Recently, a client who purchased a Sony PMW-F3 from AbelCine gave me a call with a “quick question”. He had just updated his camera with the S-Log recording option and discovered that he could now set his camera’s sensitivity in a number of different ways. He could set the camera’s gain, ISO or, with the S-Log mode turned on, he could set an Exposure Index (EI). He wanted to know the difference between these settings, and which was best to use.

We've covered some of Arri's Pro Camera Accessories before, specifically their kit for the Sony F5/F55.

The internet has proven to be a valuable tool for all of us, and there's no denying that using the internet for deliverables or proxies is changing the way we think about production. Sony's new CBK-WA100 wireless adapter allows you to directly upload your footage to a new cloud service (or an FTP server of your choosing), and expands your options for delivering content quickly.

If you're reading this blog, then you're certainly familiar with the Vitec Group - chances are you own several pieces of gear from one of the many companies they represent.

When the Sony FS700 was first released, Sony announced that a 4K Raw recording option would be forthcoming.

I was able to stop by the Tiffen / Steadicam booth at NAB 2013, and one of the standout products was the new Steadicam Solo.

I stopped by the Atomos booth to take a look at their newest camera-mounted recorder, the Samurai Blade. It features a 5" 1280x720 IPS panel, as well as built-in waveform and vectorscope tools.

This year at NAB, Panasonic previewed the VariCam 3, an update to the venerable VariCam family, and I got a chance to stop by Panasonic's booth to take a closer look. Evolving from the original tape-based VariCam to the popular P2 camera, this third-generation VariCam adds the ability to do 120p natively.

When I visited Arri's NAB booth, I got a chance to speak with Marc-Shipman Mueller, Product Manager Camera Systems at Arri, about the highly-anticipated ALEXA XT.