Jennifer O'Rourke - April 19th, 2013
Jackson Wong - April 16th, 2013
Jordan Claverie - April 16th, 2013
Greg Olson - April 15th, 2013
There is a ton of cool stuff to see at NAB, no doubt about it. From brand new companies to well established industry veterans, there are new and old products abound and many of them had me itching to max out the credit cards. So let's pretend for a moment that somebody handed me $10,000 dollars, and said I could only spend it on 3 things at NAB. Well, here's what I'd buy.
ARRI L7-C - $2800
For those not familiar with ARRI's L series of lights, they are basically LED lights that have the same light properties as traditional tungsten lights, with some huge advantages. New to the L series lineup this year is the L7-TT. The “TT” stands for tuneable tungsten and while it shares many of same features, I'd still take the L7-C over it. So what makes this light so special? For starters it's got a tuneable color temperature from 2700k to 10,000k, which means you can match it to any other light source you can conceive of. It's also got adjustable plusgreen and minusgreen, so it can be used to match standard fluorescent lights, or even as a backlight for greenscreen. If you need a splash of color, or want to dial in your light color to play to the strength of a specific camera, it's got full gamut color mixing, which basically means you're able to crate any color of light you want, simply by adjusting the dials. Of course they're focusable, dimmable without color temperature shift, produce only a single shadow, and can be controlled remotely. A set of these would make any lighting designer happy.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards the Best of Show of NAB 2013 to Blackmagic Design for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is truly a game-changer. Cameras that fit in your pocket have changed a lot in recent years – for example the option to change out lenses, shoot 3D, access Wi-Fi or operate Android apps – all with quality HD video. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera has a Super 16 sensor and captures 13 stops of dynamic range for a completely different story.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards an NAB 2013 Spotlight Award to Edelkrone for the SliderPLUS. The SliderPLUS is a compact and smooth slider that can fit your backpack. This isn't a typical slider though, the rails move with the camera creating a very smooth move, and taking full advantage of their length.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards an NAB 2013 Spotlight Award to Canon for the XA25. For the run and gun shooter, Canon created the XA25. Top-notch recording is a staple for Canon's cameras, so the XA25 is no exception and can record AVCHD and MP4 at 28 Mb/s and 35Mb/s respectively.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards an NAB 2013 Spotlight Award to Shure for the LensHopper VP83F. Among the DSLR-centric products we've seen, none have done what Shure does with the LensHopper VP83F.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards an NAB 2013 Spotlight award to DJI for the Phantom. We've been looking at flying camera stabilizers for quite some time, mainly because cameras are becoming lightweight enough for small craft like the Phantom. Simplicity and cost are what make the Phantom so attractive, and what will be even better is the range of shots you will be able to record.
Jackson Wong - April 12th, 2013
Videomaker awards an NAB 2013 Spotlight award to Redrock Micro for the One Man Crew. The One Man Crew is a motorized parabolic slider. The movement what you'd expect from a slider, except the parabolic motion allows your focus to remain much closer - there's one person's job.
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