Camera and gear reviews

Last year in September I went to the Photokina in Cologne, the biggest and most important fair and convention for photography and everything that has to do with visuals. Thanks to the whole DSLR revolution a lot of brands and

We recently had the chance to test the almost two year old Canon EOS C100. The camera is a cheaper and simpler version of the popular C300. For around 4.500$ (and 5.500$ with the new Dual Pixel CMOS auto focus

There are times when a tripod pan isn’t enough, where you want to show the dimensions of a location in one single take. The best way to do that is with a camera crane or jib. Earlier in the age

The Panasonic Lumix GH4 certainly is the most talked about camera this year followed by the Sony A7s. We finally got our hands on a model in Germany and tested it. You can watch the video review below: Mit dem

Last year Nikon released a few new DSLRs like the D4 and D800 which are being used for all kinds of films not only in independent cinema but also in Hollywood. This was the first time they really showed Canon

In the last few years we have been shooting a lot of news coverage for local newspaper websites. Most of the videos are showing festivals and events but also demonstrations and other things that happen spontaneous and fast. “You never

The Aputure VS-2 is a 7-inch LCD monitor with a 1024×600 resolution. It has an HDMI input as well as YPbPr and AV input. It’s currently priced at 239 USD. Watch the video review below: Mit dem Laden des Videos

For many film productions a slider has become a standard tool beside a tripod and a jib (camera crane). While we have been using our Konova slider for over a year now on all sorts of shoots we also wanted

The Konova K7 is designed for heavier cameras for example a rigged Blackmagic URSA Mini, Canon C100, C300 or a Sony FS7, FS700 etc.. The maximum capacity (weight limit) is around 35kg which we never even come close to when

In summer 2013 we got the Slider Jib J1 which is a combination of slider and a regular jib. Click HERE to read and watch the review! In late summer 2014 Konova released the follow-up version of the J1 which

The Zhiyun Crane-M is a 3-axis hand-held gimbal and supports cameras that weigh 125g to 650g which makes it useable for poin-and-shoot-cameras as well as other small and lightweight cameras such as camcorders, phones or action cams. If the used

We do like our Aputure Amaran 528 lights. We often use them on smaller shoots especially if time and space is limited. They are small, lightweight but still produce enough light to shoot an interview indoors. Aputure has designed a