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Two new colorspace transformation plugins for Final Cut Pro 7 and FCPX

You're recording with a flat gamma curve on either an Arri Alexa or the Sony F3 with the SLog option. Pomfort have just released two new plugins for FCPX and Final Cut Pro 7 to get those files into Rec.709 to display correctly in FCP.

Rodney Charters talks about the impact of DSLRs, Alexa and Red

This 17 minute chat from MacVideo with Rodney Charters proved to be some thoughtful viewing over our morning tea. Lessons to be learnt for shooters and editors.

A Phantom Flex, An Arri Alexa and two GoPro Heroes

Three videos of three completely different cameras, three different uses for three different users. We started this post with Rick Young from MacVideo being shot at 4,000 FPS but though we'd add a few more videos to make a roundup.

Gemini 4:4:4 - A five inch touchscreen recorder player

So we are going to leave the credit cards at home this NAB otherwise we might find ourselves with one of these on the plane back. There are other LCD recorders arriving everyday, but this one can record two streams for 3D work. It's missing one thing though...

Is Canon the first camera company to announce support for Thunderbolt? This is huge news

How huge? When Thunderbolt was released we had a chat with HD Warrior, the website that we read for breaking news on cameras. We said it was only a matter of time before camera companies jumped on this new technology. Find out what our chat predicted after the break as this little connector will change the industry again.

Arri Alexa: Now Lets Be Sensible About This

Hilarious video. Clearly the recommended way to go about renting an expensive camera and getting the most out of it with a skilled operator. Not! More after the break.

Online Alexa camera simulator

The ARRI ALEXA is a very cool camera. Out of our budget range at the moment but we can still dream. And that dream becomes very real if you want to get an idea how it operates as ARRI have come out with the ALEXA Camera Simulator (ACS-1).