Like a ring master’s flourish cued to a drum roll, Sony has announced its new large sensor camera. But if you were hanging off purchasing a Canon 5D, a Panasonic AF100 or indeed an Sony F3 just in case this camera turned out to be better value, then this announcement won’t help...
F3 on Vodafone TVC
posted by Peter Parnham
If you are a producer or director working in commercials or drama you almost certainly would like to get the 35mm film look on screen. Until now, the only way to afford it on a low budget was to use a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) stills camera like the Canon 5D. They are a cheap way to...
F3 in the street
posted by Peter Parnham
Cameraman want to shoot stuff that looks good, but that wasn’t Yves Simard’s assignment. His job was to test the Sony PMW-F3 pre-production sample. With lush images from the camera already up on this site among others, it was time to get out on the street and see what would...
F3 Hands-On
posted by Yves Simard
The F-3 is Sony‘s first Super 35 CMOS camera destined for the Professional Market. Sony say it does not compete head to head with DSLRs, because of its price point but advocates an HD 2K workflow for high end production. Here is a quick report compiled for CREWS.TV members and...
Swimming for Sony
posted by Yves Simard
Finally, its Christmas for shallow depth of field creatives. Here’s what Sony is putting under the tree – with comments from Jason Wingrove. * * * http://www.vimeo.com/16937523 * * * This is a teaser for a longer test shoot shot entirely with the Sony PMW-F3. It will also become...
Sony F3 Joins Fray
posted by Dylan Reeve
It was at NAB earlier this year that Sony first officially announced their intention to enter the small-form-factor large-sensor video camera market but with no firm info or dates, interest in the camera soon tailed off. Fast-forward to October and the large-sensor Panasonic AF100 was...
AF100 Stress Test
posted by Dylan Reeve
UPDATE: You can now download a selection of uncompressed still-frame grabs from our footage! AF100-Stills.zip (21MB zip file) On the face of it, the Panasonic’s AF100′s native AVCHD 4:2:0 video at only 24Mb/s doesn’t sound very appealing. However the AVCHD codec and the...
AF100 Storm Gathers
posted by Peter Parnham
You can’t yet buy a new Panasonic AG-AF100 camera but already it is threatening to rain all over the great DSLR picnic. And after taking out a pre-production engineering sample unit – one of a only a handful worldwide – here at CREWS.TV we are beginning to think it...
4/3 Footage of AF-10...
posted by admin
This is an evaluation of Panasonic’s new Micro 4/3″ camera, the AF-101/102. . http://www.vimeo.com/15765280 . . http://www.vimeo.com/15826664 Other Videos on the Internet of the AF-100 This one is from DSLR legend Phil Bloom. It has a comprehensive review and other test shots. ...
A Nanoquestion
posted by Peter Parnham
Nano- was once the prefix for really small. It means one billionth. Not any more. It seem almost compulsory for every modern industry to have a nano-something, and the screen production industry is no exception. For us it is the nanoFlash, complete with corny capital F in the middle of a...