If you need to store hours of video from a long days shoot, there is a great deal for a 64GB Sandisk SDXC card today for under $49 dollars (limited quantity). You can see how the price compares against the other top brands following the link (click here) Sandisk 64GB SDXC Media Tweet This Post
Canon recently discontinued the 70-200mm F/2.8 IS lens and now only offers the ‘IS II’ for $2500 dollars! If you’re using an APS-C sensor camera like the T2i, T3i, 60D, or 7D and wanted to stay in this range, you would need something around a 50-150mm lens because of the crop factor. That’s the reason [...]
Even if some of us (raises hand) cannot afford most of the sexy, innovative gear that Zacuto is world famous for, it sure is nice to see it all! At NAB this year I enjoyed getting a preview of what they’ve been working tirelessly on for 2012 along with having the opportunity to interview some [...]
Artificial lights including LED lights can sometimes create a color cast. We recently got the larger 1200 LED video light panel in the studio and decided to put it to the test against our 600 and 900 LED lights. Keeping our exposure settings the same, we test out the intensity and color differences for all [...]
While I was at NAB2012 this year, I got to meet OTech reader @wcpreston. He asked me about hard shell carrying cases that could hold and transport loads of 50lbs+ for air travel. I poked around various online sites and found the usual suspects, Pelican, Vanguard, Nanuk, but all in their largest forms were well [...]
We’ve all experienced this situation before: while shooting video with a field monitor, the HDMI cable falls out of the camera’s port- fffff! SmallHD has created a solution to this annoying problem: the 5D MKII Port Protector. This item is NOT available for order until May 15th, but I was able to score one at [...]
varavon slidecam s from varavon on Vimeo. Varavon’s newest slider, the Slidecam S, is now available for preorder on their website (click here) for a shipping date of May 7. For those who preorder this slider, there is an additional early bird discount. With 8 different versions of this slider, Varavon does a really great [...]
Air Box Lights aims to improve your favorite on-camera LED light with their blow up softbox. The Air Box Light is a lightweight Litepanel LED light diffuser that inflates in one breath. This LED softbox is dramatically softer than a raw Litepanel with 300% more surface area. On-camera lighting can be soft and flattering with [...]
San Francisco is full of familiar and odd noise alike. It’s a symphony of sounds and for this, we saw it perfect for testing out Rode’s new Stereo VideoMic Pro. This new addition to the Rode family of mics is suited to capture a wide stereo image with natural depth. This microphone is designed to [...]
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 + Adobe Premiere Elements 10 are both 50% off for the next 24 hours on B&H. This means that Photoshop is going for a final price of under $50 and Premiere for under $70. Again, this is only a 24 hour sale on B&H so if [...]
