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Everything else for the camera not related to support (tripods, stabilizers etc.), such as remote lens controllers, matte boxes, filters, O.B. lights, monitors and much more.

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June 19, 2016 Adam Wilt Thoughts on the Panavision Millenium DXL

On the first of June, Panavision introduced the new Millenium DXL to the world with a showing at the ASC Clubhouse followed by an evening event at Light Iron. Art Adams and I attended the latter, and all my photos are…

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Wi-Fi WFM showing the feed from a Cube on a GH4

May 31, 2016 Adam Wilt Wi-Fi WFM: Turn your iPhone into an engineering monitor

Shameless commercial message: I’ve developed a new iPhone app, Wi-Fi WFM. It takes the wireless feed from a Teradek Cube, Clip, or VidiU and displays its picture along with a waveform monitor, vectorscope, and/or histogram. Background: Teradek H.264 encoders take camera feeds and send…

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February 2, 2016 Adam Wilt Review: Panasonic AG-DVX200 4/3” SD-to-4K fixed-lens camcorder

[Updated 2016-02-08] It’s bright red and carbon-fibery. It shoots everything from 480i to 4K to stills. It has variable frame rates, infrared imaging, programmable focus pulls, and log recording. It’s the $4200 Panasonic AG-DVX200. [2016-02-08 corrections courtesy Barry Green: only usable…

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January 19, 2016 Adam Wilt First Look: Veydra 85mm T2.2 Mini Prime

Veydras are cine primes designed primarily for micro four thirds cameras, though they’re also available with C- and E-mounts. I tested prototypes of the first four lenses—16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm—in December 2014; customer shipments commenced in February 2015; the…

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December 23, 2015 Adam Wilt Review: Canon XC10 1” 4K hybrid compact camera/camcorder

Behold: the Canon XC10. A two-pound, 4K, stills & video camera with a fixed 10x lens and no XLRs. Kinda small. Kinda lumpy. What gives? And lo, it came to pass in those days that the wire services and news…

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May 30, 2015 Adam Wilt Article / Review: Camera Cages / BirdCage for GH4

This post is a two-parter: the rationale behind camera cages in general; and a review of one such device, the BirdCage swivel, that I bought for my Panasonic GH4. Camera cages? Camera cages are metal exoskeletons designed to wrap around…

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May 4, 2015 Adam Wilt First Look: Veydra 12mm Mini Prime for Micro Four Thirds

Veydras are serious cine primes for micro four thirds cameras like the Panasonic GH4 and the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cine Camera. The Veydra project went public last November; I tested prototypes of the first four lenses—16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm—in…

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Original test chart, with midtones raised to stretch shadows.

June 28, 2014 Adam Wilt Panasonic GH4: DR and Gamma, Timelapse, and More

Now that I’ve had the GH4 for a while (initial review here), I’ve been able to explore it more detail, and use it on a couple of gigs. I’ve taken a closer look at the dynamic range and the various gamma options,…

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June 5, 2014 Art Adams Come See Adam Wilt and Me at CineGear 2014

Mark your calendar: Saturday, June 7th, at 2:45pm, in the Sherry Lansing Theater at Paramount. Adam Wilt and I will spend an hour discussing “The Sony F55: Swiss Army Knife of Cameras.” We’ve got videos to show and slides to…

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April 7, 2014 Adam Wilt NAB 2014 – TVLogic VFM-058W

Among other announcements at the TVLogic press conference was this new 5.5″ camera-top monitor, the VFM-058W. It builds on the widely-used VFM-056W with several useful enhancements: Full 1920×1080 resolution. This is the trend even for the smallest monitors; it won’t…

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