Hello and welcome to Up to Speed, the weekly news show that covers the equipment industry
week by week to keep you up to date.
And this week has not been a quiet one, lots to talk about so lets get started.
Last week saw the start of Samyangs summer blockbuster campain and a promise to announce
a new lens every week for 5 weeks.
Last week was the 135mm Xeen lens, and this week is a 50mm F1.4 full frame prime with
full auto focus which is specifically designed for Sony’s E mount cameras.
I think Samyang are really aiming this lens at the a7 range users who want that autofocus
for stills without having to use an adapter.
If this is the start of a new range of lenses for E mount, which I hope it is, im not sure
why Samyang chose a 50mm prime to lead with as Sony already have that covered pretty well
with 50mm primes in various price ranges.
They might have got more attention if they released a lens which sony are currently missing
from their line up.
Also, this is interestingly the first autofocus lens that Samyang has ever made, despite developing
lenses for over 40 years.
So it will be interesting to see how the autofocus performance holds up to sony’s versions.
it looks like a lovely lens though and i’m excited to see if Samyang release more E mount
lenses in the future.
We had a visit this week from our friends at holden, Stuart and Kieron.
Holdan distribute panasonic in the Uk along with many other brands and bought with them
the new panasonic AG-AC30 camcorder which looked pretty impressive.
It was nice to finally get our hands on one in person, and hopefully i’ll be able to
get it back soon to do an actual video on it for all of you.
As a Canon C300 mk2 user the news I am most excited by this week is the release of firmware
1.0.4.1.0 . I’ve been waiting for this update for a while as it adds canon’s new C-Log
3 log format which is designed to be a middle ground before C-Log 1 which is easy to use
but not that flat, and C-Log 2 which is very flat, holds loads of detail, but can be hard
to grade and a bit noisy.
So for users like me who want to shoot in log and hold all the dynamic range but aren't
the most experienced at grading, C-Log 3 looks like the perfect option.
I’ll do some tests with it as soon as I can so keep an eye on the channel if your
interested in those.
Also added was magnification while recording, which really should have been there all along
but at least we have it now.
And autofocus support for their CN7 17-120mm Servo zoom and new 18-80mm Cine zoom.
Incidentally i’m going to get a chance to try out that 18-80 lens over the next few
weeks so if your interested in that or want me to try anything in particular let me know.
Also in the lens world Nikon have released what they claim is the fastest 105mm lens
in the world.
The Nikkor 105mm F1.4 full frame lens.
This could be an incredible portrait lens so if your a nikon user definitely take a
look at that.
Now lets move onto Atomos, as they have released AtomOS 6.6 for users of the original Shogun
, the Ninja Assassin, Ninja Blade and Samurai Blade recorders.
This mainly adds some of the HDR software from the newer flame series.
I have been using this on my shogun and flame and it really is useful for viewing log footage.
I find it shows a much more accurate image which is closer to how I will finally grade
the image than a simple Rec 709 look up table is.
Its worth remembering though that it wont actually be able to display a HDR image as
the screen technology just isn't capable of it.
So your just getting the software which is basically an advanced look up table but as
I mentioned, its still a very useful feature to have.
A perhaps more exciting release from Atomos though is the start of an open beta for Cinema
DNG Raw recording.
At the moment its only for the original Shogun, and is very much a beta release.
There is a list of known issues which you have to agree to before downloading.
So please do be careful, don't use it on any important shoots just yet, but if you do want
to give it a try you can now try it out via the links below.
Now on the distribution side of things Vimeo have released a new type of account, Vimeo
Business.
Vimeo is already great for uploading your work to share with clients and distribute
it online when finished.
But Vimeo Business takes it another step further, adding the ability to add team members, and
collaborate together.
To be honest it looks like quite an expensive option at $599 a year, but could develop into
a must have for video businesses if they play their cards right.
As always we have a new deal of the week here at ProAV, and this week we are giving away
a free battery with every camera available on our site.
If you buy any new camera at all from us over the next week, we will put a free battery
for it in the box before we sent it out to you.
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So what do you think of the weeks news?
Are you going to use C-Log 3?
How about Raw coming to atomos products?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and i’ll see you in the next video.
Thanks for watching.