David Williams

Canon are showing an interesting 4K camera at the Canon Expo. Not a prototype, more a proof of concept apparently. Very little detail is available though.

Canon 4K

Canon have just released details of two lower end versions of the XF series. Still providing 50Mbit 4:2:2 to CF cards is good news.

Canon XF105 and XF100

Everything I’ve read, and seen for myself of the Alexa has been very impressive so far. Art Adams has posted a great article of the Alexa in production use.

Alexa and Art

The A.C.S. AGM held at Lemac tonight was somewhat under attended due to work commitments of many members. A new executive was voted in, and we are ready for another good year.

Malcolm Richards from Cameraquip brought his nice new Alexa which he kindly allowed me to play with. It really is a very nice system, able to produce an amazingly clean image from very low little ambient light.

Red has had a decent improvement in dynamic range with it’s recent MX upgrade. Still, 11 actual stops is a far cry from the claimed 13.5 it’s marketed as having.

Art Adams tests the MX

Gary Adcock has posted a short walk through of the Alexa menu, buttons and connector systems on Vimeo. The layout looks very nice and simple.

Alexa Systems

Art Adams has nice article up covering the improvements to the Reds colour science since build 30.

Red Colorimetry

Looks like the Cinedeck is starting to become widely available. Neat piece of kit.

Ablecine Video Blog

A short review of the new Canon XF305 by Alister Chapman.

Alister Chapman’s Blog

Things are beginning to get interesting in the the budget S35 sensor market. This is Sony’s lower end entry, with higher end models to come. APS HD sensor with 24MB AVCHD and interchangeable E-Mount lenses. Hopefully the OLPF is optimised fully for HD resolutions, and the DSLR craze will die quietly and quickly.

Sony NEX-VG10 Youtube Promo