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FUJINON MK18-55mm Technical Review – The New E-Mount Cine Zoom in the Lab
FUJINON just introduced a new line of affordable E-Mount Cine Zooms made for documentary-style cine shooters. The FUJINON MK18-55mm T2.9 is the first of two complimentary zoom lenses and it’s already...
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How Good is the Panasonic GH5? Lab Review Reveals 10bit Flaws in Vlog + FREE...
The Panasonic GH5 is one of the most highly-anticipated compact cinema cameras of the year. It is the first of its kind to finally break the barrier towards a compact form-factor 10-bit 4K acquisition...
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The cinema5D Camera Lab is Back – Dynamic Range Tests
As many of you are well aware, the cinema5D lab was built up a few years ago, and huge efforts were put into detailed camera tests concerning dynamic range, sharpness, rolling shutter etc … No new...
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Blackmagic RAW – Dynamic Range on the URSA Mini Pro 4.6 Tested
When Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) was announced a while ago, I was curious to get my hands on a BMD URSA Mini Pro and test it’s dynamic range with this new codec. The combination of having the full...
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Panasonic LUMIX S1 – Rolling Shutter Test
The Panasonic LUMIX S1 full frame camera has fared very well in our dynamic range and latitude tests and we were eagerly waiting to see if it will do equally well in our rolling shutter test. Just as a...
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Z CAM ZRAW vs. Blackmagic RAW Underexposed – Which One is Better? Our Lab Test
Z CAM E2 newest firmware (0.89) is already available for downloading (see our article by clicking here), and the big news is, it allows internal RAW recording. That made the Z CAM E2 a perfect...
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Hands-On Review
In this first-look hands-on review with the long-awaited Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, we took a close look at all aspects of the camera: Apart from the quality of the footage itself, we judged...
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Lab Test – Dynamic Range, Latitude,...
After part 1 and part 2 of our coverage of the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K we finally can bring the cinema5D Lab results to you. Interested to see how it fares? Will the lab reveal...
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FUJIFILM X-T3 Review – Mirrorless with 10-Bit, All Intra, 400Mbps Video
Hot on the heels of Canon’s EOS R announcement, FUJIFILM have just announced their new camera, the X-T3. If I’m not mistaken, it is the first APS-C sensor size mirrorless camera that records in 10-Bit...
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Panasonic LUMIX S1 V-Log – First Look and Sample Footage
Panasonic has released a new firmware update, enabling their LUMIX S1 full frame sensor camera to shoot at a greater Dynamic Range by adding V-Log to its picture profiles selection. I have already...
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A Postcard from Hallstatt – Z CAM E2C Cinema Camera Review
The Chinese camera manufacturer Z CAM has made quite an impression on us when we reviewed their flagship model Z CAM E2. Now we have the much more affordable sister cam Z CAM E2C cinema camera in our...
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Panasonic S1H Lab Test – Dynamic Range and Rolling Shutter Results
Finally, we were able to put the Panasonic S1H to the test in our cinema5D lab. Looking at the various frame rates and resolutions, as well as the full frame and Super 35 modes of this camera, this...
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Best Mirrorless Camera of the Year 2019 – And the Winner is…?
Slowly but surely, the year 2019 is fading out, and there is no better time to conclude and see if there is a camera we can declare as the clear winner of this year. Blackmagic Design, Panasonic,...
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URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 vs. G1 Dynamic Range and Latitude Test
When the new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 arrived at the cinema5D office this summer, we were quite curious to see if the lab results would show a difference as Blackmagic Design claims in their official...
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Canon C500 Mark II Lab Test: Dynamic Range, Latitude and Rolling Shutter
Having tested now various mirrorless full-frame cameras for the last 2 years in our cinema5D lab, I was really curious to put a “real” cinema camera with a full-frame sensor through the paces one day....
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cinema5D Virtual Show – LIVE Today at 12 pm EDT – Canon Announcements
Our cinema5D Virtual Show is live and kicking! During the last few days we have been have already started to publish daily articles and videos featuring new announcements and products releases. Today,...
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Canon C300 Mark III Lab Test (Pre-Production): Dynamic Range, Rolling Shutter...
Shortly after the publication of our Canon C500 Mark II lab test last week, we learned that we will gain early access to a pre-production Canon C300 Mark III in our headquarters in Vienna. And of...
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