Panavision LCND First Look Newsshooter 2019-06-02 | At Cinegear 2019 we took a look at Panavision's new LCND.newsshooter.com/2019/06/02/panavision-lcnd-first-look
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm & 85mm T2 Focus Breathing Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Focus Breathing Tests with the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm & 85mm T2 lenses.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm Bokeh Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Bokeh tests with the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC lens.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Flare tests with the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Sharpness tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 35mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 45mm Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Flare tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 45mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 45mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Sharpness tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 45mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 60mm T2 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Flare tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 60mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 60mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Sharpness tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 60mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 85mm T2 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Flare tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 85mm T2.
LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 85mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Sharpness tests using the LAOWA PROTEUS 2X ANAMORPHIC 85mm T2.
Laowa Proteus 2x Anamorphic Example Footage Newsshooter 2023-07-02 | Some quick shots at various focal lengths and T stops using the Laowa Proteus 2x Anamorphic prime lenses.
CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Chromatic Aberration Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Chromatic Aberration Tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Flare tests using the CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Flare tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 50mm T2 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Flare tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 50mm T2 Micro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 35mm T2 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Flare tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 35mm T2 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 24mm T2 Flare Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Flare tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 24mm T2 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 24mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Sharpness tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 24mm T2 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 35mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Sharpness tests using the CHIOPT SLASHER 35mm T2 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 50mm T2 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Sharpness tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 50mm T2 Macro Cine lens
CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Sharpness tests using the new CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Sharpness Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Sharpness test with the new CHIOPT SLASHER 100mm T2.8 Macro Cine Prime Lens
CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Focus Breathing Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Focus breathing tests using the CHIOPT SLASHER 75mm T2.8 Macro Cine prime lens.
CHIOPT SLASHER Full-Frame Macro Cine Primes Newsshooter 2023-06-26 | Some shots using the CHIOPT SLASHER Full-Frame Macro Cine Primes.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Chromatic Aberration Tests Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | Chromatic Aberration Tests using the Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Sharpness test @75mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | The growing trend that is common with a lot of the affordable cine zooms and primes these days is to come up with something that is a little more vintage, and that sometimes comes at the expense of sharpness. I was curious to see if the Ranger series followed that trend. Above you can see how the 28-75mm T2.9 performs when used at various T-stops at 75mm.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Focus Breathing Tests @75mm & 180mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | Focus breathing tests using the 75-180mm T2.9 @75mm and 180mm. With longer zooms, you usually see some amount of focus breathing, and yes, the Laowa does breathe at both 75mm and 180mm, but it is well-controlled for a lens with this focal range.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Flare Tests @75mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | In the tests, you can see what the lens flare looks like on the 75-180mm when it is used at 75mm. I personally didn't like the flare from the 75-180mm, but that is just my opinion. There does seem to be a lot of refracting light within the lens that causes a circular rainbow flare.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @180mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | Above you can see how the lens performs when used at various T stops at 180mm. At 180mm it is not as sharp as it is at 75mm. Wide-open at T2.9 it is a little soft. I personally think it was still usable at T2.9, but the sharpness does improve quite a lot when stopping it down to T4. The corner and edge sharpness is not great @180mm when used wide open at T2.9. Stopping down to T5.6 sees a big improvement.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @180mm Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | A comparison between the Laowa Ranger 75-180 T2.9, CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 75-250mm T3.2, and TLS Morpheus 80-200mm T2.8 @180mm when used wide open. The CHIOPT was by far the sharpest of the three lenses, but that didn't come as a huge surprise as its max. aperture is T3.2. The Laowa Ranger was fairly comparable to the TLS Morpheus 80-200mm T2.8. If you are in the market for a full-frame zoom with a long focal range, the CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 75-250mm T3.2 is very hard to beat for the price.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @45mm Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | I compared the sharpness of the Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 @45mm against the CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 28-85mm T3.2 and the Angenieux Optimo Style 30-76mm T2.8. I did this by shooting in the S35 crop mode on the Kinefinity MAVO LF as the Angenieux only covers S35-sized sensors. The Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 @45mm was sharper than the CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 28-85mm T3.2, and not far behind the Angenieux Optimo Style 30-76mm T2.8 which was impressive.
Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @75mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | The growing trend that is common with a lot of the affordable cine zooms and primes these days is to come up with something that is a little more vintage, and that sometimes comes at the expense of sharpness. I was curious to see if the Ranger series followed that trend. Above you can see how the 28-75mm T2.9 performs when used at various T-stops at 75mm.The lens is not that sharp when used at T2.9 @75mm, but it sharpens up pretty quickly at T4. By T5.6 it is nice and sharp. The lens doesn't have a lot of micro contrast and at DCI 6K it doesn't show a lot of fine detail. Now, there is nothing wrong with this as a lot of people these days are not looking for an ultra-sharp lens. If you punch in 300% and pixel peep you can see how much sharper the lens is at T4 as opposed to T2.9.When it comes to corner and edge sharpness @75mm when used at T2.9 it is pretty soft. At T5.6 you can see just how much corner and edge sharpness increases.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @45mm Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | I also compared the sharpness of the Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 @45mm against the CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 28-85mm T3.2 and the Angenieux Optimo Style 30-76mm T2.8. I did this by shooting in the S35 crop mode on the Kinefinity MAVO LF as the Angenieux only covers S35-sized sensors. The Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 @45mm was sharper than the CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 28-85mm T3.2, and not far behind the Angenieux Optimo Style 30-76mm T2.8 which was impressive.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @28mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | In the tests, you can see how the lens performs when used at various T-stops @28mm. From my testing, the lens is certainly sharper at 28mm than it is at 75mm when used wide open at T2.9. The sharpness difference between T2.9 and T4 isn't that different. If we look at corner and edge sharpness, the 28-75mm @28mm performs a lot better at T2.9 than when it is used at 75mm.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 Flare Tests @28mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | The lens is capable of producing some interesting flares when used at 28mm. Lens flare is very much a personal thing and whether you like the flares this lens produces only you will know.
Laowa Ranger 75-250mm T2.9 Focus Breathing Tests @75mm Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | A comparison of the focus breathing of the 75-180mm @75mm, CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 75-250mm T3.2, and the TLS Morpheus 80-200mm T2.8. The focus breathing of the Laowa Ranger is well controlled for a lens with this focal range and it had lens breathing than both the CHIOPT and the TLS.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @80mm Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | A comparison between the Laowa Ranger 75-180 T2.9, CHIOPT COMPACT ZOOM 75-250mm T3.2, and TLS Morpheus 80-200mm T2.8 @80mm when used wide open. The CHIOPT was the sharpest of the three lenses, but that didn't come as a huge surprise as its max. aperture is T3.2. The Laowa Ranger was fairly comparable to the TLS Morpheus 80-200mm T2.8.
Laowa Ranger 75-180mm T2.9 Sharpness Tests @125mm Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | In the tests you can see how the lens performs when used at various T stops at 125mm. At 125mm it is not quite as sharp as it is at 75mm. Wide-open at T2.9 it still performs reasonably well, but it does improve when stopping down to T4 or T5.6.
Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 & 75-180mm T2.9 Newsshooter 2023-06-22 | Some test shots using the Laowa Ranger 28-75mm T2.9 & 75-180mm T2.9 full-frame zooms on an S35 sensor camera. For a full review of the lenses head over to www.newsshooter.com
MEIKE PL to Canon RF-Mount Drop-in Filter Adapter VND & canon VND Color Cast Comparison Newsshooter 2023-06-19 | I did a test to see if there was any noticeable or large color shift when using the MEIKE VND filter and the Canon VND filter. I first white-balanced the camera using the Clear Filter in the MEIKE adapter, and then I inserted the MEIKE then Canon VND Filters and kept that same white balance. The MEIKE VND filter performance could have been better. It started to push slightly green even at its min setting. The Canon VND was more neutral and accurate.
MEIKE PL to Canon RF-Mount Drop-in Filter Adapter Black Mist 1/4 & Black Mist 1/8 filter test Newsshooter 2023-06-19 | I tested both the Black Mist 1/4 & Black Mist 1/8 filters to see what they looked like. The effect they create is quite subtle, and at least to my eye, the Black Mist seems to be slightly softer than the White Mist. I found both filters did a good job of just taking a little edge off shaper lenses.
GENTREE Batteries at Cine Gear 2023 Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | Korean battery company GENTREE was showing a range of new batteries at Cine Gear 2023, including their new BEAST B-mount batteries for the ARRI ALEXA 35. Please be respectful of our interviewee's English as he is not a native speaker.
cmotion Mainstation MST1 Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | At CineGear 2023, cmotion was showing its new Mainstation MST1. This was originally announced at NAB 2023, but we didn't get a chance to cover it. The Mainstation MST1 is a unique product that addresses all the power challenges on set for crane and head operators as well as. a lot of the camera department.
Mutiny KX-IO for the RED KOMODO First Look Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | At Cine Gear 2023, Mutiny was showing its new KX-IO for the RED KOMODO.
Nodal One PL Mount Focal Reducer Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | The Nodal One focal reducer gives you a 0.71x wider effective field of view and an additional stop of exposure. It is currently on Kickstarter and looking for funding.
Core SWX GT8 4 bay charger Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | newsshooter.com/?p=197313&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=197320CoreSWX has coined the phrase “same-day cycling” This basically means if you can charge batteries before you can consume them then you can have less batteries on set.
Tiffen Rear Mount Magnetic Filters for the ARRI Signature Primes & Zooms Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | At Cinegear 2023, Tiffen was showing off its new Rear Mount Magnetic Filters for the ARRI Signature Primes and Zooms. This is the first time to our knowledge that a third-party company has made rear filters for ARRI's flagship lenses.
Tiffen Blue Streak Filter Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | Tiffen was showing its new Blue Streak Filter at Cine Gear 2023. Tiffen has had other streak filters in the past, but due to popular demand, they have now made a blue streak version.
Case Cart Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | newsshooter.com/?p=197256The CaseCart is a concept born out of frustration. You always have to take so much on a shoot, especially when you also have a production cart. The precious time for building up and breaking down the production cart and the extra transport is a hassle. In comes the CaseCart.
Kelvin Play Pro RGBACL LED First Look at Cine Gear 2023 Newsshooter 2023-06-04 | The Kelvin Play Pro RGBACL LED Pocket Creative Panel Light is the latest product from the Norwegian lighting company. This is different from the Kelvin Play that was announced at NAB 2023. We caught up with Kelvin at Cine Gear 2023 to take a closer look.
