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Canon has released their very easy to use Cinema RAW Development software for Mac OS Lion and Mountain Lion, which allows you to ingest, play, and export Canon RAW files.

Guest post by Nathan Mauger What is the definition of love in China? As the country undergoes rapid and massive change, is the concept of love also changing?

As promised, the team behind VHX is steadily working to change the independent film distribution landscape.

A look at how raw files are used in today's still and video cameras. (Deconstructing RAW - Part II http://t.co/3cmYzIrm)

Since the explosion of DSLRs, shoulder rigs have become almost a necessity for smooth handheld work. Some you can buy on the cheap, others you can build yourself for even cheaper, and one can even double as a portable jib solution.

Roger Buys a Camera System: So What’s This Going to Cost? http://t.co/DkZ8aWqq

We welcome TJ Diaz (from xFly Films) as a guest blogger – he’s going to write a series on using multicopters for Aerial Photography – including some discussion on the dos and don’ts in future articles.

By site editor Dan Chung: Canon’s full-frame EOS-6D has been largely ignored by most keen DSLR video shooters, mainly because it has bad moire and false colour artifacts in its video image.

Written for the absolute novice, this primer will explain what RAID is, how it works, and how it will work for you. Part 7 takes a look at RAID terminology and what they mean. (AFRAID?

By site editor Dan Chung: Place the new Rode smartLav on your subject, plug it directly into the headphone jack of your iPhone, start up the Rode Rec app and hit record.

When considering lens options for purchase or rental, certain criteria may stand out to you more than others. This depends on what you shoot most often, or what a project demands.

The Cinema EOS range for pros seems to be a blazing success. It isn’t that the C300 has the best image or the best technology, it is one of those products where the yin and yang is so perfect it ‘just works’.

Above: the Epic with anamorphic lens
In the second and final part of this mini-shootout with the Epic and Blackmagic Cinema Camera, we take a look at the resolution chart.

By technical editor Matt Allard: SLR MAGIC 35mm T0.95 Review from Matthew Allard on Vimeo. Over the last three weeks I have been trying out one of SLR Magic’s new HyperPrime lenses – the 35mm T0.95 – on assignments in Thailand, Japan and Cambodia.

How does the Blackmagic Cinema Camera compare to an established film industry standard, the Red Epic?
Along with ReWo and MBF Filmtechnik in Berlin we decided to find out.

The most common way we get color images with digital cameras is with a Bayer pattern CMOS sensor, but there are plenty of variations on that design being used today.

Not all glass is created equal. Some is shaped into things you drink out of. Some becomes windows, windshields, and portholes. And some become the tools you use every day to create beautiful images.

This is a guest post by Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters.
With the rise of popularity and accessibility of film schools since the 1960′s & 1970′s, aspiring film professionals have had the difficult task of choosing where to begin their career path.