Cinematography

DJI is bringing its stabilization know-how to cinematic content creation with the launch of the Ronin 4D system, which rolls a new full-frame gimbal camera, 4-axis stabilization, a LiDAR focusing, and video transmission/control into a single package.

Following a number of online leaks, Sony has now officially announced the FX3 full-frame video camera, which combines technology from the company's cinema shooters with imaging features from the Alpha range of mirrlorless cameras.

Is high-frame-rate cinema a technological cul-de-sac, or is it a bracingly new visual aesthetic we just need to get used to?

​Bit by bit, Blackmagic has been upping the capabilities of its relatively compact but largely capable Pocket Cinema series cameras. The newly unveiled Pocket Cinema Camera 6K ups the ante again, with a number of upgrades onboard spearheaded by a Super 35 sensor.

This staggering footage from cinematographer Phil Holland shows New York City from above in ridiculously sharp 12K image capture. That means every frame is a 100-megapixel photo. And filming something like this is no trivial matter.

​Back in early 2013, Blackmagic announced a compact Super 16 video camera for movie-makers on a budget. The company says that customers have been asking for a higher resolution version ever since, and has again chosen the NAB show in Las Vegas to launch the 2018 Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.​

​You know those butter-smooth side-to-side sliding shots you see in the movies? Gear-maker Rhino is working to make this filmmaking trick more accessible, and its newly announced ROV shapes as its biggest leap yet, designed to give smartphone owners a new means of getting crafty behind the lens.

Lytro's new Cinema camera is an absolute beast – 755 megapixel light field images at 300 frames per second. Focus, aperture and shutter speed can be set in post. Plus every frame is 3D-mapped, so it's like every object has its own green screen.

If you're in the business of making drones for photography, these days it takes a bit to stand out from the crowd. But Freefly Systems is looking to flip things on its head, with a professional-grade UAV that can fly with a camera above its body.

Today, in the age of digital video, film-makers wanting to take a step up from consumer-grade cameras are looking at some pretty expensive gear. LA-based entrepreneurs Joe Rubinstein and Elle Schneider are trying to change that, with the introduction of their Digital Bolex D16 Cinema Camera.

A piece of history was rescued from oblivion as the National Media Museum in Bradford, United Kingdom reveals a restoration of the first known color motion picture.

The Radian is an inexpensive device, designed to allow budget videographers to shoot motion-controlled time-lapse footage.