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Sony Announces New Digital Cameras
Sony has just announced yesterday four brand new Alpha DSLRs – the A33, A55, A560 and the A580. Sporting the brand new Exmor APS HD CMOS sensors, the A33 and A560 clock in at 14.2 MP while the A55 and A580 are 16.2 MP. The main difference between the A33/55 and A560/580 is the mirror technology [...]
Raindance Canada Sept. & Oct. Events
Write and Direct Your First Feature!
Sean McConville teaches a five night evening course that will reveal how to launch your career as a feature filmmaker by designing and writing a screenplay that is doable and inspiring you to make it into a movie.
Posted in Arts, Film, Production Tagged canada, Film, filmmaking, Raindance Canada, seminar, workshop Leave a comment
Nikon D3100 Officially Announced by Nikon
First reported by Nikonrumors.com and turning those very loud rumors into reality yesterday when Nikon officially announced their new D3100 DSLR along with their new batch of lenses. This is very cool as it becomes the first Nikon DSLR to be able to shoot HD in glorious 1080 @24p! The Nikon Canada website has [...]
Posted in Hardware, Production Tagged 1080p, camera, canada, D3100, DSLR, Film, filmmaking, HD, indie, manual movie mode, Nikon, Nikon D3100, photography 1 Comment
New Nikon and Sony DSLR Rumours Becoming Real
The very loud rumors of those new Nikon and Sony DSLRs have moved into the realm of the real!
The first bit of news is courtesy of Nikonrumors.com. The German Magazine “Foto Digital” has revealed in their September 2010 issue (just delivered to subscribers) has posted in the official news section the first real photos and [...]
Nikon to Finally Show Some 1080p DSLR Love?
UPDATE: Well, it looks like Best Buy has lent some credibility to the very loud rumors of the D3100. According to Nikonrumors.com, Best Buy has actually put the Nikon D3100 into it’s inventory system; the SKU is 1222817, “Nikon D3100 DSLR w/ 18-55mm v”, with availability: 9/18/2010. Hmmmm…
** DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER! RUMOURS AHEAD! PLEASE TAKE [...]
Posted in Hardware, Production Tagged 5D Mark II, A33, A55, A560, A580, Canon, D3000, D3100, D90, D95, DSLR, HD video, Nikon, photography, Sony Alpha 1 Comment
Panasonic’s New FZ100 Digital Compact Camera
Panasonic has just announced the release of some new fixed-lens point-and-shoot digital cameras (hmmm… we must be getting close to the Photokina trade show). With the exception of the new Lumix DMC-LX5, all their new cameras have been given the ability to shoot in full HD (1920×1080) using the AVCHD codec. Of particular interest is [...]
Posted in Hardware, Production Tagged 60 FPS, FZ100, Lumix, Panasonic, photography, point and shoot 1 Comment
Sony Announces New Interchangeable Lens Camcorder
It’s not surprising that with all attention HD video-capable DSLRs have been getting, companies like Canon and Panasonic have enjoyed a surge of popularity of their HD-DSLR/HD-EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) cameras. Now, they’ve also announced that they are planning on stuffing those gorgeous APS-C and 4/3s sensors into their next-gen camcorders. But they’re still [...]
Raindance Canada – July Workshops and Seminars
Want to make movies? Have the hankering to finally tell a story instead of filming the family dog yapping away for the umpteenth time? Then read on fellow lens-jockeys. Raindance Canada is back this July with a slate of awesome workshops and seminars geared towards teaching the fine art of filmmaking.
Posted in Arts, Film Tagged canada, Film, filmmaking, Raindance Canada, seminar, workshop 3 Comments
Raindance Presents “Gunless” – a discussion panel with film’s director and producer
Raindance presents film “Gunless” – a lively & intimate discussion with Writer/Director William (Bill) Phillips and Producer Niv Fichman. Post panel discussion enjoy key networking opportunities, free appetizers, 1 free “Wild West” inspired drink & a barrel smoking DJ.
Wednesday, June 16th – 6:30 – 9:30pm
The Spoke Club – 600 King Street West, top floor
Itinerary:
+Elliot [...]
Panasonic GH1 HD-DSLR hacked into awesomeness?
This bit of news via DP (director of photography) and filmmaker Philip Bloom’s website is pretty impressive! With all the fanfare the Canon HD-DSLRs have been getting lately about their astounding HD video capabilities, it’s left other less capable HD-DSLRs out in the cold. Such is the case for Panasonic’s Micro Four-Thirds HD-DSLR, the GH1. [...]
Posted in Production Tagged EOS HD, GH1, HD DSLR, Magic Lantern, micro four-thirds, Panasonic, Philip Bloom, Tester13 1 Comment
Part 3 of Zacuto’s HD-DSLR Shootout now Online!
**UPDATE: Zacuto has finally released Part 3 of their incredible HD-DSLR vs 35mm Film Shootout! This EP focuses on resolution tests with all these cameras plus the new Canon T2i and green-screen compositing tests. The green-screen tests are VERY interesting indeed. Hit up the link below to watch all the camera [...]
Canon Announces New 60D DSLR