New Gear

NAB 2023

by briantweedt April 18, 2023 in New Gear Comments are Disabled

The 100 Year Anniversary of NAB! Hard to believe, but basically the year my grandparent’s were born, NAB started. I can only imagine that those at the first NAB in 1923 would be quite surprised by how far the world of broadcasting has changed in 100 years. As you walk […]

NAB 2022

by briantweedt April 24, 2022 in New Gear Comments are Disabled

Well, it’s nice to be back in person to the 2022 NAB show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It had been a few years since I (or anyone, for that matter) has been able to attend, due to the pandemic. So it was nice to see old faces and meet some […]

RED 8K Cameras & the Helium Sensor – What’s all the excitement about?

by briantweedt January 28, 2017 in New Gear, RED Cameras Comments are Disabled

When RED DIGITAL CINEMA debuted the RED ONE 4K camera in 2007, it was an instant game-changer. Way ahead of it’s time in terms of resolution (keep in mind, high definition, or 2K, was just becoming widely accepted), and for under $30K, you could own your own digital movie camera […]

NAB 2014

by briantweedt April 25, 2014 in New Gear, Canon Cameras Comments are Disabled

There were quite a few great new items introduced at NAB 2014. And many of them were a surprise! Cameras The Arri Amira was debuted at NAB and it had quite a crowd. The small, compact, “Documentary-Style” camera as Arri Calls it, seems be a nice piece of gear. Priced significantly […]

Does the Canon C300 work for “Reality” TV?

by briantweedt May 29, 2013 in New Gear, Canon Cameras Comments are Disabled

Has the “Holy Grail” of cameras finally been created? For years, DP’s such as myself working in the unscripted world have yearned for a camera with a large sensor to shoot our shows to achieve a the cinematic look our friends in the film world can achieve. The Canon 5D […]