Jennifer Hahn

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Jennifer is a native New Yorker and a writer, videophile, and techie. Before her career at B&H as a Pro Video writer, she worked in TV broadcasting, IT systems administration, and spent a decade as a freelance videographer and filmmaker. She’s written many screenplays, loves traveling, and plays music and video games in her spare time.

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Guide to Lighting for Streaming Video 101
6 years ago
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While the world has been at home, it’s been fun to connect online using YouTube, Twitch, Zoom, Facebook, Skype, and other video streaming services, hasn’t it? When I say “fun,” I mean not really all that that fun when you have minimal equipment and support. The bandwidth glitches, video quality issues, and the variety of camera malfunctions cause us all no small amount of irritation. Not to worry…
Video Lighting
Zacuto ACT Recoil Rigs and their Components
6 years ago
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Add handheld support to your Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, Nikon Z6 & Z7,…
Pro Video Accessories
Camera Rigs
The Tilta Camera Cage for Sony PXW-FX9
6 years ago
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Powering your Sony PXW-FX9 camera with a professional V-mount battery and adding numerous accessories has never been easier, when you use the durable aluminum Camera Cage with Battery…
Pro Video Accessories
Cages
Zhiyun Announces the Ultra-Compact SMOOTH-X Pocket Smartphone Stabilizer
6 years ago
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Capture steady action photos and videos for social media such as TikTok, Instagram, or other vlogs when you're on the go, with the new SMOOTH-X stabilizer from Zhiyun-Tech. The SMOOTH-X is so compact and lightweight that it folds down to fit in your pocket, yet it has all the features that you need in a smartphone stabilizer to record high-quality action visuals. The stabilizer comes in two…
Gimbal Stabilizers
Gimbals
Smartphone Accessories
Monitoring Goes Wireless with the Hollyland Cosmo M7
6 years ago
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Monitor your shots without a tether using the latest release from Hollyland, the fully wireless 7" Cosmo M7 wireless LCD. The compact 7" monitor is small enough to fit on top of a camera or carry around the set. The M7 provides a luminous 1500 cd/m2 brightness, allowing you to…
Pro Video Accessories
NAB 2020
SmallRig BMPCC 6K/4K Cage and Lens Cap Holder
6 years ago
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Adding accessories such as a light, microphone, monitor, or handles to your Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K or 4K is made easy with the SmallRig Full Cage, designed specifically to fit the BMPCC 6K or 4K like a glove and also to protect it from bumps and scratches. The aluminum cage offers…
Pro Video Accessories
Teradek Releases Orbit PTZ Wireless TX/RX Kits
6 years ago
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If you're transmitting video in a classroom, office, or house of worship and need to clear the wires out of your PTZ camera setup, Teradek has created the Orbit PTZ wireless transmitter and receiver system, which can not only send 4K video signals up to 1000' away wirelessly, the system also allows you to control the PTZ cameras wirelessly. There are two versions: the…
Wireless Transmitter
Pro Video Accessories
Sigma Updates its High-Speed Cine Art Prime Lens Line with /i Technology
6 years ago
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Sigma's high-end cine lens lines offer reliable, quality lenses with a soft, beautiful bokeh, and the enhanced, high-speed Art Prime 2 cine series lens line is no different. The line includes 14, 20, 24, 28, 35, 40, 50, 85, 105, and 135mm focal lengths, and similar to the FF prime line, the Art Prime 2…
Pro Video Lenses
A Guide to Portable Wireless Video Transmission Systems
6 years ago
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Monitoring your video production is always a challenge when you need multiple eyes on the shot to get it right, and there are a lot of eyes—between the Director, DP, AD, focus puller, producer, continuity, and plenty of other departments. Not every production can afford a video village setup or multiple wired setups, especially with low-budget or run-and-gun productions. When the shots are…
Wireless Video
Wireless Transmitter
Basic Introduction to Livestreaming Video
6 years ago
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In times of transition, such as adding an extension to your business, creating a personal brand, or, especially now, mandatory social distancing during a pandemic, it becomes necessary to connect with friends, clients, or an audience in different ways. Livestreaming video seems fairly easy at its most basic if you're talking to your Mom or a friend on your smartphone, but when, for example, a…
Livestreaming
how to live stream
Pro Video Accessories
Work From Home
Feiyu Announces a Pocket Handheld Gimbal Camera
6 years ago
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Ready to capture rock-steady 4K action video but you don't want to carry a heavy rig? Feiyu has a solution, with the new Pocket Handheld Gimbal, a camera gimbal that is so tiny it can fit in your pocket. The Pocket features a 3-axis gimbal stabilizer to prevent shaky footage, an…
Gimbals
Pro Video Accessories
Handheld Gimbals
How Auto ISO Can be a Valuable Tool for Filmmakers and Videographers
6 years ago
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ISO can be a sticky subject when it comes to video. It is used in photography when you have a great amount of control over your aperture, shutter, and exposure, and when you understand the lighting of your environment. But when used in video, if used too often, it can be more of an enemy than a friend to your footage. The most controversial setting is auto ISO, causing you to lose control over…
Video Lighting
SHAPE Introduces Handheld, Shoulder Rig Options for Canon EOS C500 Mark II…
6 years ago
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The Canon EOS C500 Mark II cinema camera provides professional cinema video quality in a compact size, but it still requires portability and accessory options to live up to its truly powerful capabilities. To fulfill these needs, SHAPE has created numerous modular handheld and shoulder rig options for your C500 Mark II. Rig options…
Pro Video Accessories
Moza Announces the AirCross 2 Handheld Gimbal in a White Finish
6 years ago
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For those who not only need a lightweight, 3-axis gimbal stabilizer for your camera to create professional motion footage but also want it in a stylish color, Moza has now released its popular, powerful Moza AirCross 2 gimbal in…
Gimbal Stabilizers
Handheld Gimbals
Pro Video Accessories
Sony Introduces the FDR-AX43 UHD 4K Handycam Camcorder
6 years ago
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So, you want to upgrade to a higher-resolution camera to shoot video on the move, track a walker or a jogger, or record a vlog in multiple locations, but dragging a tripod, handheld rig, or gimbal stabilizer is too heavy, bulky, or you need to be stealthy, and bulky pro camcorders are out of reach. Good news: Sony has just announced the new…
Pro Video Cameras
4K Camcorder

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