The trend towards cine optics with "character" continues unabated - anamorphic images also benefit from the longing for moving images with "authenticity, character, organicity, etc.". So what could be more obvious than to further emphasize the image ...more

Whoever directs a film has -- in an ideal world -- control over the pictorial and content design. In reality, things usually look different, all kinds of factors such as budgets, time pressure, coincidences, etc. more or less stand in the way of a ...more

At the Inter BEE 2018 in Tokyo, AJA demonstrated two 8K HDR workflows based on AJA products and introduced the new KONA 5. The first 8K workflow solution uses the real-time converter and frame synchronizer AJA FS-HDR, which was developed for ...more

Natron is probably the most powerful, truly free open source professional compositing solution for Windows, Mac and Linux. The proximity of the user interface to The Foundrys Nuke is both a blessing and a curse. Blessing, because you can learn ...more

The Continuum plug-in collection has been updated -- the Motion Graphics Generator Particle Illusion, which was bought from GenArts a few years ago, has been completely reworked. With the plugin you can spice up animations with smoke, sparks and ...more

With the free update to Final Cut Pro X 10.4.4, Apple has just released comprehensive new features for FCPX, Compressor and Motion. Key new features in FCPX include: a frame-based Comparison Viewer for consistent color correction, deep third-party ...more

Samsung plans to launch the first smartphone with a foldable display in March 2019 - shortly after the launch of the new Galaxy S10, which is expected to be launched in February. According to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, the price will be ...more

The new firmware update via Blackmagic Camera Setup 6.0 for the URSA Mini Pro brings a lot of new features - first and foremost the support of ISO 3200. It supports the extended ISO range as well as the color and gamma options of DaVinci Resolve ...more

Samsung has introduced the latest model of its SoC smartphone Exynos 9820, which, along with the Snapdragon 8150, will most likely form the heart of the new Galaxy S10 (and also the grade 10) smartphone flagship to be launched at the end of February ...more

Blackmagic Design has just released DaVinci Resolve 15.2, a major update with many new features for DaVinci Resolve. Some of the main features are: A more powerful timeline, new keyboard shortcut tool including context selection per module, support ...more

After yesterday'amp;s introduction of the new Vintage DNA lens series for the ARRI Alexa LF, it'amp;s time for ARRI. With the SUP 4.0 (Software Update Package), which has just been released for download, ARRI extends central functions of the Alexa ...more

For December FUJIFILM announces the firmware update which will give the X-T3 the already teased HLG capability. However, Hybrid Log Gamma is only supported for (4K) recording with H.265(HEVC) compression. But the Ver. 2.00 will also bring some ...more

Tiffen expands its range of filters for DJI drones -- so far kits were available for DJI´s Phantom 4 Pro, now versions for Mavic 2 Zoom, Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic Air and Inspire 2 will follow. For the Mavic drones, two ND filter kits will be released ...more

Until now, the Prime DNA lens series developed by ARRI together with IB/E Optics had been developed exclusively for the huge billdkreis of the Alexa 65. Remember: Open Gate for the Alexa 65 in mm means: 54.12 x 25.58 - the corresponding image circle ...more