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1 month ago

Carl Zeiss Announces two new CP.2 Lenses at NAB 2012

As NAB 2012 gets closer, we’re going to get more and more dribs and drabs of new gear, and we’re pretty excited.

The latest to announce new gear is Carl Zeiss, who announced 2 new additions to their awesome CP.2 line

From the press release:

During the NAB Trade Show in Las Vegas from April 16-19, 2012, Carl Zeiss will present two new cine prime lenses. Carl Zeiss is expanding its product range of the Compact Prime CP.2 series with two compact and uncommonly lightweight lenses. With new focal lengths of 15mm and 135mm, filmmakers can enhance their portfolios with these remarkable lenses.

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Notes: 141 / 1 month ago from fuckyeahfilmsets (originally from the-avengers-initiative)

the-avengers-initiative:

Writer/Director Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo on the set of The Avengers (2012)

1 month ago

“A Simple Explanation of F-Stop”

The same guy who brought us the awesome explanation of how ISO works with our camera sensors returns with an explanation of F-stop. Definitely worth a watch.

1 month ago

Sony Announces NEX-FS700

I hope Sony’s exhibition at NAB is called “cameras on cameras,” because that seems to be their game plan right now. Not content to have only one camera that competes with the C300, (the F3), Sony has decided to update their popular FS-100 to compete with the big boys.

The two biggest features on this camera are definitely going to be 4K and the wide range of frame rates. While the camera can only do 4K with an external Sony Recorder after a firmware update, it can do Super Slow Motion out of the box. You can get 120 frames for 16 second bursts, or 240 frames in 8 second bursts. If you don’t need your slow motion at 1080, you can even go up to 960 fps.

The camera seems, aesthetically, like an upgrade to the FS-100 design with some new features (like finally having ND filters and an HD-SDI), but in the field, this camera could be a whole new animal.

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1 month ago

“Stress Test”- How Carl Zeiss Lenses are Stress Tested

From the official Carl Zeiss Lenses Youtube account

Camera and cine lenses need to operate perfectly in extreme conditions, withstanding everything from scorching heat and bitter cold to sandstorms and severe vibrations. The video shows how Carl Zeiss researchers systematically submit lenses to extreme stresses in order to arrive at findings that can help in future lens design and development.

1 month ago

First look: Sony PMW-100

The F3, FS100, and the EX-3 are pretty successful cameras, but that doesn’t mean Sony is resting on their laurels. With NAB coming up, Sony is already announcing new cameras, most recently the PMW-100, a camera meant with journalists and videographers in mind.

The PMW-100 offers a 1/2.9 Exmor sensor with a 40-400 zoom lens. It shoots 422 at up to 50mbps onto SXS cards, and it’s really small.

From the press release:

Advancement in digital imaging technology has enabled professional journalists and videographers to cover stories by using portable devices such as mobile phones, DSLRs and consumer camcorders. However, when compared to main-stream shoulder mount camcorders, there is still a significant gap in image quality, ease of editing and data management. The PMW-100 achieves the best of both worlds, by recording full broadcast quality MPEG HD422 video within a hand-held form factor.

Because of the low price of the DSLR revolution, we see a lot of people who are trying to shoot them for news. However, most of the popular DSLRs were never meant for heavy-duty video, so they lack a lot of key features that videographers really need.

It’s good to see that the big camera manufacturers are finally going after DSLRs, now let’s hope they get the prices as competitive as the features.

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