Pro Video Cameras
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Looking to capture your travels, memories, and experiences in beautiful HD? The new Canon Vixia HF G40 is small enough to carry anywhere, and has the power capture your greatest moments.
When the Canon XC10 camera was presented at NAB 2015, I immediately became curious about it—joining many others who record their opinions on the great and all-powerful Internet, I couldn’t place my finger on the targeted end-users of this camera. The spec sheet lists 4K UHD recording at a whopping 305 Mbps from a 1" sensor to CFast 2.0 cards, C-LOG and other picture profiles from the EOS C series, a relatively small ergonomic form factor with a rotating side-handle, a few customizable buttons, a tilting LCD with touchscreen controls, a Canon
We’ve seen a dramatic rise in the low-light capabilities of cameras in recent years, but nothing quite as impressive as the Canon ME20F-SH Professional Multi-Purpose Video Camera. Featuring a 2.26MP full-frame CMOS sensor, the camera captures up to 1080p color footage in extreme low-light environments at a maximum ISO of 4560000. You read that correctly—that’s an ISO of more than 4 million. With that kind of sensitivity, the ME20F
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In the following video, Doug Guerra, from B&H Photo, goes hands-on with Canon’s ME20F-SH, a professional multi-purpose video camera optimized for extreme low-light recording. Equipped with a 2.26MP full-frame 35mm CMOS sensor, the camera captures up to 1080p color footage at a maximum ISO of 4560000 and outputs it over HDMI and SDI. Guerra puts the camera’s low-light abilities to the test, while also examining features such as
In the following video, Mia McCormick, from KelbyOne Media, discusses the Sony PXW-X320 ENG-style Camera and the PMW-PZ1 4K Memory Player. The video goes into detail about the camera’s improvements over its predecessor, covering the sensor, noise reducer, selectable formats, and recording bit rates. McCormick also discusses the camera’s
When you’re in the mood for gift-giving, or simply have an obligation, what better way to celebrate holidays, birthdays, or anniversaries than to have a look at a some of the innovative video products that have become available this year? Last year, we wrote about some great cameras like the Panasonic DVX200 and the DJI Osmo,
In the following video, watch as Doug Guerra puts the Canon XC-10 through its paces, and walks you through the functions of this little camera, highlighting how the features it inherits from its DSLR and video camera lineage combine to make a lightweight flexible camera that is at home capturing 4K video for use as either an A or B-camera, as well as taking 12MP stills. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other
An Ultra HD studio camera that fits into the palm of your hand, the Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K packs professional features, an active Micro Four Lens mount, and expandability into a miniscule body that virtually disappears on set. The camera’s native Ultra HD image sensor supports 3840 x 2160 video at up to 30 fps and 1080p video at up to 60 fps, outputting a 10-bit 4:2:2 signal over 6G-SDI to a
After only a few minutes of shooting with one of Panasonic's recently introduced Twin Camera line of consumer camcorders, I found it hard to put down the camcorder, because I was just having so much fun. What's Twin Camera, you may be wondering? It's a new feature found in select Panasonic consumer camcorders that lets you record two independent camera
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In this video, Allan Weitz reviews the Lomokino 35mm Movie Camera, an analog film camera that shoots 144 frames on a 36 exposure roll of film. He discusses the basics of how the camera works, how to load film and operate the camera, scanning and playback options, and some accessories that can enhance your shooting experience. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other
Since the release of the Shogun in late 2014, Atomos has steadily offered free firmware updates that expand the already rich feature set of the 4K-capable monitor/recorder. The latest update, AtomOS6.4, is one of the most exciting to date, adding eight new features in total that include the ability to take the DCI 4K RAW output from the
Though many of us are familiar with cameras having two ports―a timecode in/out port and a genlock port―we may not consider why both might be needed. Perhaps we dismiss genlock as just a legacy holdover from the times before switchers had built-in frame synchronizers. The terms “sync” and “timecode” are often used interchangeably, and the fact that timecode can be used to sync devices only compounds this confusion. Sync (genlock) is like a beat that calls out when a field (as well as a line with tri-level) occurs, while timecode indexes each
In the following video, Mia McCormick introduces us to JVC's new ENG-style, shoulder-mount professional video cameras, the GY-HM850U and studio-configurable GY-HM890U. The video opens with a discussion of the multi-codec recording system of the cameras, which are supported by nearly every major editing program, and include a 50 Mbps
Even though it's only been shipping for a short time, the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is the current "go-to" choice for shooting 4K video with a single sensor/interchangeable-lens system for less than $4000. However, things may change when Panasonic ships their 4K-capable Lumix GH4. If you're in the
The Sony HXR-NX3 is a handheld camcorder with a host of professional features. In this video, Mia McCormick, of Kelby Media, conducts a tour of what she calls a "workhorse" of a camera. In the video she points out important features, such as the 20x optical zoom, 40x Clear Image Zoom, and AVCHD 2.0 recording. Providing a balanced appraisal of the camera, she touches on its notable features. We hope you enjoy this video, and