Reviews

For many film productions a slider has become a standard tool beside a tripod and a jib (camera crane). While we have been using our Konova slider for over a year now on all sorts of shoots we also wanted to step it up a little. Pulling a smooth shot over a distance of 120cm […]

The Konova K7 is designed for heavier cameras for example a rigged Blackmagic URSA Mini, Canon C100, C300 or a Sony FS7, FS700 etc.. The maximum capacity (weight limit) is around 35kg which we never even come close to when shooting with a rigged DSLM/DSLR but certainly happens once a bigger cinema camera is being

In summer 2013 we got the Slider Jib J1 which is a combination of slider and a regular jib. Click HERE to read and watch the review! In late summer 2014 Konova released the follow-up version of the J1 which is a regular jib without the slider attached to the rest of the construction. Watch

The Zhiyun Crane-M is a 3-axis hand-held gimbal and supports cameras that weigh 125g to 650g which makes it useable for poin-and-shoot-cameras as well as other small and lightweight cameras such as camcorders, phones or action cams. If the used camera is either too lightweight or too heavy the motors will not be able to

We do like our Aputure Amaran 528 lights. We often use them on smaller shoots especially if time and space is limited. They are small, lightweight but still produce enough light to shoot an interview indoors. Aputure has designed a softbox kit for the 528 and 672 LEDs to diffuse and soften the light. The

The last two month we’ve been working with a new tool: The Konova K5. The version we got is 1.20 meters long. If you’re only 1.72 meters tall like me that’s a pretty big slider to carry around. We used it on every kind of location that you probably shouldn’t use it – but that’s

Over the last few years more and more manufacturers have released affordable LED lights for video productions. When it comes to LED lights, everything below 400 $ is considered “cheap” for one light. One of the first LED lights we bought was from Litepanels. It did a good job but the price of the light

In September 2013 ago we got our hands on a Canon EOS 70D and were overall happy with the performance and results in video mode. Almost three years later we tested its successor the EOS 80D for a week. How much has changed and improved? Three words: Not that much. But that doesn’t mean it’s

When I first heard about the Canon EOS 70D I didn’t know I should feel about it. Canon called it a game changer but when looking at the specs it didn’t seemed to be one. After the T5i (700D) release I was disappointed but realized that Canon can’t release a camera that has the video

Back at NAB 2015 Aputure previewed an in production lens adapter (Micro Four Thirds to Canon EF lens) that is also a speed booster and wireless follow focus. It was originally called “DEC Pro” and we had the pleasure of testing the now called “DEC LensRegain” upfront and are very impressed by how it performs.