Visual Impact Blog

This week we are featuring the newly released firmware update and texture options for the ARRI ALEXA 35, Cooke's introduction of four new lenses to their S8 FF cine prime line-up and the new ultra-high speed Phantom T4040 camera from Vision Research.

This week we are featuring the new third-party licences for the ARRI Hi-5, RED's announcement of Super 35 versions of their V-Raptor and V-Raptor XL cameras plus DaVinci Resolve's latest 18.1.4 update.

Can you shoot a whole film using SIGMA Cine Classic lenses? This is often a common debate by many Cinematographers and SIGMA seemed to have the answer…Yes ! Cinematographer Ariel Artur has solely used the SIGMA Cine Classic lenses on the upcoming feature film Tyger directed by Alexander Milo Bischof, as they add texture and artistic lens flare to each scene.

This week we are featuring Blackmagic's new 6k Studio Camera and two new ATEM production switchers, Tiffen's brand new Black Fog and Night Fog diffusion filters plus Panavision's prototype lens that is being tested on a few notable productions.

This week we are featuring ARRI's Impression V filters - designed to detune the image and provide a more vintage look to Signature Zooms and Prime lenses, DZOfilm's third addition to their Pictor zoom range with the ultra-wide 12-25mm T2.8 cine zoom plus Rode's 5th generation of their legendary NT1 studio condenser microphone.