Gear & Gadget Reviews – Page 6

14 Techie Stocking Stuffers Under $30 for Photographers and Filmmakers

Written by USTimes, 2016-11-28

(By Cirina Catania, USTimes Senior Editor and GearHead) I admit it, I’m a GearHead, Techie, Gotta-Have-It kind of Filmmaker! But it is not always about the big stuff we NEED (yes, need) like cameras, lenses, tripods, lights, etc. There are lots of little things you can give to the ones you love to put a…

Gear: The Rolleiflex Hipjib Takes the Load Off

Written by USTimes, 2016-10-04

From German-born photographer, videographer and inventor Gert Wagner and the folks at International Supplies, comes the Rolleiflex hipjib, one of those small pieces of gear that really helps in the field. When you’re shooting in a crowded situation with a tripod or monopod and find it hard to navigate through the maddening mess of photographers…

Gear: iKlip Grip, It’s the little things that count!

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Mobile filmmakers will love this iKlip Grip from iK Multimedia. It’s one of those tiny, don’t-leave-home-without-it pieces of gear that we keep in our camera bag at all times. It comes in a small felt carry-bag that easily stores conveniently and the ball-head allows it to swivel in any direction, horizontal, vertical and Dutch angle….

The Art of Music Video: Polina’s “Little Babylon” Pt.1 with Justin Thomson, Red Epic/Russian 16mm and iPhone lenses, oh…and Surfing

Written by USTimes, 2016-06-19

The single, “Little Babylon,” from Russian-born performer, Polina, was released this week. We interviewed the directing/producer partners, Justin Thomson and Rory McKellar. This is Part One with Justin Thomson. You can see a clip from the music video here. TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW: CIRINA CATANIA: This is Cirina Catania, and I’m sitting here with Justin…

Bits & Bytes: Larry O’Connor, Founder of OWC & MacSales.com answers: “Why SSD internal drives?”

Written by USTimes, 2016-06-09

We heard a rumor that internal SSD drives run too hot for our computers and could possibly damage the logic board. Larry O’Connor, Founder of Other World Computing (OWC) and guru behind MacSales.com disagrees. Part One of his interview defines the difference between SSD’s and HDD drives and gives a plausible argument for why it…

The Art of Video: Grant Burton, Royal Australian Air Force Training Video Producer, Talks about Combat Survival, Fire School and Puppies

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Grant Burton served for 20 years in the Royal Australian Air Force and for the last 14 years he has worked with them as a civilian in charge of shooting and post-producing their training videos. We spoke with him about his what he does and how he does it. It turned into a fascinating discussion…

Tech BFF’s G-Technology and Atomos Partner

Written by USTimes, 2016-06-02

HOLLYWOOD, CINE GEAR 2016, Booth #S315A – G-Technology®, a storage brand by Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced a partnership with Atomos, designer and manufacturer of smart 4K and HD video production tools, to develop solutions that help creative professionals save time in the content creation process. The new prototypes will be on display…

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Gear Review: NEET Laptop Bags are Smart, Expandable, Neat and Make Road Warrior Life Easier

Written by USTimes, 2016-05-24

We may just have found THE laptop bag for those of us who travel all the time and need something in which to store our laptop or iPad in as well as the cords and miscellaneous equipment that go with them. The NEET bag is surprisingly well designed and I’ve now adopted it as my…

NAB 2016: Panasonic Announces New Cameras

Written by USTimes, 2016-04-21

Jim Wickizer, Marketing Group Manager at Panasonic takes us on a tour of the new UC3000 and Hi-Def Studio Cameras. The UC3000’s features include Advanced Focus Assist Functions, shockless Gain (-6~36dB), a User Gamma setting, Black Gamma Correction tracking pedestal, and multi-step Digital Noise Reduction (DNR). The camera reduces skew using a high-speed scan from…

Geek Gear: Droning ALTA 8, Phantom Miro, Freefly

Written by USTimes, 2016-04-12

Tabb Firchau, of CineStar, writes a detailed and very interesting case study of his recent shoot with Hugh Bell and their newest product, the large drone, ALTA 8, which can handle up to 40lbs.The Phantom Miro shot at 1500fps at 1080p mounted to a MoVI M15 gimbal on an ALTA. For his detailed tutorial and…