Sony dropped the F bomb: announces F5, F55 4K cameras

This is a guest post by Nino Leitner. Read on for a full in depth look at Sony’s new cinema line of cameras.

Introduction

After teasing us for ages, Sony today announced what has already been all over town:

The Sony F5 & F55 cameras were just announced, alongside an entire range of workflow infrastructure that goes along with. It is one of the most massive announcements of new cameras to date, with Sony showing of a lot of “F” squarely aimed at challenging Red with their Epic, Canon with their C300/C500 and even Arri with their Alexa. Sony is truly flexing their muscles and showing off what they do best, providing entire production pipelines to go along with their cameras.

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ikan D5 – 1280×800 monitor review

The smallHD DP6 monitor has been a quite successful product with filmmakers over the past year. At NAB many booths had cameras equipped with exactly this monitor. Granted there are not many alternatives in terms of size, quality and price.
Another fine field monitor that is frequently used these days is the famous TvLogic VFM-056W. It also holds a high quality 720p panel.

DSLR News Shooter took ikan’s new D5 for a spin. It matches the other mentioned monitors in terms of quality, price and even holds some nice additional features. Definitely a product worth checking out when you’re looking for a field monitor for quaity HD field work.

Specs:
- 1280×800 pixels IPS panel
- adjustable false color
- peaking with red outline
- DSLR scaling
- 3G-SDI & hdmi input

The ikan D5 is available in two versions. The advanced version is the D5W that features a waveform, RGB parade, and vectorscope.

The ikan D5 is $900:

The ikan D5W retails for $1080:

via nofilmschool

The amazing LockCircle MAT BOX is here!

LockCircle is finally done with their nice, compact & professional sliding mattebox.

We’ve been reporting exclusively about LockCircle’s “Prime Circle” cine EF lenses at NAB 2012 (LINK) and were given the chance to take a look at it there. See the full video on said coverage below.

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Kessler’s new Shuttlepod Mini – compact, all-angle slider

Kessler Crane just released some new and very cool products. Among the most intriguing new devices is the Shuttlepod Mini, which is a miniaturized version of their original Shuttlepod, a unique completely smooth and silent slider that can be run at any angle, even upside down and has many upgrade options such as a motor system.

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