Posts Tagged ‘Kickstarter project’

Mar
6
2015

Veydra Adds 85mm T/2.2 Ciné Prime Lens to its Exciting Micro Four Thirds Line-Up

Ryan Avery of movie industry supplier Veydra announced the addition of an 85mm T/2.2 MFT (aka M43) purpose-built cinema prime lens to its formerly 5-strong mini ciné lens line-up this week. He also revealed that a 10mm wide-angle is in development and will appear late…
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Mar
2
2015

KitSentry Kickstarter Campaign for Massive Breakthrough in Camera Gear Security, Peace of Mind

High-end on-location camera bag maker f-stop gear has kicked-off KitSentry, a new concept in smart, secure camera bags, and has announced a KickStarter campaign to fund this exciting project.[adrotate group="6"] I can count on the fingers of two hands the times my film and photography…
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Feb
25
2015

The Shoot Strap: A Magnetic Camera Strap Strong Enough to Suspend a Sofa?

Before there were garage-based startups in the U.S., there were cottage industries in the UK (yeah, OK, and in a bunch of other places, too). In this  installment of our occasional series on Kickstarter projects, we interview Nathan Hughes of Restrap, a small family business…
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Nov
20
2014

Ryan Avery Launches Kickstarter Appeal for Veydra Micro Four Thirds Matched Prime Ciné Lenses

Ryan Avery of movie product distributor Convergence Products and now Veydra has launched a KickStarter project to make the Veydra Mini Primes, a set of dedicated prime optics for movie cameras like the Panasonic Lumix GH4 and Blackmagic Design’s Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera according to…
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Sep
2
2014

A Review of Lumu - and a Case of Kickstarter-opathy

There must be a name for what I’m going through. Kickstarter-opathy? As in: from the Latin -pathia, from Greek -patheia, from -pathēs suffering, from pathos, and from the VC-enese Kickstarter- the wildly successful crowdsourcing platform.[adrotate group="6"] Please tell me I’m not the only one. It’s…
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Jul
11
2014

So What Do Kickstarter Projects Owe Their Backers?

Kickstarter has been taking the indie film world by storm the last few years. And let's not forget how many products to make the films have been successfully using Kickstarter to get preorders to help develop the products. I myself ran a successful Kickstarter campaign…
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