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by Corey Steib Kinefinity™ based in China is a new brand of professional digital cinema products including KineRAW cameras, KineMAG SSD, KineKIT accessories, KineStation transcoding software, KineGrip sidegrip, and more. The KineRAW cameras and related products are designed, developed, assembled in China by a team with passion, concentration, vision and technical background from high performance astronomy camera design.Now for the longest time, RED has been the big company to make 4K and higher cameras but now it seems that Kinefinity has announced their very own 6K cameras called KineMax along with the KineMini 4K Camera which are sure to make a lot of noise at this years NAB.

by featured blog contributor, Jeremy PinckertSometimes when I’m in the thick of pre-production on a new television advertising spot, I’m tempted to put all of my emphasis on the obvious questions: Who will be the cinematographer? What camera system will we use? What casting decisions need to be made? Who the hell can convert my scribbles into a real storyboard?There’s a step often left out of the above question process, but one that, as a Director or Producer, does have a significant effect on your picture. In fact, this step is the first point of contact between the enigma of a performance and the camera.

Scott Wilson, Producer, Echo Bay Media, worked on Arctic Vets season 1 and 2. The first season was shot with URSA Mini Pro 12K, URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, Pocket Cinema Camera 6K and Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Scott used a number of Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pros for the second season.

Director Brett Eichenberger and DP Michael Ferry used Blackmagic Design to bring to life their latest film, “A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed.” It was shot with a combination of Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro, Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and URSA Mini Pro 4.6K cameras in Blackmagic RAW, and then edited and graded using DaVinci Resolve.

"Due to the bigger image circle the Compact Zoom CZ.2 15-30 has no distortion or vignetting in the corners on Super 35 sensors (Sweet Spot Effect). Due to the full frame coverage, all members of the Compact Zoom lens family cover the RED Dragon senor at 6K. There is no other competitor cine-style lens that can do the same at this point." Learn what makes this lens one of a kind, along with its show reel & more.

The moment many of us had hoped for is finally here. With the restart of productions, new cameras and important upgrades seem to be popping up all over the place. Yes, the production landscape continues to be changing and I don’t think we are done yet. In part one, we will explore four cameras that have captured quite a bit of interest over the last couple of months. Part two will cover some of the incredible gear that is emerging in 2021 . Check it out!

I found myself gazing at Cornwall's tallest summit, while relentless rain battered me from all directions. My 6K Black Magic cinema camera hung from my grasp, covered in a black trash bag, its lens speckled with tiny water droplets. That day would set a new record for the highest rainfall ever recorded in the South West. This was my initiation into producing my very first TV documentary. Two months later, our film would be broadcast on BBC World, reaching over 400 million viewers and would be re-aired three more times due to its immense popularity. Our team wasn't a documentary film or TV studio; we were a small bootstrapped video production company based out of my dads house in Cornwall. Before embarking on this adventure, we had no experience in delivering documentary film, and to make matters more challenging, we didn't know anyone in the industry to lend us a hand. This brief article aims to share the lessons we learned along the way, in the hopes of making your journey to TV a bit smoother.

One of the fun things about starting off the New Year is thinking about all of the great projects just waiting for you. But what fun is it to embark on a bunch of new projects if you are still using all of that same stuff from last year? Wait! I’m not saying that you are going to throw it all out. Heaven forbid. But what I am advocating is that you can upgrade your production values without breaking the bank. Let’s take a look at some of the exciting new gear for you out there right now.

Thanks to small, high-quality digital cameras, professional and personal drones have completely transformed the production industry, letting filmmakers capture shots that were previously unattainable to non-studio filmmakers. To capture aerial footage a few years ago, you had to either book time in a helicopter containing a professional operator, remote head, and bulky HD camera, or, for lower altitudes, rent the services of a small remote helicopter and operator from a company like Flying-Cam or Coptervision. As you can probably guess, helicopters don’t come cheap.