Day 1 of our live streams, which focused mostly on the Canon Announcements, is over and was a big success with thousands of stream viewers on Youtube and Facebook. Now it’s time for day 2, and we have great stuff in store! Today’s LIVE Stream Schedule, starting at 12pm EDT / 6pm CEST / 5pm BST: Dan Chung (Atomos) and Krzysztof Sieniawski (Cinematographer) on the Panasonic S1H RAW Update with the Atomos Ninja V – about the launch film “Blind Love” Quick Update of our “Bored @ Home” Competition – still open for submissions for over a week! Phil Holland (Cinematographer): Stealing content from creators on the internet – is copyright infringement becoming a rampant problem? Christoph Tilley (Cinematographer) – Investing Through the Crisis – Buying a Bolt Robot Alister Chapman (Filmmaker) – The State of the Industry – And possible lifelines for filmmakers in crisis Here is a list of VIRTUAL SHOW videos we have released so far: New Insta360 8K Live Streaming Software Used for 5G VR Live Stream of NFL (Link here) STABILENS Makes Rebalancing Your Gimbal Super Fast (Link here) iFootage Launches SpiderCrab Quick-Release Magic Arms (Link here) SWIT CURVE500 HDMI-Only Wireless System Announced (Link here) Edelkrone JibONE and HeadPLUS – First Look – Compact Motion Control Jib & slider (Link here) NANLITE PavoTube II 6C Announced – Full RGBWW Battery Powered (Link here) Canon Announces 25-250mm 10x CINE-SERVO Lens and Firmware Updates (Link here) Canon EOS C300 Mark III – New Super35 DGO Sensor, Up To 4K 120fps in Cinema RAW Light (Link here) Canon C300 Mark III – First Look Review & Impressions – Footage (Link here) Redrock Micro Digiboom Update – Sport and Tripod Mode Added (Link here) Edelkrone Controller – Control Your Edelkrone Products Wirelessly (Link here) Kinefinity MAVO Edge Announced – 75fps 8K For Under $12,000 Link here) Sony FX9 and VENICE Full Frame Cameras new Firmware Announced (Link here) iFootage Seastars Quick-Release System – First Look (Link here) Aputure Sidus Link 1.2 App – Major Update Available Soon (Link here) DJI Mavic Air 2 Review & First Look – 4K 60p, 1080p 240fps (Link here) Interview with Documentary DOP Ben Sherlock (Link here) Lockdown Writing Tips with Writer and Director Morgan Dameron (Link here) Zacuto ACT Recoil Rig – Interview with Steve Weiss (Link here) Lindsey Optics Large Format Director’s Viewfinder – Interview with Dwight Lindsey (Link here) MZed – Online Education for Filmmakers – A Talk with Owner Scott Emerton (Link here) Vitec Imaging Solutions CEO Marco Pezzana on Company & Phase of Industry (Link here) Aputure Light Storm LS 60d and LS 60x LED Lights Introduced (Link here) SWIT SL-100P Waterproof Flexible Bi-Color LED Light Announced (Link here) Kondor Blue Panasonic Lumix S1H Cage Announced (Link here) Core SWX NEO 150 Mini Battery Packs and GP-X2 Mini Chargers Introduced (Link here) Grow Your Youtube Audience – Interview with Filmmaker Kyle Hill (Link here) Wooden Camera ARRI LPL Mount Adapters, Vertical Mounting Kits, and Bridgeplates Introduced (Link here) “I’m Back 35“ Updates – Interview with the Creators (Link here) Lutify.me – Simplifying Color Grading with Goran Ljubuncic (Link here) Atomos Announces 12bit Apple ProRes RAW for Support Z CAM E2 Camera (Link here) Aputure 600D Updates Plus Nova Pricing and Availability (Link here) DPReview Senior Editor Barney Britton on Phase of Industry (Link Here) Frame IO v3.6 – interview with CEO Emery Wells (Link here) CAME TV Boltzen Q-55S Mini Bi-Color Fresnel LED Introduced (Link here) K-Tek Announces KP6 KlassicPro Traveler Boom Pole and XLR Cables (Link here) Hollyland Cosmo M7 7″ High-Brightness Wireless Monitor Introduced (Link here) Cartoni Red Lock Tripod System – First Look & Interview (Link here) BB&S Compact Beamlight Bi-Color Announced (Link here) Kinotehnik LCDVF BM5 for the Pocket 4K & 6K and the LCDVF Success Story (Link here) SIGMA fp Camera – Webcam Mode for Live Streaming (Link here) Quasar Science LED RGBX Tube Lamps Introduced (Link here) What Exactly Does a Key Grip do on Set? – An Interview with Jake Reeder (Link here) Hollyland MARS X Introduced – Wireless Video Transmission to 3 Smartphones Simultaneously (Link here) Cooke Lenses – Interview About new Lenses and Cooke Look (Link here) Battery Mag – Affordable Camera Batteries Holders (Link here) Redrock Micro Eclipse for Robots Focus Iris Zoom System (Link here) We would love having you guys we us! Please tune in. 

Hard to believe, but obviously expected, NAB has been officially canceled. Now that the show won’t be happening, we are approaching manufactures with this proposal in order to present you with alternative “virtual show coverage” through recorded videos and live streaming. After all, cinema5D is still committed to bringing the latest news to our audience and support respected manufacturers wherever they are. cinema5D will be offering virtual show coverage without there being a show – planned to be taking place on or around the dates that NAB was supposed to happen in April. Manufacturers Invited – Please get in touch The idea is to make sure that companies who worked so hard to create and present their innovations during the show, will have a platform to present those products even without the real-world event happening. We will be offering companies the following, free of charge: – cinema5D live interviews and talk about the new products with individual manufacturers and creators from our industry – In case that your company is offering a live-streamed event, we will consider to tie it into our live broadcast too – cinema5D will pre-record and edit interviews that will be published during AND after the virtual show has ended, whenever a manufacturer embargo lifts. In our entire history, cinema5D has never broken any embargo, so manufacturers can be assured that the information will go live exactly at the right time. Those interviews will be recorded remotely via video conference OR be recorded on location depending on geographical placement of the manufacturer (we will decide on an individual basis). We are looking forward to this opportunity and aiming to create a new valuable experiences to our audience and manufacturers. Let’s try to make something positive from the negative developments all around us. Please contact us directly for more information, visit our contact page. Johnnie, Nino and the entire cinema5D family. (Note: As like with any other trade show, the amount of offerings is huge and products might be of a similar type. cinema5D reserves the right to decide which products to expose to our audience on a case-by-case basis.)

Take part in a draw to win $9000 worth of camera gear (click here)! Find out details below – the second live prize draw is happening on 20th November in the YouTube live stream above.  Together with Syrp, Manfrotto and Freefly we are giving you a chance to win a massive amount of kit. We’re giving away 5 prizes and that means more chances for you to win! All prizes are based around Renan Ozturk’s camera gear – learn more about him and his adventures by clicking here! A Give-Away – What to do? There is not much required to take part in our draws for the prizes, except for subscribing to our Youtube channels and watch some behind-the-scenes footage. The more you of these small tasks you complete, the higher your chance to win. Click here to take part in the competition. The Prizes: Winner 1 – 13th November prize- Freefly Movi for iPhone + Manfrotto Bumblebee bag + Syrp Super Dark VND Filter (Stream embedded above! Will broadcast live at 7pm GMT / 8pm CET / 2pm EST / 11am PST on November 13th). Winner 2 – 20th November prize – Manfrotto Wheelie Bag + Syrp Genie Mini Pan Tilt Kit (Stream embedded above! Will broadcast live at 7pm GMT / 8pm CET / 2pm EST / 11am PST on November 13th). Winner 3 – 27th November prize – Syrp Genie + Syrp Magic Carpet Long Track Winner 4 – 4th December prize – Syrp Genie II Linear + Syrp Magic Carpet Pro Short Track Winner 5 – 4th December TOP prize – Syrp Genie II Pan Tilt + Syrp Genie II Linear + Syrp Magic Carpet Pro Medium Track + 2 Manfrotto tripods + Manfrotto Bumblebee bag There’s time to take part in the competition up until each prize draw! (And it’s enough to enter once to be entered into all draws.) The prize draws are broadcast live on cinema5D’s YouTube channel (Nov 13th & 20th prize draws) and Syrp’s YouTube channel (Nov 27th & Dec 4th prize draws). Please subscribe to both if you haven’t yet, in order to stay up-to-date. Check out the recorded 13th November Prize Draw: Congratulations to Jeff Kerby from Hanover, NH, USA! You’re the winner of the first draw. Syrp will be in touch to get you your prizes. Who’s Renan Ozturk? If you haven’t heard about Renan Ozturk yet, check out this post on Syrp’s website. Renan is not only a filmmaker – he is also an expedition climber, landscape artist and is well known for taking his camera into places where you wouldn’t dream of going. He has co-directed and starred in the Sundance 2015 winning film “MERU”, co-directed the TIFF award-winning film “SHERPA”, worked on the National Geographic TV Special “Down To Nothing” and shot stills and video for National Geographic.

Samyang (another branding of the filmmaker’s favorite Rokinon lenses) continues to broaden their skillset with their first Nikon AF lens – the full frame AF 14mm f2.8. An Intro to Samyang For many years, Samyang and Rokinon created manual focus lenses only. They built their reputation on mid-range primes that were priced very competitively. Over the past couple of years they have slowly added electronics to their lenses, bringing focus confirmation chips and electronic aperture to their lineup. Then, last year, they began introducing autofocus lenses. Performance and Quality While we haven’t gotten our hands on one yet, we can assume it will be very close to the Canon EF version of the lens (which we previously covered here). The AF 14mm f2.8 has also been released for Sony E mount as well, where the great bulk of their AF lineup currently resides. Test results and real-world results in the Canon EF version are very positive. It is very evenly sharp once stopped down to f4, and shows fairly minimal color fringing. With any luck, the Nikon edition will perform just as well. The Autofocus on the Canon EF model was acceptable, both in speed and accuracy, but without blowing any minds or setting any records. It isn’t silent, but isn’t necessarily noisy either. Samyang claims to have updated their design for faster, quieter, more accurate autofocus with this new Nikon F mount edition, though. Time will only tell, but I see no reason to doubt it. The depth of field on a 14mm is enormous – this was taken at just an f3.5 Who is This 14mm Lens For? The light weight and weather sealing make this lens an interesting candidate for travel or street photography, although it is a little bit wider than most would usually use. I would expect it to see the most traction in landscapes, astrophotography, architecture, and real estate photography, where wider is almost always bigger. It faces some competition from SIGMA’s 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art, which is faster, sharper, and built like a tank. But you will pay out the nose for that extra stop and a half – the SIGMA is more than double the price of Samyang’s newest offering. The Nikkor 14mm f/2.8D ED is undoubtedly sharper and has quicker autofocus, but it again costs more than double that of the Samyang AF 14mm F2.8. For what you get, the Samyang AF 14mm f2.8 is a steal of a deal. Stats and Specs: Aperture range: F2.8 ~ 22 Lens optical construction: 15 Elements in 10 Groups Special Lens: ASP 2, ED 1, HR 4 Coating: UMC Minium Focusing Distance: 0.20m (0.66ft) Maximum Maginification Ratio: x 0.15 Filter size: N/A Number of blades: 7 Mount: Nikon F Angle of view: Full Frame – 116.6 ˚, ASP-C – 92.8 ˚ Maximum diameter: Φ 90.5mm Length: 93.1mm Weight without Lens cap, Hood: 474g Weight: 523g Weather Sealing: Yes AF/MF mode switch: Yes AF Motor: Linear stepping motor Do you have any experience shooting with Smaynag’s other 14mm lenses, are you happy with with their optical and AF performance? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

In a refreshingly swift move, Apple has addressed the thermal throttling issues that have plagued their brand new flagship i9 MacBook Pro for the past week. Apple today released an update to OSX High Sierra that patches a “missing digital key” and largely seems to solve the thermal throttling and improve the performance of their 2018 MacBook Pro lineup. For the uninitiated, thermal throttling is a common safety feature that limits the performance of a CPU to keep it from damaging itself under heavy use. Done properly, this can be a subtle way to protect your system without severely affecting performance. If there was no throttling or proper cooling in place, the internal temperature could rise high enough to literally melt your CPU. Not good. Throttling in the real world I’m sure every editor is familiar with that moment where you add one too many effects to your timeline. As the fans spin up to maximum speed, your heart and your playback FPS sink. This is thermal throttling in action. Forced to choose between playing back your clips smoothly and generating an unsafe amount of heat, the computer chose the former. That’s unfortunate, but necessary for your MacBook to live a long and healthy life. But what if it did that all the time, regardless of how many effects you actually added? What seems to have happened with Apple’s new i9 MacBook Pro is thermal throttling taken to the extreme. First reported by Dave Lee, the i9 MacBook Pro displayed extremely slow and uneven performance. As best we can tell, the processor was throttled very hard, then released, then throttled again. This manifested as much slower performance than expected, even when compared to older models with lower specs on paper. The ‘spiky’ performance of the i9 Macbook Pro before (left) and after (right) – image via CNET While it’s still too early to know for sure, with todays update seems to have solved the throttling, but its effect on performance is still unclear. Apple tells us that the performance should now be “70 percent faster” than the 2017 models with this update,  but keep an eye on the real-world testing as it comes in. AppleInsider’s tests show a performance increase, but not a major one. This is just one data point, though, and I personally would wait a week or two for the dust to settle before making a final verdict. On the whole though, it seems safe to say that the thermal throttling has been brought under control, and that the new i9 MacBook Pro is finally beginning to live up to its potential. Even the other members of the 2018 MacBook Pro lineup have seen a boost with the free software update! What does this mean for editing? For all of the laptop editors out there, whether you use Final Cut, Premiere, or DaVinci Resolve, this update could be the difference between editing your clips at real time or not, between half and quarter resolution playback. But maybe most of all, it makes the flagship i9 model, with its increased RAM capacity and six-core processer, a viable purchase again instead of a punchline. For a more detailed analysis, check out WIRED’s excellent coverage. To download the update, check the app store on your MacBook Pro. Would you buy a 2018 MacBook Pro after these updates, or still stick to last year’s model? Or are you a Windows editor? Let us know in the comments!

cinema5D has managed to become one of the most successful video camera gear reviews & news websites in the world over the past five years, and we are only getting started. We need more cinema5D writers. Our main focus on original, self-generated content – generated by the entire team which consists only of professional shooters who are working in the industry day in and day out. Unbiased and with different styles, the audience sees different takes and perspectives on new gear and shooting techniques. People appreciate personal opinions from professionals, even if they are different – which makes our content even more relevant.   What matters to become a cinema5D writer: proficiency in filmmaking – you know your stuff in one or more areas of filmmaking (producing, editing, directing, cinematography, post-production …) you follow industry news closely you have fluent writing skills in English (native speakers preferred) you can write well and you are actually enjoying it you consider yourself a filmmaker – maybe you are a creative young person starting out, or a professional in the industry who has worked for many years already, aiming to get more involved in the blogger scene – becoming a writer for cinema5D sounds like the right thing to do for you you have time to write a minimum of 8 articles per month (This is very important for us! Lengths can vary. Please do not apply if you cannot commit to that.) you know our and our competitors sites and follow them regularly you actively come up with your own ideas you have the time to write regularly – people with full-time jobs should check if they can find the time to write regularly What to expect: payment is based on the amount of articles written and on success and reach (not a full time employment, it’s supplemental income but has the potential to become a considerable sum that you can profit from long-term) introduction to our wide network of fellow filmmakers and bloggers a relaxed and exciting global team of professionals who work together in a decentralized manner from around the globe you’re getting your name out there to thousands of eyeballs, and we can link to your personal site from your name in the news posts possibility of taking you to major trade shows like NAB in Las Vegas, IBC in Amsterdam, … if we are really happy with your work and if you work well under time pressure (we always take some selected team members to shows around the world). To apply: tell us who you are, what you do, what you enjoy writing about most – and why you think this is something for you write one representative news post about a current subject of your own choosing that you would consider a “perfect fit” for our site (and which we haven’t written about yet). It can be either a classic news post of something current (example here), a review (like here) or a longer educational post (like here). Choosing the right subject and headline is almost as important as the proper content to go with it :-) email hiring[at]cinema5D.com to apply If you are only interested in writing guest posts or irregular posts, please DO NOT get in touch at this point in time as we need to focus on finding a regular writer first – irregular posts are however unpaid, but you will have your name and link to your website on them. We hope you see the opportunities and chances of growth this presents if you feel like we’re looking FOR YOU. Get in touch via hiring[at]cinema5D.com. And don’t hesitate to ask any questions too!

In this final part of our agent discussion suite, we talk about how far the relationship between agent and DP can extend. If you’ve been following our car ride discussion with Kristen Tolle-Billings from Worldwide Production Agency and Kasper Notlev from ArtOfficial over the past few weeks, you will no doubt have come to understand by now that the relationship between the agent and the DP is much more than mere business transaction. The agent is a person who can really help you navigate the murky waters of your future career, as well as facilitate your growth as a professional by helping you network to make both professional and passion projects come to fruition. Kasper Notlev from ArtOfficial This kind of relationship can sometimes mean that the agent goes above and beyond what you would normally expect of them. Kasper and Kristen tell us a couple of stories involving paying a client’s flight, helping them make rent, and Russian embassy Visa fixes. Kristen Tolle-Billings from Worldwide Production Agency It was a real pleasure to have both Kasper and Kristen on board this session of cinema5D ON THE GO at Camera Image Festival 2017. It was truly enlightening to discuss this aspect of a filmmaking career. Sometimes the right career move can be a lot more important than your next camera purchase decision! Please visit our sponsors’ websites to keep new episodes of ON THE GO coming! TILTA Blackmagic Design Manfrotto Olympus Watch previous episodes of ON THE GO (& On the Couch) by clicking here. Visit our Vimeo and YouTube playlists, and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

In this part of our discussion with cinematography agents, we discuss two key elements to finding an agent: your show reel, and the right timing. You know that video compilation you edit every year with your best recent shots? While you may refer to it as your “showreel”, agents such as Kristen Tolle-Billings from Worldwide Production Agency and Kasper Notlev from ArtOfficial would probably just call it a montage… and, believe it or not, it’s probably not the first things they want to see. Kristen Tolle-Billings from Worldwide Production Agency While a montage would have been useful in the past, a certain sense of mistrust has built up around the use of such compilations, as it is very easy to cherry pick your best shots without showing a true representation of what you can actually deliver as a DP. For this reason, agents prefer to see your “actual” showreel – that is to say, your body of work in its entirety. Kasper Notlev from ArtOfficial But let’s say you have a decent number of projects under your belt. They look awesome. But you want more, and are thinking about contacting an agent. Something that could happen is that you may be turned away… But fear not. Commencing a conversation with an agent who doesn’t believe you are quite there yet doesn’t necessarily mean you will never work together – quite the contrary, it may prove easier in the long run develop a  working relationship from having already known each other for a couple of years. What Kasper recommends: don’t stress about finding an agent too soon. Instead, focus that energy in realising creative projects and developing your own talent. After that, the agent thing will work itself out. Finally, we touch on some of the financial aspects of working with an agent, such as what is the agent’s commission for finding you work. Stay tuned for the final part of our conversation with Kristen and Kasper, where we discuss some of the projects that they have played a part in realising. Please visit our sponsors’ websites to keep new episodes of ON THE GO coming! TILTA Blackmagic Design Manfrotto Olympus Watch previous episodes of ON THE GO (& On the Couch) by clicking here. Visit our Vimeo and YouTube playlists, and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!