Sony’s SRMASTER Family of Memory Recorder/Players

Sony started with these last year, and they were interesting, but we really thought they were too ‘high-end’ for most of our customers.  Especially with products like the Gemini 4:4:4 being introduced for fractions of the cost. Well, a year has gone by and two … Continue reading

Fujinon’s 19-90 PL Mount ‘Cabrio’ Compact Zoom Lens ZK4.7×19

Don’t get me wrong – it’s great that lower cost options are out there for those just getting into a prime lens collection, but it is nice to see companies like Fujinon ‘step up’ into this market. The PL19-90 Cabrio zooms lens hits this mark. It’s fast, works with all of their standard controls, and the servo is removable if you want to work in a more traditional, manual EFP or cine mode. Continue reading

Adobe CS6 to Start Shipping In Early May!

Adobe’s much anticipated CS6 was being shown in full glory at NAB.
There are a lot of new and improved features. Here are just a few:
Improved, less cluttered UI throughout all the applications
Prelude, a new app that allows for field and proxy rough cutting and then feeds Premier
Script, which is a new production planning, organizing, and scripting software…
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Avid Continues As The Choice for Professionals

Avid had their normal, huge presence at NAB again. They are attacking the market from so many different angles, it is really hard, if not impossible to summarize their news with just one or two themes, so Steve ‘Wolfie’ Browender of our staff put together this synopsis. Thanks, Wolfie! Continue reading

AJA’s Ki Pro Quad 4k / Quad HD / 2K / HD Solid State Recorder – In Depth

AJA Ki Pro Quad 4K / Quad HD / 2K /  HD Solid State Recorder

The AJA Ki-Pro Quad is so important, in our opinion, that it deserves its own post. It does so many things, it is hard to get it all down, but here is an attempt: Remember, this is supposed to list out at $3,995!!!

We saw it working in the Canon booth with the C500. I think they were talking about Summer delivery, but we don’t know for sure.
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