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Kodak might not always be quick these days, but it seems they get there in the end. In 2016, the company showed off a new Super 8mm camera at CES 2016. Almost eight years later, the company has now officially announced it.
In 2016, Kodak said the camera would come with a price tag of between $400 and $750. This seems pretty laughable now, as it’s being released with an MSRP of $5,495. Processing the film has significantly jumped in price, too.
Insta360 has announced their newest camera, the Insta360 Ace Pro (buy here). There’s also a non-pro Insta360 Ace (buy here), but I’ve been testing the Insta360 Ace Pro for a couple of weeks, so that’s what we’re going to talk about here.
It combines the best of the Insta360 ONE RS (buy here) form factor with the flippy-up screen of the Insta360 GO 3 (buy here) for a great final result. And it offers a few benefits that neither has.
Feelworld is a name that goes hand-in-hand with monitors. Typically, though, it’s on-camera field monitors. But they also do larger director’s monitors. Their newest, the LUT11H (buy here) is an ultra-low-budget one, too.
It’s functionally identical to its older LUT11S (buy here) sibling. Except, instead of SDI and HDMI ports, this one’s just got HDMI. Other than that, though, they’re pretty much the same in every way. Oh, and the lower price.
I’ve been using camera triggers of one sort or another for over twenty years. I’ve even built some of my own. So, when I see claims like the one in the title, I’m always a bit dubious. The Luimionix Komet, though, does seem to tick a lot of the boxes.
It’s currently running on Kickstarter, where it’s already hammered its modest $15,000 goal by a very large amount. It’s currently sitting at just over a quarter of a million dollars.
ProGrade Digital has announced its newest CFexpress 4.0 cards. Unlike their first CFexpress 4.0 announcement, though, these ones are a bit more reasonable in price for the masses.
Available in 512GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, they offer some impressive speeds. Read speeds go up to 3,400MB/sec, with burst write speeds up to 3,000MB/sec. Sustained write speeds are a guaranteed 2,400MB/sec.
Laowa has announced two new full-frame lenses. At least, they’re sort of new. They’re the Laowa Ranger Lite, available in 28-75mm T2.9 (buy here) and 75-180mm T2.9 (buy here) varieties. They’re identical to the Laowa Ranger lenses, except in weight.
The two lenses combined shave 300g off their regular Ranger counterparts. Laowa says they also offer greater durability thanks to a new magnesium alloy housing.
It’s been the source of much speculation over the past few months, but now it’s official. Sigma has announced the new 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports lens (buy here). Designed for mirrorless cameras, it’s available for Sony E and Leica L mounts.
The new lens offers up to 7.5 stops of image stabilisation and rugged construction. It has fast AF motors and an inner zoom mechanism that doesn’t affect lens length.
Kron Technologies has announced two new high-speed cameras. The Chronos 4K12 (buy here) and Chronos Q12 (buy here). The new cameras are targeted at scientific and academic use, as well as cinematography and content creation.
The Chronos 4K12 offers 4K DCI slow motion at up to 1,397 frames per second and up to 29,002fps at minimum resolution. The Chronos Q12 Shoots 2K at up to 2,782fps and 29,411fps at minimum resolution.
Ricoh has announced the new Pentax WG-90. And true to form, it’s pretty much identical to its predecessor. In fact, I can’t see a single difference in the specs. The only change is that it has a Pentax logo instead of a Ricoh one.
The camera that’s been largely unchanged since 2017’s Ricoh WG-50 and sees no upgrades from the Ricoh WG-80 (buy here) whatsoever. It comes in either black or blue and will become available in early 2024.
Small portable fog machines seem to be the new thing at the moment. And Ulanzi’s not one to be left behind on such things. So, they’ve announced the new FM01 FILMOG Ace (buy here) fog machine.
This small handheld device falls into the same sort of category as the recently released SmokeNinja (buy here) and another new one from LensGo (buy here). But what does this one offer that the others do not?
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.
John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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