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The Olympus E-M1 is sitting on a goldmine. The 5 axis stabilisation system is heaven for video, but very little attention was given to video specs. The codec is only capable of recording in one frame rate, 30p, which is an NTSC rate completely unsuited to 70% of the world’s population living in Europe, the UK, China, Brazil and Australia. Consumers need 25p or 50p… and filmmakers are desperate for the…

Follow EOSHD on Facebook as we approach 10,000 followers! Sony have now taken their Alpha re-think to the mid-range NEX 6 mirrorless camera. For video it looks like an interesting alternative to the ageing NEX 7, adding a 16:9 screen, zebra, dedicated movie mode, new sensor and uncompressed HDMI output. It also points to some of the new features we’re sure to see on the NEX 7’s actual successor, the…

The EOSHD GH2 Shooter’s Guide – on sale [more info here] Since launching my series of books a couple of years ago, the titles have together sold over 7000 copies. To celebrate for the first time I’m putting one of the titles on sale. Even if you just want a taster of what these guides are like or have a passing interest in the GH2 this is the time to…

Follow EOSHD on Facebook (now with nearly 10,000 followers) The media presentation for the GH4 by Panasonic mentions a “Canon 7D successor” along with detailed specs. 20MP sensor ISO 100-12,800 (25600 extended) 1/8000 shutter Quiet shutter mode Phase detect AF, 19 area 8fps continuous shooting Buffer size – 15 raw, 126 JPEG 3.0″ 1040k dot LCD (touch screen) – not articulated Weather sealed (as original 7D) 910g weight Oddly the…

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/85849379[/vimeo] Above: beautiful new film from Seb Farges shot with the SLR Magic Anamorphot on the Sony A7 and Olympus E-M5. SLR Magic have officially announced the Anamorphot developed with feedback and technical assistance from EOSHD and the anamorphic community. To order: there is currently a pre-order offer for people who follow the Twitter handle @anamorphot and email a screen grab of it to support@slrmagic.com by Feb 14th (GMT +8).

Blackmagic have today announced a $1000 price drop on the BMPC 4K.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/86130834[/vimeo] Above: interview with Illya Friedman of Hot Rod Cameras, by Dan Chung The GH4 is a consumer camera but one which has the most pro-camera leanings I’ve ever seen from a consumer or even prosumer model. Because of that many professional shooters are considering the GH4. Here then are some of the remaining questions from pros on the EOSHD forum answered…

Already we have 2 affordable 4K interchangeable lens cinema cameras due and we’re only a month into 2014. Red Dalsa created the first 4K cinema cameras and these were first shot with on set in 2006 (The Dalsa Origin – Wikipedia) Since then the rate of progress needed to commercialise such powerful hardware and sell it to consumers for $2000 in the case of the GH4 and $4000 for the…