The official release of Lightworks will be soon. At NAB 2012 Editshare announced 28 May 2012 as the official release date.
Prices & Availability:
Lightworks: Free Available 28th May 2012
Lightworks Pro: $60 per year Available 28th May 2012
Lightworks community membership is free to anyone that upgrades to Lightworks Pro
Lightworks Pro is available to educational users for $30 per year.
All available from the Lightworks online store at www.lwks.com after 28th May
via Lightworks Forum
There its something really sweet coming. BMD announced their own Cinema Camera. According to Blackmagic Design the price is about $2995,- USD.
The dynamic range will be around 13 stops. It supports recording a RAW resolution of 2.5K. More specs below.
Tech specs:
| Sensor Resolution | 2592 x 2192 |
| Raw Resolution | 12-bit RAW files recorded at 2432 x 1366 |
| Shooting Resolutions | 2.5K RAW at 2432 x 1366, compressed at 1920 x 1080 |
| Frame Rates | 23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p |
| Sensor Size | 16.64 mm x 14.04 mm |
| Sensor Size – Active | 15.6 mm x 8.8 mm |
| Dynamic Range | 13 stops |
| Focus | Focus button turns on peaking |
| Iris Control | Iris button automatically adjusts the lens iris settings so no pixel is clipped |
| Lens Mount | EF and ZF mount compatible with electronic iris control |
| Screen Dimensions | 5″ and 800 x 480 resolution |
| Screen Type | Integrated LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Metadata Support | Automatic camera data and user data such as shot number, filenames and keywords |
| Controls | Onscreen touch menus and physical buttons for recording and transport control |
| Microphone | Integrated mono microphone |
| Speaker | Integrated mono speaker |
| Mounting Options | 3 x 1/4″ thread mounting points on top of camera. 1 x 1/4″ thread tripod mount with locator pin. |
| Power | Integrated Lithium-ion Polymer rechargeable battery. 12V-30V DC port for external battery power or use included 12V AC adapter. |
| Battery Life | Approximately 90 minutes |
| Battery Charge Time | Approximately 2 hours when not in use. |
| Camera Dimensions | 166.2mm by 113.51mm x 126.49mm excluding detachable sunshade and turret dust cap |
| Camera Weight | 1.7 kg / 3.75 lb |
So yesterday we went to the world premiere of Iron Sky at Berlinale 2012. The screening took place in the Friedrichstadtpalast. We arrived at around 5:30. Half an hour before the screening began. The main hall was crowded with many many people who wanted to see the movie. After we sat down, we had to wait some minutes. Then cast and crew arrived (they stood only 2.5 meters away from me 
) and the movie started after a short speech of Timo Vuorensola (director of Iron Sky).
(93 minutes later)
I. Was. Blown. It was absolutesly stunning what Vuorensola and his crew created with a budget of just 7.5 million Euros. OK. You see that it was not done by Hollywood, but Hollywood couldn’t have done it better.
I will not say much about the Story or other details, cause I hate spoilers and I don’t want to make you angry. 
With this in mind: HEIL KORTZFLEISCH!
(Sorry for the bad image quality. I just had my iPhone with me to take them.)
Just stumbled over this new dolly system. It’s called Polly. It’s obviously that the name is a mix of the words “portable” and “dolly”. Polly is intended for filmmakers who like to work with compact camera systems like DSLRs. It’s design is very small and compact, so it would fit in a bag or similar.
Key benefits:
Here’s a trailer for a nice Kickstarter campaign that has completed. It’s a scifi film made without CGI or greenscreen. Really impressive pictures.
More on c-themovie.com.
