Released last year, the Arri MMB-1 mattebox is a well-made, low cost mattebox that was originally conceived for compact HD cameras such as the Sony PMW-EX1 and EX3. Now Arri has released a group of accessories to expand the use of the MMB-1 for any camera. Watch the video to see how they all work together.
Visit Abel’s Booth C8537 at NAB to see these Arri matteboxes and accessories.
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about rolling shutters on electronic cameras and how they do or do not affect the image. The popularity of the Sony PMW-EX1 and EX3 cameras has really stepped up this debate. But what does it actually mean? In brief, a Global Shutter captures all of the information from every photosite on a chip all at once. A Rolling Shutter reads off the photosites line by line. But that’s just the beginning. Let me try to clear up some misnomers and misconceptions.
…continue reading The Global Shutter / Rolling Shutter Debate
Our friends at Flashpoint Academy in Chicago sent us this demo they shot using the CamTram 2500. It showcases some of the unique moves you can accomplish with the CamTram, and just how quick and easy it is to set up.
Flashpoint is a unique Digital Arts college that teaches both the art and science of digital media—audio recording, VFX and animation, gaming and film—they cover it all. Check out their website and blog to see what the school’s all about.
We’ve had the Wide Angle Ex3 Lens – Fujinon XS8x4 – for awhile now, and a client asked me to send him some snap shots of what it can do. Well I thought I would share it with all of you as well. It’s a nice lens – very well built and has all the functions of the standard EX lens. I did some quick testing on our sales floor at the widest end of both the standard lens and the wide end. Check out the images and I think you’ll be able to spot which is the wide one.
It appears that the Sony EX cameras exhibit the same form of IR sensitivity that the Sony F35 and the Panavision Genesis do. Therefore the best filter for these cameras is not an IR Hot Mirror but instead a Tiffen IR ND non-Hot Mirror filter. This filter set was created for the F35 and Genesis. It is also less expensive than the Hot Mirror type filters such as the Formatts we sell for the RED.
Please note that different types of cameras and sensors require different type of filtration. The Formatts remain the recommended solution for the RED but the Tiffen non-Hot Mirror product is best for the EX1/EX3.
Art Adams over at ProvideoCoalition.com is doing an IR Filter Shoot Out to see how filters from three manufacturers work with the RED, F35 and EX Cameras. You can check those tests out here.
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