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Friday 15 Nov 2019 These are documentary filmmakers who risk their lives to tell a story
As we move away from scheduled broadcast TV to on-demand programmes, it is harder to find audiences for the challenging and sometimes distressing material at the core of news and current affairs. Although we are seeing more and more independent filmmakers making programmes to be distributed on the internet, the job is becoming increasingly precarious. Read more...

Friday 15 Nov 2019 The Teradek Bolt 4K is "the next best thing to plug-and-play"
Review: Faultless wireless 4K video at up to 60p sound good to be true? We put the Teradek Bolt 4K 750 through its paces to find out if the hype measures up to the reality.
Friday 15 Nov 2019 Zeiss adds controlled flares to Prime range
The new Supreme Prime Radiance lenses are all based on the high-speed Zeiss Supreme Prime lens family but with the addition of a new T*blue coating for a distinctive look and consistent flares.
Thursday 14 Nov 2019 Intense pressure and danger: The Rory Peck Awards recognises the best documentary and current affairs filmmakers
The annual Rory Peck Awards took place this month at BFI Southbank in London. They are always a great opportunity to take the temperature of news and current affairs filmmaking.
Thursday 14 Nov 2019 Firstlight app wraps pro photo features in an ultra clean interface
A new app from FiLMiC aims to let users focus on the picture, not the interface.
Wednesday 13 Nov 2019 16" Macbook Pro is a big step forward
Apple today announced a significant update to its MacBook Pro line of computers. Brace yourself, because this is more than just a CPU upgrade.

Friday 18 Oct 2019 Olympus announces the highly compact OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus celebrates 100 years by releasing an update to one of its most popular cameras.

Monday 11 Nov 2019 GoPro Telemetry Extractor lets you do cool stuff
Review: Telemetry data in cameras could be very useful indeed. Most cameras cannot record this data, but there's one that can, and this app allows you to access it all.

Thursday 31 Oct 2019 NYC based School of Visual Arts teaches the next generation of filmmakers with the Panasonic EVA1
Panasonic recently announced that New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) has acquired 30 EVA1 cameras for the school’s BFA cinematography and production classes.

Friday 15 Nov 2019 These are documentary filmmakers who risk their lives to tell a story
As we move away from scheduled broadcast TV to on-demand programmes, it is harder to find audiences for the challenging and sometimes distressing material at the core of news and current affairs. Although we are seeing more and more independent filmmakers making programmes to be distributed on the internet, the job is becoming increasingly precarious.

Wednesday 13 Nov 2019 16" Macbook Pro is a big step forward
Apple today announced a significant update to its MacBook Pro line of computers. Brace yourself, because this is more than just a CPU upgrade.

Sunday 3 Nov 2019 What you need to know about Aspect Ratios and Letterboxing
Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles (in rectangles).