Field Report: Canon’s Impossible 50-1000mm 4K S35mm Zoom August 10th 2015 - 12:05 PM

The migration of documentary, sports, and wildlife shooters, including myself, to large-format single-sensor cameras has created a powerful demand for optics that can re-create the versatile can-do-everything 2/3-type experience that many of us love. This has posed an almost impossible challenge for lens manufacturers like Canon who’ve never had i

BT UHD Rides With Timeline 4K truck June 12th 2015 - 08:04 AM

Timeline, a relatively new entrant into the UK’s outside broadcast supply scene, has been commissioned to build and run a 4K scanner by BT for the telco’s August launch of BT Sport Ultra HD. The truck is kitted with an array of the latest 4K production gear including

Fujinon Lenses Give Gyro-Stabilized Systems Focus May 25th 2015 - 12:02 PM

When Grass Valley, CA-based Gyro-Stabilized Systems (GSS) makes its popular pre-assembled aerial camera systems, it often includes lenses from Fujinon. GSS sells its gimbals for aerial video production surpassing 4K/UltraHD for broadcast and feature productions, utilities inspection, and surveillance applications.

The Blacklist Short Lists Anton/Bauer, Litepanels and OConnor April 30th 2015 - 05:14 PM

Cinematographers Eric Moynier and Michael Caracciolo shoot NBC’s hit series, The Blacklist, with support from Anton/Bauer batteries, Litepanels fixtures, and OConnor fluid heads. Mostly shot on location – including Manhattan, the outer boroughs, Long Island, New York’s Rockland and Westchester counties and the stages of Chelsea Piers – the show’s