News&Rumors

You love the site and would like to give back a little to the 5D community? Well, while you can send me some money via Paypal, I have another suggestion for you. Why not give me some of your spare time to do something you are already doing (browsing information about HDSLRs)?…

About a month ago, I made the decision to put some advertisement on the site. While I do not want the site to become bloated with ads, it is nice to get some money to pay the various expenses related to the blog.…

If you were thinking about getting a DXA for Christmas, you may want to call Santa first. It seems like the DXA-5D is back order and will be replaced (soon?) by a new product. I contacted BeachTek and the rep told me they have an alternative product coming soon.…

I have been a member of Lynda.com for almost a year. Long time readers might remember me talking about the Final Cut training I followed there. Lynda has a load of training material covering way too many subjects. Thankfully, some of these are especially useful to us HDSLR shooters and I strongly encourage you to get a subscription.…

D-Focus came up yesterday with a new innovative product: it is a camera plate with an adjustable arm to install a follow focus. Dave calls it the DFocus DSLR mount. This is a genius idea! This little gadget allows you to use a follow focus with small rigs like the Zacuto Gorilla series without upsetting too much the rig center of gravity.…

I know what I am going to be reading on my way home tonight: Canon released the 1DMrkIV white paper. You can download it here. Word of caution: White Papers are marketing materials and should be expected to bend, twist and fold the truth in every angle to promote the product.…

Vincent Laforet just made a post about something one of my friend has been talking to me about for a few while: a plugin to log and trasfer HDSLR clips directly in Final Cut Pro. As Vincent points out, this is a big thing for a lot of people.…

Just a quick heads up to say that I will post tonight a short test clip I did last night with the D3s at ridiculous ISO setting (ISO 25-102k). My only comment is “wow!”. Even with a f2.8 aperture, the camera was able to see stuff that my eyes could not!…