At 325 dpi and 1 million pixels (1280×720) this 5″ Samurai Blade Superatom IPS Panel delivers amazing resolution, super accurate colours and super deep blacks. The Atomos Samurai Blade is a 10-bit recorder for HD-SDI Cameras. The capacitive touch panel gives quick response times and gesture capability (think iPhone swipes). Controlling AtomOS 5.0 on the [...]
Dale from smallHD shows me the DP7-PRO OLED Field Monitor with its 7.7″ OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) super-rich Display that covers 100% of the NTSC Color Gamut, representing black levels that are literally pitch-black. This is a 1280×800 resolution. smallHD gives the user 3 flavors of their DP7-Pro Field Monitor: OLED, SB and HB. Whether [...]
Canon recently released the EOS 5D Mark III DSLR Camera Firmware Update Version 1.2.1. This firmware update will improve the camera’s performance and usability by improving the external video quality for external recording. It does not, however, improve the internal recorded image quality from the camera. Let’s go into what the update means for video [...]
Connor from F&V shows us what new gear we can expect from their store this year. We take a look at the F3 External Monitor, Slider Advanced, their new Follow Focus and the brand new Ultra Color LED Light. The F3 External Monitor is the newer version of F&V’s original F1. The F3 is equipped [...]
Convergent Design’s new Odyssey7 RAW Monitor & Recorder and Odyssey7Q RAW Monitor & Recorder are aiming to change the way we look at monitor and recording devices. The Odyssey 7 and 7Q also enable the user the ability to purchase or rent codecs they require for their workflow. Whether these are compressed or uncompressed, you [...]
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas has come and gone and for those of you who weren’t able to make it out to the showroom floor, here is your rundown. From 4K to steady camera movement, technology and tools seemed to have everyone buzzing. Vimeo takes NAB: Tech News from Vimeo [...]
smallHD is known for their ultra-high standard of quality field monitors. Keeping on par with their popular DP6 and DP4, the guys over at the smallHD HQ have done an excellent job with their latest AC7 LCD and OLED Field Monitor. For the video example below, we’re using the 7.7″ OLED monitor with the SDI [...]
In the video below, I check out the IndiPRO Tools Pro5 LCD Monitor that was sent to me recently. The Pro5 sports a 5″ screen with all of the straight forward features that an external monitor for this price point will get you. The IndiPRO Tools Pro5 LCD Monitor was easy to use and straight [...]
