Visual Impact Blog

  1. SIGMA High Speed Cine Zoom Pricing Announced!

    SIGMA recently announced the pricing for their High Speed Cine Zoom lenses, the 18-35mm T2 and the 50-100mm T2, which will start shipping in December in North America for $3,999 each. UK and EU pricing as well as availability has not yet been announced. The company is also yet to announce pricing on their Cine Prime lenses that were announced at IBC 2016.

  2. Panasonic Varicam LT and Varicam 35 IBC 2016 Showreel

    Check out some stunning footage from TV shows, feature films, music videos and documentaries, shot on the Panasonic Varicam LT and Varicam 35 cameras.

  3. Blackmagic Camera 4.0 Update Released - New Advanced OS for URSA Mini and More

    Blackmagic Design Camera 4.0 Update is now officially released. Camera 4.0 is a major update to the user interface of the URSA Mini and much more. Thanks to Camera 4.0, the user experience with the URSA Mini 4K and 4.6K is completely overhauled giving users more intuitive and simplified access to the camera parameters.

  4. Convergent Design Release Major Firmware Update v2016.10 with Titan HD Extract, Varicam LT Raw Support and More

    The latest firmware release v2016.10 from Convergent Design is a pretty big deal for Apollo and Odyssey7Q+ users. Announced just yesterday, firmware v2016.10 enables support for the new Titan HD Extract option, Varicam LT Raw support is also added to Odyssey Raw Bundle, ARRIRAW 4:3 is also support, and finally ProRes proxy makes an appearance too.

  5. Zeiss Lenses Overview - Milvus, Otus, CP.2, Batis, Touit and New Zeiss LWZ.3 21-100mm Zoom Plus Exolens for iPhone 6/6s

    Luke from Zeiss stopped by for this quick overview of the Zeiss range of lenses for video and stills including the new Zeiss LWZ.3 21-100mm, Batis, & Otus.