Francesco Andreola

BLAZAR, formerly known as Great Joy, has recently provided a sneak peek of the next addition to their Remus 1.5x anamorphic lens series. Unlike the existing full-frame 45, 65, and 100mm, the upcoming BLAZAR Remus 35mm T1.6 1.5x prime only covers Super35 mm sensors. Let’s take a quick look!

At NAB 2024, OFG Customs – a sibling company of LA-based rental house Old Fast Glass – is showcasing a “nearly 65mm” custom built digital cinema camera that is designed around the FUJIFILM GFX100 II sensor. Let’s take a look!

On the show floor at NAB 2024, we stopped by Blackmagic Design’s booth to learn more about their upcoming URSA Cine 17K from Business Development Manager Stuart Ashton. The camera is still under development and won’t start shipping before the end of this year, but we could still get an idea of what is all about. Let’s take a look!

At NAB 2024, Freefly Systems has introduced a new 2.5K version of their Ember high-speed camera. The new Ember S2.5K features a lower resolution sensor compared to its 5K sibling that allows for higher frame rates up to 2,900fps in 2K.

At NAB 2024, we sat down with Craig Heffernan – Technical Sales Director at Blackmagic Design – to dive deeper into the long list of specs of their newly-announced URSA Cine 12K full-frame cinema camera. Let’s take a look!

At NAB 2024, Laowa is showcasing a new series of compact Super35 mm cinema zoom lenses, consisting of a 11-18mm, 17-50mm, and 50-130mm. My colleague Graham took the change to visit their booth to learn more about this zoom trio.

At NAB 2024, we stopped by Core SWX’s booth to learn more about their PD Pro power solution, HyperCore G3 series, and Powerbase Edge Snap battery packs. Particularly, their new PD Pro seems promising, as it seems to tackle an industry-wide issue – the infamous SDI power protocol. Let’s take a look!

At NAB 2024, we paid a visit to the Creative Solutions booth to meet Matt Eidenbock from SmallHD. Matt was kind enough to walk us through the main features of their flagship 7” on-camera monitor, the SmallHD Ultra 7, and gave us a sneak peek of the upcoming Bolt 6 version with integrated wireless TX and RX.

On the show floor at NAB 2024, we visited SWIT’s booth to check out their newly-introduced OMNI V-mount battery series, consisting of a 50Wh as well as a 99Wh model. They can come in handy to power a small camera rig, but can also act as a backup for your phone, tablet, or laptop on set.

IronGlass and Ancient Optics have recently announced that they’ve succeeded in what many considered to be an impossible task: properly rehousing the Tokina 28-70mm lens for use on professional film sets. So let’s take a look at the IronGlass Phénix 28-70mm T2.7 “impossible” full-frame zoom!