Posts Tagged ‘RED’

I already feel like an idiot way too often when I think about how much I don’t know, but when a highly regarded camera manufacturer announces a breathless update with an uber-cool name (in this instance The RED WEAPON upgrade); a whole lot about relative…

Our recent post on the student film JAGON created a bit of a stir. We thought the story was deeper than just the equipment, and reached out to Der Film Akademie Baden-Würtemmberg, producer of the film, for a follow-up Skype interview. We sat down with…

It would have been noteworthy if James Cameron himself had shot AVATAR 2 with this gear, but this is for the student film JAGON. Yeah: a student film. Is this even possible? [adrotate group="6"] The gear list is jaw-dropping, but the actual footage is compelling, too…

How many times does Corey over at Faymus Media call the Blackmagic URSA “a monster?” We dare you to watch the video and post your answers below -- and then answer this question: does it matter?[adrotate group="6"] You already know that we think Blackmagic is…

There are a lot of camera tests available online and it is hard to always find the cameras you want compared to the cameras you are interested in seeing.  If you are like me you are a little skeptical as to how much you can…

Every now and again, a pure signal rises above the ambient noise of most tweets. Such was the case when DP Ed David reached out to us on Twitter wondering if you, dear readers, would be interested in how he and the team got a…

Canon C300 takes top honors, but Sony's F5/55 garners attention. Thanks to our friends over at Cinescopophilia for alerting us to the 2014 Televisual Production Technology Survey. Televisual questioned 100 executives at “leading TV, film, commercials and corporate production companies in the UK” to determine…

Yes, it is true! The cinema@planet5D is back! Our cinema section was very popular or year or two ago, and with the failed switch to the "videolog" and the forums, the cinema site was shut down for a while. [adrotate group="6"] I continue to see…

planetMitch note: this is the first footage from the Letus Helix 3-axis Gimbal sent in by Zeb Beadle! Sometimes, capitalism works really well. Case in point: the rapidly evolving 3-axis brushless gimbal market, with the MōVI by FreeFly and the rigs from Defy, now has…

We are always looking at videos online. This one I think is worth the watch. It is a little over 2 minutes and mixes RED footage with the Nikon D800.[adrotate group="6"] It isn't the image I think that makes this stand out but rather the…