Category Archives: Blackmagic

What else is new?

Canon announced a weird looking “mini compact personal camcorder” called VIXIA that features an ultra wide-angle lens, full HD video and Wi-Fi. The Blackmagic cinema camera price dropped by $1,000 (also EF mount). The first Hasselblad Stellar review is out: “The unavoidable question is whether all this is worth it when you are paying $2000 for a discontinued […]

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Several new cameras are now shipping

Sony RX1r is currently in stock a Adorama. Sony RX100MII is in stock at Adorama and Amazon. B&H will receive their next shipment of Ricoh GR cameras on August 1st (Thursday). Check also the new Pentax Ricoh GR Brand Ambassador website. Fuji X100s: Amazon expects the camera to start shipping in 3-6 weeks. Fuji X-M1 is now in […]

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What else is new?

The Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens will start shipping on May 2nd, the Samyang version is scheduled to be released on May 15th. Shipments of the Plustek OpticFilm 120 professional grade scanner ($1,999.99) are temporary put on hold due to a faulty component. The Sony 50mm f/1.4 Carl Zeiss Planar T* ZA lens is delayed till […]

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What else is new at the 2013 NAB show?

Blackmagic announced their production 4k camera priced at $4k. The new compact Novo camera takes C-mount lenses and fits int he palm of your hand.

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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera announced

Update: B&H is now taking pre-orders for the new Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is now officially announced. You can get more details on the new camera from John Brawley’s blog where he writes: “What BMD have done with this camera is to take a super 16 size version of the exact same awesome sensor […]

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Blackmagic to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema and production model 4k cameras

At the 2013 NAB show Blackmagic is expected to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema camera with a price tag of $995: “Ultra portable Super 16 digital cinema camera with super wide 13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, built-in SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, […]

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Five new companies join the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group

Today Olympus announced that four new companies have joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group: Blackmagic Design – an Australian company established in 1984 that manufactures high quality electronic equipment for broadcast and video production, known for their Cinema camera with MFT mount. JK Imaging Ltd. – an American company established in 2012, that recently announced their […]

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Blackmagic Cinema Camera with passive Micro Four Thirds mount announced

After the introduction of their first cinema camera at the 2012 NAB show, Blackmagic made headlines again today with the announcement of their new cinema camera with passive Micro Four Thirds mount. The mains specs are: super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, large 2.5K sensor, a built-in SSD recorder. 2.5K Image Sensor 12-bit RAW, ProRes and DNxHD […]

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