Review: Preshan John If you’re anything like me, it’s hard to separate the ‘camcorder’ portmanteau from the memory of a chunky grey, tape-loaded contraption that made appearances only at birthday parties and your kid’s ballet performances. However, the idea of a handheld, feature-packed, lens-integrated footage capturing machine hasn’t completely lost its utility in today’s world… Continue reading PANASONIC HC-X1500 REVIEW
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REVIEW: GIGABYTE AERO 15 OLED
First impression: With the risk of sounding like a fanboy, I love this laptop. The OLED screen beautiful to look at. The colour accuracy makes color grading an absolute dream and not to mention being able to see an accurate representation of your footage during the edit. OLED panels are slowly creeping in and becoming… Continue reading REVIEW: GIGABYTE AERO 15 OLED
RODE WIRELESS GO REVIEW
Earlier this year at NAB, Rode Microphones released the ‘worlds smallest wireless microphone’ and they were kind enough to send V&F a unit to test and review. Check out the video here Now we have sat on this for about a month now as we wanted to test the ‘Wireless Go‘ thoroughly. We got our… Continue reading RODE WIRELESS GO REVIEW
Review: Canon 6D Mk2
Alright we know that this camera was released a couple of years ago but we thought that it would be a good time to revisit it and give you all our first hand opinion on the Canon 6d Mk2.
Now as we all know it’s a full frame! That’s right.. a full frame camera that is affordable. This is fantastic as this means you can take full advantage of Canon’s full frame lens selection, Including the super wide Canon 16-35mm which in my opinion is up there with the best of them. The other thing to note is that it has a flip out screen which makes it perfect for vloggers, gimbal users and all those selfie lovers. At the time of release this was the only full frame camera with this feature but obviously with the release of the Canon EOS R that is not true anymore but if you have a look at the price difference the Canon 6d mk2 is still a hot contender.
PANASONIC LUMIX S SERIES REVIEW & SAMPLE FOOTAGE
Earlier this year Panasonic introduced the much-anticipated Lumix S1R and S1, the company’s first digital single lens mirrorless cameras to have a 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor. The S Series features Leica’s L-Mount, making it possible to use interchangeable lenses that meet the L-Mount specifications of Alliance partners, Leica Camera and Sigma. Panasonic is also offering… Continue reading PANASONIC LUMIX S SERIES REVIEW & SAMPLE FOOTAGE
REVIEW: AUDIO-TECHNICA’S 99-SERIES
DSLR HOT-SHOE MICROPHONES
Audio-Technica makes the case for owning flexible options over a one-trick pony with its triple-threat of 99 Series video mics. Review by Preshan John Given the deluge of hot-shoe footed mics, there must be something very desirable about sitting a microphone atop a DSLR. In professional filmmaking, the audio-recording and video-recording duties are typically quite separate.… Continue reading REVIEW: AUDIO-TECHNICA’S 99-SERIES
DSLR HOT-SHOE MICROPHONES
REVIEW: ATEN’S 4K 2-PORT USB DISPLAYPORT KVM SWITCH
The newest addition to ATEN’s KVM line of products, the CS782DP, was released last month. Simply put, it’s a video control console that can connect two 4K computers to a DisplayPort, allowing you to switch control of the display (to either computer), while using the same keyboard and mouse for both. Review: Nicole Boyd This device is ideal… Continue reading REVIEW: ATEN’S 4K 2-PORT USB DISPLAYPORT KVM SWITCH
REVIEW: SENNHEISER AVX WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM
The less you mess with Sennheiser’s AVX System, the better. Review: Preshan John There’s an endless number of ways to bring a cinema shot alive. And the tools to do it — sliders, stabilisers, jibs, drones and dollies — are now accessible to even amatuer cinematographers. You’ll rarely see a wedding or event videographer without some mechanical contraption clogging up… Continue reading REVIEW: SENNHEISER AVX WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM
AUDIO-TECHNICA SYSTEM 10 PORTABLE CAMERA-MOUNT WIRELESS SYSTEM
It’s a hot market for hot-shoe mounted microphones and Audio-Technica has miniaturised its System 10 wireless series to fit the mould. Review: Preshan John Ah, the DSLR, our least favourite of audio-capable contraption. So good at video, so lousy at audio. Thankfully, there’s loads and loads of audio manufacturers willing to help out. Case… Continue reading AUDIO-TECHNICA SYSTEM 10 PORTABLE CAMERA-MOUNT WIRELESS SYSTEM
RODE NTG4+ SHOTGUN MICROPHONE
It’s not ‘one number’ better than the NTG3, but with onboard filters, internal battery and a built-in pad, the NTG4+ has plenty going for it. Review: Ben Osmo Location sound for film and TV is my specialty, and I’m always interested in loading up my blimp with a new shotgun mic, especially one with cool onboard features like Rode’s… Continue reading RODE NTG4+ SHOTGUN MICROPHONE