RedShark News

Tuesday 25 Jul 2017 Canon’s CN-E 18-80mm: a lot of lens for the money
RedShark Review: While it’s tempting to think that glass is glass, the price/performance of the Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 - 4K EF Servo zoom lens shows how evolution in the lens field is accelerating. Read more...

Monday 24 Jul 2017 Filmmakers love retro lenses... how about retro cameras?
From vinyl to phones to lenses… to borrow a cliche: retro is in many ways the new black. But how far can we take this? Is there a market for a retro camera? ...
Monday 24 Jul 2017 Sony FS5 update adds ability to change minimum ISO and more
Sony gives the little FS5 a load of love with a new firmware update with three really exciting new features for the camera.
Monday 24 Jul 2017 Are we at the tipping point where flash memory is the new normal?
There have been plenty of changes in the field of flash storage recently, with some ranges disappearing entirely while other, new ones edge into the market. Are we transitioning to a new status quo? ...
Sunday 23 Jul 2017 Lumu Power: an impressively accurate iOS light meter
RedShark Review: Slovenia’s Lumulabs is a small operation that develops the Lumu Power light meter, a hardware sensor combined with an iOS app. It has a fast-response silicon photo diode and true colour sensor in one package.
Saturday 22 Jul 2017 Steadicam: The device that changed filmmaking forever
RedShark Replay: Over forty years ago, Garret Brown came up with an unwieldy looking invention that promised to provide silky smooth shots without the use of dollies. Still at the top of its game and blurring the lines between art and science four decades later, the Steadicam — and the Steadicam operator — was born.

Monday 22 May 2017 It really is time to stop talking about UHD
The term UHD doesn't help anyone… There’s no big revelation here. No massive paradigm change in technology. No seismic shift in our understanding of the universe. Just a slowly dawning realisation that something I’ve been saying for a long time has just been proved to me without a doubt.

Tuesday 18 Jul 2017 The Last Jedi & practical effects
Watching this well-wrapped camera operator and their equally well-wrapped camera get doused in a torrent of red liquid, you realise that the latest behind the scenes video for Star Wars Episode 8 shows that it's going to be all about the large scale practical effects.

Thursday 20 Jul 2017 Samsung launches HDR LED cinema screen
With projection technologies increasingly under examination, Samsung’s first installation of a 10.3m LED cinema screen in South Korea could demonstrate a new direction forward.

Tuesday 25 Jul 2017 Canon’s CN-E 18-80mm: a lot of lens for the money
RedShark Review: While it’s tempting to think that glass is glass, the price/performance of the Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 - 4K EF Servo zoom lens shows how evolution in the lens field is accelerating.

Friday 21 Jul 2017 SIGGRAPH 2017 preview - moving beyond the flat screen
If the content schedule at this year’s SIGGRAPH is anything to go by, it looks like rumours of VR’s death, or at least its entering into a proto-zombie state, are a bit premature.

Wednesday 8 Mar 2017 HDR: de-confusing the standards
For a new technology that looks set to be deployed without any damaging format wars, there is still plenty of confusion regarding HDR standards and what you should be looking for when thinking of purchasing a new TV set. Here’s the information you need.