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ACES – What’s it all about, do I need to worry about it? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
You may have heard the term “ACES” in presentations or workflow discussions for a while now. You may know that it is the Academy Color Encoding System and is a workflow for post producing high end ma...
Important Firmware Update for PMW-F5 and F55. V1.21. 21 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
Sony have released an interim firmware update for the F5 and F55. This release is a maintenance release to address a number of bugs and stability issues reported by end users. As such it is probably a...
Viewfinder connector protector and microphone mount for PMW-F5 and PMW-F55. 19 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
PMW-F5 & F55 Viewfinder connector protector. I haven’t posted much recently as I have been on a lovely family vacation. However my mind never stops ticking over and I decided to have a go at making a...
Zunow 16-28mm FZ mount Cine lens group buy price of 3,800 Euros. 4 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
The FZ mount Zunow 16-28mm on a PMW-F5 So I finally managed to find 5 buyers for the lovely Zunow 16-28mm FZ lens. This means that XDCAM-USER readers can get them for the bargain price of 3,800 Euros...
Good and bad news from BlackMagic Design. 2 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
So I got an official email this morning confirming something I knew already. The Black Magic Production 4K camera has been delayed. Apparently they have only just received the first batch of sensors f...
Another XDCAM-USER milestone. 30 Jul 2013 | 03:04 pm
XDCAM-USER.com has hit another visitor milestone this month. Despite a couple of hacking attempts (one of which resulted in the forum being down for a while and the need to do some database cleaning) ...
Plugins for HDCAM SR SStP – editing F5 and F55 SStP footage. 29 Jul 2013 | 12:40 pm
So now the PMW-F5 and F55 have the HDCAM SR codec, also called SStP how do you work with it? There is a plug-in for FCP-X http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/srpm-10 And plugins for Avid (PC and Ma...
Amazing Opportunity or Insult to Film Makers? Genero.tv 28 Jul 2013 | 02:39 pm
First let me just remind you that the opinions posted here are mine and mine alone…………. I came across this via Facebook. Genero. The people talking about it were excited about possibly having the opp...
PMW-F5 and F55 Firmware V1.2 Now Available. Anamorphic, WiFi, Cam and Reel ID and HDCAM SR. 26 Jul 2013 | 10:51 pm
This is a major firmware update for the PMW-F5 and F55 cameras as well as the R5 raw recorder. It adds lots of new and exciting features including 1.3x Anamorphic de-squeeze, the HDCAM SR SStP codec, ...
Shooting Time Lapse using S&Q Motion on the PMW-F5, F55, NEX-FS100 and FS700. 26 Jul 2013 | 09:43 pm
A useful feature in many cameras is the ability to shoot time-lapse sequences without any additional equipment. Sony’s EX cameras and many of the newer shoulder mount broadcast cameras have the abilit...
