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Above – Failures. After the disappointment of Sony’s new DSLRs, the A55 and A580, this is not really what we need. According to HDSLR shooter Nino Leitner, Nikon’s German press office have said that the D3100 will not have the option for manual controls in video mode.

Hot on the heals of 44Mbit AVCHD, the Panasonic GH1 just had another low light performance boost. Voigtländer of Austria have revealed a new F0.95 lens for Micro 4/3rds. The image quality of the GH1 just keeps getting better and better.

Right now, 35mm film stock producers Fujifilm are missing a huge opportunity to shape cinema’s future Band of pirates though they are, RED are a profitable company and right now their only competition comes from some unlikely sources – Arri’s Alexa and Canon’s consumer DSLRs.

Click here to play in HD (You will need to be logged into your Facebook account) Here is the original cut of my Philip Bloom meet up video, inspired by (but not seeking to profit from) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.

[vimeo]14208507[/vimeo] Today DSLR News Shooter reports on the latest adult entertainment industry goings on! (No… I didn’t expect it either) AFP man and British DSLR shooter Ed Jones ended up on a porn shoot with his trusty 5D Mark II and a Sony wireless mic or two. It was a professional assignment.

Above: the Sony A55, which died today. UPDATE #1: Sadly the same applies to the Sony A580 – the full sized DSLR which has also been announced. It also has interlaced footage, low bite rates and limited manual controls (aperture priority and that is all). Who is responsible at Sony for these blanket movie mode limitations? UPDATE #2: Not everybody gets the DSLR video revolution and it is these customers…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMvJBUlEW4[/youtube] Here is a very nice Japanese video, posted in the comments of another article by a fellow shooter Gérard Botha. According to high hit rate rumours site 43rumors.com, a trusted source has spilled the beans on the Olympus E-5, their next flagship DSLR.

[vimeo]14330130[/vimeo] Updated Philip Bloom London meet video now with PHILIP GLASS – ‘RESOURCE’ from the KOYAANISQATSI sound track. Here is a recut version of my London video shot around Philip Bloom’s meet up over the weekend. Due to a bit of a fuss kicked up by a record label (check out my low-down on the Wendy Carlos copyright issues here) I have had to change the sound track away from…