NAB 2018 is officially underway! Before the start of the show yesterday, the guys from Newsshooter, Matt Allard and Erik Naso, stopped by to discuss what they are most excited to see at this year’s show.

Join Matt from Newsshooter as he gets the low-down from Sony Senior Sales Support Engineer, Shahpour Nosrati-Fard on the brand new Sony FS5 II.

ARRI today announced their new ALEXA LF camera. The latest in their ALEXA camera line, it features a large format sensor. Watch my sneak peek at this exciting camera, as well as ARRI's new Signature Prime lenses.

Many will remember the excitement surrounding Canon’s release, in March 2010, of a firmware update for the 5D Mark II which added 24p to the camera’s already ground-breaking video mode (the 5D Mark II was the first “full-frame” DSLR with 1080p video recording). This mid-lifecycle enhancement is perhaps most responsible for igniting the DSLR video revolution.

This year’s Cine Gear Expo was definitely one of the most eventful ones. From new camera announcements to the latest in lighting technology and more, there was a little something for everyone to get excited about. In that vein, we’ve rounded up some of the most relevant coverage — both from our own specialists as well as our friends over at Newsshooter.

At NAB, Sony announced a free firmware update for their popular PXW-FS5 camera that will provide Hybrid Log-Gamma and REC2020 color space recording via an additional picture profile, PP10. Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) is a clever implementation of High Dynamic Range (HDR) recording and playback that is backwards compatible with standard dynamic range displays.

It can be tough to pinpoint exactly where virtual reality fits within the current landscape of content creation. Is it the next big thing? Is it a flash-in-the-pan? Or is it, perhaps, somewhere in between?

This week Panasonic released firmware Version 7.0 for the VariCam 35 and HS, and Version 5.0 for the VariCam LT. These updates feature expanded ProRes recording, including higher bit rate Apple ProRes codecs and VFR to allow for more internal recording options to support your production's needs.

The Lexar Professional Workflow hub, the HR2, is quite possibly the product editors and DITs have been looking for for years.