slightly bigger to the size of a match box. It uses LED bulbs and front panel is phosphor coated to bring pure color of the light. This light unit is very efficient and can be easily placed any where. .Matchbox LED Light Kit from Cineo features Remote Phosphor Technology for changing color temperature by simply swapping out...
The path Red took was slightly different. Digital movie cameras were already on the market when the Red team began their work. But the image quality of early digital cameras was nowhere near what was required for a feature movie. Quality was improving but Mr.Jannard (Founder of Red digital cinema camera) wanted his first model to surpass all current digital cameras and exceed...
Baseplate or quick release plate is a very important accessory that allows to place a camera and lens to the tripod head. In general, the quick release system is based on a two piece mechanism. The first piece, generally referred as a ‘plate’ is attached to a camera or a lens (or any other device). It comes in a standard dovetail and can...
Arri is one of the most renowed and oldest motion picture camera manufacturing company that spread its wings to produce lenses, lights and other accessories. After digital platform became the standard for recording and projecting images in film making, Arri quickly came up with digital cinema cameras D-20 & D-21. Arri’s major success arrived with the introduction of Arri Alexa series cameras. Arri’s...
