While it would prefer that filmmakers remember the advantages of RF-mount, speaking exclusively to PetaPixel, Canon is looking on the bright side of Nikon's acquisition of RED Cinema,
Film studio A24 has been criticized for releasing a series of AI-Generated poster ads for its critically acclaimed movie Civil War.
In addition to unveiling the Pyxis 6K and Ursa Cine 12K cameras, Blackmagic Design also used NAB 2024 to tease an even higher-resolution camera with a large-format image sensor.
Nikon confirmed that it began considering acquiring RED due to the lawsuit the cinema company filed against Nikon back in 2022.
Expanding on the success of its Night Walker APS-C and Super35 cinema style series launch, Sirui has announced two new T1.2 S35 cine lenses through Indiegogo: The wide angle T1.2 16mm and telephoto T1.2 75mm.
Less than a week after Nikon closed its acquisition of RED, the company tells PetaPixel that it has begun moves to advance its position in cinema and leverage its new partner.
Nikon announced on March 7 that it had entered an agreement to purchase RED. Now, Nikon's huge acquisition is officially complete, just in time for Nikon's NAB 2024 appearance.
DJI has updated its extremely popular RS 4 and RS 4 Pro gimbals. These relatively compact gimbals are heavily inspired by their predecessors, promising similar payloads, but they feature improved usability and performance, including expanded vertical shooting capabilities.
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a British robotics company owned by Nikon, has announced Cinebot Max, the newest addition to the company's Cinebot series of camera robots.
New horror film Late Night With The Devil, which debuted in theaters over the weekend, has come under fire for using AI-generated images.
Chinese lens maker Viltrox has teased a very intriguing cinema lens for full-frame cameras: the Luna 30-300mm T4.0 10x Zoom.
Canon has announced a new firmware update for its video-focused EOS C500 Mark II camera, bringing enhanced Cinema RAW Light formats to the flagship cine camera.
Nikon's surprise acquisition of RED Digital Cinema this week represents a seismic shift in the cinema camera space. It also has far-reaching consequences not only for Nikon and RED but also for the rest of the digital camera industry, including Nikon's biggest competitors.
Osamu Tezuka's classic manga Midnight -- which ran for a short period between 1986 and 1987 -- has been adapted into live-action. Directed by Takashi Miike, the whole film was shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris and Jordan share their favorite movies from the last year that they think will have a positive impact on your photography and filmmaking.
The biggest movie of 2024, Dune: Part Two, was shot using the latest and greatest cameras and lenses -- plus some vintage Soviet-era lenses.
Venus Optics, maker of Laowa photo and cinema lenses, has announced two new anamorphic zoom lenses, the Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X Anamorphic 28-55mm T2.9 and 50-100mm T2.9.
Zeiss, which denied rumors it is leaving the camera lens manufacturing space last year, is teasing the arrival of a new optic. While it might appeal to some, photographers shouldn't get their hopes up: it is almost certainly a cinema lens.
Samyang is expanding its autofocus cinema lens line with a new 100mm T2.3 full-frame lens. While it is one of the new members of the L-Mount Alliance, the lens is only being made available for Sony E-mount for now.
Paddington star Ben Whishaw has been cast as iconic photographer Peter Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987, in an upcoming biopic.
World-renowned conservation photographers Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen have teamed up with Academy Award-winning cinematographer Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki to create a new short film, The Knowing.
Photography and cinematography equipment company Tilta teamed up with Oscar-winning Director of Photography Claudio Miranda, ASC, to create The X Gift, a holiday-themed short film shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
DJI announced the Ronin 4D-8K, a new model in the Ronin 4D professional cinema camera platform. The all-in-one cine camera incorporates DJI's latest and most advanced technologies, including a next-generation 8K camera.
Director Ridley Scott has revealed that he always uses at least four cameras while making movies and says his technique paid off for his latest historical epic, Napoleon.
Apple has just launched the promised new round of updates to its Final Cut Pro for iPad software and Final Cut Pro for Mac and we had the exclusive opportunity to put the changes through their paces.
The Raspberry Pi has been used for many do-it-yourself photography projects over the years, including the recent Leica MPi camera and Photon light meter. Now, the open-source treatment has arrived for cinema.
Earlier this month, Blackmagic announced its first full-frame camera, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K. On paper, the specifications looked enticing, and newly-released sample footage shows that it can live up to that hype.
Pirated movies and television shows are reportedly being uploaded straight to TikTok in a sequence of short clips.
Blackmagic Design announced many new products in a live stream today ahead of the 2023 IBC Show in Amsterdam. The most exciting reveal is the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K with L-Mount, the company's first full-frame cinema camera.
Canon has patented a compact, tilting electronic viewfinder that telescopes out from the body and then up and horizontal to the top plate of the camera, allowing a user to look down through it from above.
We finally did it! We reviewed the Fujifilm X-S20 after a very long wait. I fell in love with the original X-S10 when it first came out because it represented a departure from the design stylings of Fujifilm. It also added IBIS to the camera at a price that created excellent value for the dollar. Now the new X-S20 is in our hands, and we take it through its paces.
Get a behind the scenes look at Wes Anderson's latest film Asteroid City and, specifically, how the director and his team built the entire town from scratch.
The custom-made 65mm VFX matte camera used to shoot Blade Runner (1982), Batman Returns, Species, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind is being offered for sale, letting fans of motion pictures own a major piece of cinema history.
When watching movies, some viewers like to look for errors, such as finding evidence of cameras and crew in the final cut of a film. One situation that should be ripe for spotting mistakes is when a scene includes mirrors and reflections. However, as YouTuber Paul E.T. shows in a pair of videos, filmmakers have incredible tricks to make cameras disappear.
DJI has announced the Inspire 3, a high-end, all-in-one cinema drone that features a 161-degree ultra-wide night-vision first-person-view (FPV) camera and a main camera equipped with a full-frame sensor that can shoot 8K at 75 frames per second in Apple ProRes RAW.
NiSi has announced its new Athena series of cinema lenses ahead of NAB 2023. The five-prime-lens series covers full-frame image sensors with focal lengths ranging from 14mm to 85mm. The lenses will be available in Canon RF, PL, and Sony E mounts.
The team from Syrp Lab decided to find out what the difference would be between a photo lens and a cinema lens -- and which looks more "cinematic" and why.
The new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 successfully carries on the company’s tradition of providing affordable creation tools dedicated to video and cinema creation.
Aputure has announced various new lighting products, including its first RGBWW full-color LED pixel bar, a four-foot battery-powered pixel tube, a smaller portable one-foot battery-powered pixel tube, and an improved 200-watt (W) bi-color Bowens Mount point-source light.
Sigma is making its fp and fp L cameras more appealing for filmmakers thanks to the addition of a new color mode, the ability to use 4TB external SSDs, Open Gate with Anamorphic desqueeze, Atomos Cloud support, and more