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ARRI Looks to Steal RED's Lunch Money with ALEXA
In the battle of large CMOS-based cameras with capitalized names, ARRI is looking to steal RED's lunch money. Earlier this month, RED's Jim Jannard announced the high-end EPIC and less expensive...
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RED ONE and ARRI ALEXA Footage Side-by-side
When it comes to shooting a DIY feature, one of the foremost questions for DSLR owners will be, "rent a camera or shoot with what I own... and know?" I own a 5D Mark II and I'm honestly not sure if I'd...
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What is the Dynamic Range of a Canon 5D Mark II?
The forthcoming RED EPIC and ARRI ALEXA cameras both claim 13+ stops of dynamic range, which is just about equal to that of 35mm film. To me, dynamic range is a more important metric than resolution...
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What Your HDSLR is Missing: Dynamic Range
Well, I should say, "what your DSLR is missing -- among other things." But one of the less obvious shortcomings of our DSLRs (other than aliasing, lack of good sound options, etc.) is the lack of...
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Master Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Shooting with ARRI ALEXA: 'Film Had a...
Roger Deakins, ASC is up for a cinematography Oscar this year for lensing the Coen Brother's masterful True Grit, and according to Deakins himself, it might be his last movie shot on film. Deakins --...
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RED EPIC HDRx Makes 'Impossible' Shots Possible
We've taken a look at RED's High Dynamic Range mode, dubbed HDRx, in the past. But now that over a hundred EPIC-Ms are out in the wild, shooters are putting the camera through its paces in the real...
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NAB Video: Sony F65 >4K Camera and New ARRI ALEXA Models
I'm not going to go into much detail on Sony's new F65, which I covered at launch, or the new offerings in the ARRI ALEXA lineup, because cameras that run six figures aren't exactly the purview of DIY...
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ARRI ALEXA Hits 120FPS with Software Update
I'm a bit uncomfortable with how camera-focused this site has been over the past couple of weeks, but there's so much going on it's hard to keep up! That's one reason I'm hiring more writers (I'll be...
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At NAB, the ARRI ALEXA Quietly Continues its Takeover of the Film and...
For all of the stellar spec sheets and newfangled doodads coming out of the RED camp at NAB this year, one look at the active production landscape will show you that one camera is absolutely...
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Roger Deakins Talks About Using the Arri Alexa at IBC
Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption, No Country for Old Men) is arguably one of the greatest cinematographers of the last 20-30 years (if not one of the greatest all-time). His work is timeless in...
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On Set with James Bond: Behind the Scenes Footage from 'Skyfall'
Have you you ever wondered what a twenty minute montage of making a James Bond film (and the first digital one at that) would look like? Fortunately, the web provides. I'm usually rather apathetic...
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Sony Breaks Down the Modularity of the New F5/F55: How Does It Compare to...
Some of you may have noticed something very, very interesting about the body designs of Sony's upcoming F5 / F55 Cinealta cameras (they are, after all, nearly identical). These newcomers display...
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Sam Mendes, Meet James Bond: The Making of 007's New Film 'Skyfall'
You might have already seen the previous behind the scenes that we posted for the Roger Deakins-lensed and Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall, but now we've got a more traditional video blog/making of that...
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Apple Sets Sights on Professionals, FCPX Version 10.0.8 Adds Support for Sony...
Apple has been losing its grip on the professional editing market ever since Final Cut Pro X was launched in 2011 to much skepticism. With Avid and Adobe welcoming a lot of FCP7 refugees, Apple is now...
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How to Get Your Canon 5D Mark III RAW Footage Looking Like Arri Alexa
Suffice it to say some lucky, happy campers here at NFS have recently (finally) gotten their hands on a refurbished Canon 5D Mark III. Substances will surely flow in the not-too-distant future -- and...
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Different Camera for Every Project? DP Timur Civan on the Role Genre Plays in...
Everything in life has its purists. There are Mac purists and PC purists -- vinyl purists and people who hate music (kidding.) In the filmmaking world, there are plenty of things to be a purist about,...
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ARRI Confirms Future 4K Camera, but Are They Developing It Reluctantly?
ARRI is developing a 4K camera with 14 stops of dynamic range and high frame rate capabilities, and while that might not come as a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention, now we've got...
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ARRI AMIRA: Same ALEXA Sensor in New Lower-Cost ENG-Style Body, Shoots 2K &...
ARRI just announced a brand new camera at the IBC conference in Amsterdam they are calling the AMIRA. Not to be confused with the budget ALEXA HD that was just recently announced, the AMIRA features...
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AbelCine Breaks Down Arri Alexa XT: Codex Virtual Media & Live Grading Metadata
There has been some significant news on the Arri front over the past few months -- namely, that the growing Alexa family is forking out 'budget' HD-specific and Doc-friendly body implementations. All...
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How to Make a Wes Anderson Spoof: BTS of 'The Midnight Coterie of Sinister...
I'm pretty sure that just as this amusing little trailer satirizing the iconic style of director Wes Anderson was made available to the public, filmmakers were asking, "How did they do that?" Many have...
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