Ikonoskop A-Cam dll vs Blackmagic Cinema Camera – first impressions
The Ikonoskop A-Cam is a 12bit uncompressed raw digital cinema camera that shoots in Cinema DNG format, much like the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. In many ways though this is a different animal. The...
View ArticleDigital Bolex D16 cinema camera gets huge upgrade
I’m really impressed by this new Digital Bolex blog post detailing what they have been spending all this extra time on. The project has had a massive yet very sensible improvement on the original...
View ArticleIkonoskop A-cam dll versus Blackmagic Cinema Camera
Click here to view the embedded video. Read more in the first part of this article Back in November I tested the Ikonoskop A-cam dll with Rob of Slashcam.de and Ludwig Reuter of HD Video Shop here in...
View ArticleAn incredible achievement – Roald Christessen builds his own raw cinema...
There’s a new modular raw cinema camera. This one isn’t built by a camera company, or even a team. Created over the last 6 months in Flensburg in Northern Germany single-handedly by Roald Christessen,...
View ArticleKinefinity KineRAW MINI review
Click here to view the embedded video. Aside from Blackmagic there’s only one other company endeavouring to give us affordable cinema cameras at the moment and that’s Kinefinity. The MINI is a smaller...
View ArticleGrant Petty reveals origins of Blackmagic cameras (concept was offered to...
Blackmagic CEO Grant Petty has revealed he approached camera manufacturers in 2011 with the idea of producing a DSLR-style model with high dynamic range and increased video quality but was turned...
View ArticleArri AMIRA priced to compete with Canon C500 – plus, the secret of Arri’s...
Click here to view the embedded video. Full information on the AMIRA can be seen at CVP Looking at the Oscar nominations recently at EOSHD, with not a Red camera in sight, it’s clear Arri are a...
View ArticleSuccessor to Blackmagic Cinema Camera CMOS sensor announced with possible...
It’s an open secret that the Blackmagic Cinema Camera was based around a sCMOS sensor from Fairchild Imaging. Now the company has announced it’s successor, the sCMOS 2.0 sCMOS technology have powered...
View ArticleAJA CION 4K camera footage reveals outstanding colour performance
The AJA CION is an upcoming digital filmmaking camera priced at $9k, based around the same sensor as the Blackmagic Production Camera. What this sample video demonstrates is that AJA seem to have...
View ArticleLast chance to order your early 4K raw AXIOM Beta – a Linux based open source...
The crowd funding campaign for the AXIOM camera ends in just hours and has been a massive success, surpassing the funding target early. The open source cinema camera is backed by Magic Lantern, Philip...
View ArticleA guide to the best wide angle lenses for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera
A French rental house tries lenses on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (La Blackmagic Camera passe chez PhotoCineRent) Here I have rounded up all the lenses I have in mind for achieving a wide angle on the...
View ArticleBlackmagic Design CEO Grant Petty explains design process behind the cinema...
When Ozzy common sense meets innovation… And a Vocas matte box Why is the Blackmagic Cinema Camera the way it is? It’s a long time since we saw such a creative camera with this much creative depth,...
View ArticleThe downfall of the big guys just began – BlackMagic 2.5K Cinema Camera with...
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Above: Bearing a resemblance to the Box Brownie, the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera will be available July for $3000 For too long the big corporate giants...
View ArticleBlackmagic not just by name – why the Cinema Camera is the future
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Photo by Illya Friedman – Hot Rod Cameras Pre-order the £1925 / $3000 Blackmagic Cinema Camera here Click ‘How to Buy’ and follow link to your preferred...
View ArticleBlackmagic Cinema Camera’s sensor has global shutter, made by BAE Systems?
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Made in California – there’s a sensor that perfectly matches the specification of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera on the market. It is called the BAE Systems...
View ArticleNext generation cinema camera battle – who will win?
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum In the last few weeks the already large number of options for filmmakers have been shaken up. Current cameras all seem to fall into different niches. There...
View ArticleA new hands-on report with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Blackmagic Cinema Camera – meet Canon C300. Pic by BMD tester John Brawley on Twitter Blackmagic paid a visit to British pro video camera dealer CVP this...
View ArticleBlackmagic Cinema Camera shutter angles explained
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Above is a lightly graded and non-sharpened 1080p ProRes frame grab provided by John Brawley from his pre-production Blackmagic Cinema Camera (this one is...
View ArticleEOSHD grades the Blackmagic camera raw CinemaDNG files
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Above: my first go at grading the Blackmagic Cinema Camera raw output The above frame is scaled to 660 pixels wide for the blog. Click here to view the full...
View ArticleLossless Blackmagic Cinema DNG 2.5k workflow for Adobe Premiere CS5.5 / CS6...
Comment on this article at the EOSHD Forum Click here to view the embedded video. DOWNLOAD 2.5K BLACKMAGIC H.264 FOOTAGE HERE (Important: on the Vimeo page for this clip, click download to get the 2.5K...
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