I often wondered how good can a really affordable lens with a staggering zoom range be. I've spent so much money on lenses it is ridiculous, and yet there are affordable lenses out there that can produce good results, so long as you know the weaknesses and limitations which come with such offerings!
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Convergent Design today announces the new flagship model of the Odyssey Family of Products, the Odyssey7Q+. Featuring beautiful OLED screen, 4K recording over HDMI or SDI, RAW recording, and high frame rates, he Odyssey7Q+ expands on the capabilities of its predecessor the Odyssey7Q, while maintaining all of the functionality, performance and ease of use.
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Blackmagic Design today announced that the Production Camera 4K and Cinema Camera were used to shoot Hilary Duffs All About You lyric music video. The music video was shot by LA based production company Nightjar, which is helmed by brothers Felix and Julian Mack and specializes in creating multimedia content, including video, animation, editing and sound.
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Designed with long exposure photography in mind, Tiffens three new 10-stop filters attenuate for the far red and IR wavelengths that commonly pollute long ex.posure images photographed on todays modern camera sensors; the APEX, the ADVANTIX and the AXENT XLE filters are the ultimate imaging tools designed to control these issues on a wide range of sensors and lenses in various lighting environments
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Skimming through media is one of the brilliant features of Final Cut Pro X. While some other editing systems have their own ways of "skimming", the implementation within Final Cut Pro X is extremely elegant. The real power of this process is revealed when skimming through mass media. You can quickly movie through all of the footage within an Event with a simple swipe of the mouse.

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AVID has won approval to begin trading its shares again on Nasdaq, since having been delisted in February of this year.
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With facilities in Los Angeles and New York City, Light Iron will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Panavision, maintaining its executive leadership and talent. Light Iron's popular OUTPOST Mobile Post Systems will be available at Panavision rental facilities worldwide.
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The latest edition of Rick Young's Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X is now shipping and we are giving away 3 copies to win. The winners will be drawn at random and announced in the next edition of the Movie Machine monthly update.
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