News

  1. ARRI and IMAX to Customize the ALEXA 65 For Major Hollywood Blockbusters Destined for the World's Biggest Screens

    IMAX has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ARRI to customize the ALEXA 65 system for use on IMAX productions. ARRI is taking their crown jewel the large format ALEXA 65 digital cinema camera to the next level by entering into a collaborative venture with leading cinema experience IMAX, the recognized world leader in large format imaging technologies.

  2. FUJIFILM Launches World's First Portable 2/3” UltraHD 4K Broadcast Zoom Lens – Fujinon UA22X8

    Renowned for their optical quality, design and functionality, Fujifilm have been a leading force in the world of photographic solutions and broadcast lenses for quite some time. As technology evolves and more and more manufacturers look towards 4K capture, something that camera manufacturers have been doing for the past few years, it's only a natural and logical next step for glass makers to start thinking about designing lenses optimised for 4K acquisition.

  3. Litepanels Expands ASTRA 1×1 Family of LED lights with New EP and E Series LED Panels

    Litepanels have been creating industry leading LED panels for almost a decade now, and with the recent introduction of the powerful and bi-colour Astra 1x1 original panel, it quickly became a permanent fixture in cameraman's lighting kits for interview lighting, documentary, corporate work and everything in between.

  4. Sony PXW-X200 Firmware V1.2 Adds Simultaneous Recording, Active MI Shoe & Streaming

    Sony just released firmware update version 1.20 for their PXW-X200 Professional camcorder. The new firmware activates the MI Shoe so users can use the UWP-D11 series wireless transmitter without any cables as well as power the unit through the MI Shoe. Streaming and Simultaneous recording to 2 x SxS cards is now available. The GPS module that is built-into the camera is now activated as well. 

  5. ARRI Announces New Anamorphic Ultra Wide Zoom 19-36/T4.2

    ARRI has done it again - bringing out a lens that not that long ago many though wasn't possible to achieve. A wide angle anamorpic zoom! Cinematographers working in the documentary and film world would love the new possibility brought by this incredible new lens from ARRI. The new ARRI Anamorphic Ultra Wide Zoom AUWZ 19-36/T4.2 is a unique lens that perfectly complements the ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lenses by extending the range to cover extreme wide-angle focal lengths between 19 mm and 36 mm, without any sacrifice in image quality.