Reviews

The gigantic 55 inch Samsung LED televisions from the D8000 series are popular at the moment. And indeed the D8000 is a beautiful screen, one of the best I've seen in years. After installing a UE55D8000 recently, I got asked what are the optimum settings to really enjoy the quality of this beast. Read on...

Only hours left until the important announcements from both Canon and RED about their long anticipated new digital film cameras. Udate: cameras are released and specs added

These are rumoured to be true digital film cameras. They will have large sensors. Large sensors are not only the latest fashion but also a must-have for serious film makers. It allows shallow depth-of-field, higher light sensivity and lower noise. Coupled with interchangeable lenses, 4K, intraframe or raw-codec, professional features and you know these are some serious machines. Not really suited for your average holiday video. But it will be the future workhorse for many many production companies. Read on...

Bij Vocas in Hilversum was het vandaag Big Sensordag. Dit was speciaal ter gelegenheid van de introductie van een nieuwe, professionele filmcamera van Sony: de PMW-F3.

De nieuwe F3. Plaatjes zijn gemaakt met de mobiele telefoon.

Cameramerken als Red, Panasonic en Canon maken al een tijdje video apparaten met behoorlijk grote beeldchips. Dat is dus helemaal trend. En als er één schaap over de dam is... Nu is het de beurt aan Sony. Lees de rest van het verslag...

Most users of the popular High Definition Sony EX1 and EX3 cameras will be more than happy with the standard BP-U30 and BP-U60 batteries. They're solid and with the low power consumption of the EX camera they last very long.

The EX-L96 battery with the D-tap power connector

But if you want to power your camera for the whole day with only one single battery, and you also need a D-tap power connector to power an on camera light or accessories like the Nanoflash recorder, you have an excellent solution: the Switronix EX-L96 battery.

Another nifty accessory for the Sony EX camera! Read more...

Many accessories for a modern High Definition camera require a hot shoe on the cam for mounting your lights, wireless receivers, microphones… etcetera. You have to put them somewhere!

The original SONY EX1 camera is supplied with one hot shoe mount (to be more precise: a cold shoe is the proper term). Only one!

The original, standard microphone mount on the SONY EX1 and to the right the hot shoe mount

But what if you want to mount more accessories on your camera?

Sinds 12 april is er weer een nieuwe versie van Adobe's Creative Suite: CS5!

Creative Suite is een verzameling van software applicaties en zo'n beetje het standaard werk voor de creatieve sector. Van webdesigner tot fotograaf en van ontwerper tot editor, grote kans dat ze met één of meerdere tools uit de Creative Suite werken.

In deze posting de belangrijkste verbeteringen en meest aansprekende nieuwtjes over deze versie: Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5). En er zijn weer heel wat nieuwe dingetjes toegevoegd.

One of my favourite video cameras to date is the SONY EX1. It’s a small form factor full-HD camera, capable of outputting lovely high quality pictures. Loaded with nice features, a reasonable Fujinon lens and... it is tapeless. A very popular camera and nowadays everybody seems to have/want one.

Reviewing the Coco-ex from Bebob. Will this accessory be of any value for the SONY EX camera?

Despite its popularity the SONY camera does have a few shortcomings. One of them is the lack of a power tap for accessories like an on-camera light. A few companies jumped into this opportunity and came up with solutions. One of them is the German company Bebob who introduced: the Coco-ex. Read the full review...