Convergent Design has announced an exciting new upgrade option for their popular Odyssey and Apollo line of monitor/recorders. It allows a single camera shooting in UHD 3840x2160 to create the effect of shooting with multiple cameras. It does this by extracting HD resolution windows from the "master" 4K image. In addition to monitoring and recording the full image (supersampled down to HD resolution), the additional "angles" can be also be recorded.

As IBC 2016 draws closer, the internet is abuzz with rumors and announcements of new products to be introduced at this year's show. One of the first official product announcements, published today, was the introduction of Zeiss's newest offering in the lightweight zoom category, the LWZ.3 21-100mm T2.9-3.9.

Canon announced today their new C700 Cinema Camera, the XC15 4K video/still camera, and two new 4K production monitors. Recently, I had the opportunity to talk to Canon's Jesse Mineo about these exciting additions to the Canon line, as well as the DP-V1710 and DP-V2420 HDR reference monitors.

Canon's newest firmware update (1.0.4.1.00) for their C300 Mark II camera contains a number of nice improvements to the camera's features and functionality. One of the updates that caught our eye is the inclusion of a new logarithmic gamma curve, Canon Log 3, available from the Custom Picture menu.

DP Logan Schneider stopped by our Cine Gear booth this year with a couple of new items that will be sure to please ACs.

At Cine Gear 2016, I was able to stop by the DSC Labs booth and catch up with DP Art Adams, who recently designed their latest color chart.

This year at Cine Gear I got a chance to stop by the Imagine Products booth to take a look at what's coming up in ShotPut Pro 6.

I stopped by IDX's Cine Gear booth to learn about at their new DUO-C batteries and D-Tap charger with Marketing Manager Zach Shannon.

Last week, Convergent Design unleashed its largest firmware yet into the wilds of the production world. Firmware v2016.06 is packed with new features -- twenty-three new ones to be exact -- on top of twenty-two different fixes and improvements. The best part of all? This is a completely free update!