Focus Check

What are Nino’s and Johnnie’s back stories? In this week’s episode learn about their journeys of becoming filmmakers, and how they met each other and ended up running CineD.com together. Johnnie also raises an interesting question: Why is everyone a DP nowadays? Nino and Johnnie further discuss whether it is worth going to film school or not, and what pieces and projects of their own body of work they are most proud of.

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What an exciting NAB it was this year! Lots of great new gear to wrap our heads around. Nino, Johnnie and Graham talk about all the latest and greatest that they discovered at the show and their favorite interviews that they conducted. They also discuss the winners of this year’s “CineD Best of Show'' awards, so tune in to find out who won!

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Lots of exciting news just before we head off to NAB 2024! In CineD Focus Check this week, Nino is joined by long-time writers and contributors Jakub and Jeff as well as Johnnie to talk about all the fantastic gear that is coming out. DJI just announced some great new products like the DJI Avata 2, the 4th generation of its Ronin stabilizers and the DJI Focus Pro.

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We welcome our first guest on the podcast! Markus Förderer, ASC, is a German-born DP currently working in L.A. on exciting shows such as “Constellation” for Apple+ and big movies such as “Red Notice”. We talk to him about his path to Hollywood, his love for anamorphic lenses and his very own platform Cineflares.com which lets you compare the flare characteristics of different lenses. 

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This week brings major firmware updates from Sony and Blackmagic Design for some of their most popular cameras! BLAZAR announced a new Super 35 Anamorphic Lense while SYNCO enters the wireless microphone market. Nino and Johnnie also react to your comments on last week's AI centric episode, and take a look at our poll in which we asked you about your next move regarding generative video AI. Logitech has announced a micro-four-third...

Is AI taking over? What jobs in our industry are at risk? Nino and Johnnie tackle one of the biggest topics that is on the minds of everyone at the moment. Get their takes in this week’s podcast.

Other topics this week include: The iPhone 15 Pro as a filmmaking device. Our podcast producer Alex has made a video on the differences between the free and paid versions of DaVinci Resolve. Our Lab Test results of the Red Raptor X 8K VV...

Our third episode of weekly tech news is here!

This week Nino and Johnnie take a closer look at Nikon’s acquisition of RED and take a deep dive into RED’s history. They also analyze this week’s poll, in which readers were asked what their wishes are once Nikon takes over. After some major happenings this week, they also discuss the state of the industry as a whole. Johnnie and Nino also have more information on how you can  join ...

This week, we talk about Nikon acquiring RED! Johnnie talks about this with our writer and RED owner Francesco. Also this week on “Focus Check” Johnnie and Nino answer the first audience questions that have come in since our first episode last week, and also share exciting news about this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas, where audience members can join the CineD team in the show coverage. We talk about the surprising results of the So...

Welcome to the new CineD Podcast! 

“Focus Check” will bring you not only the latest cinema tech news but also our insights and opinions on a weekly basis. In our first episode Co-CEOs Johnnie and Nino talk about the history of CineD and how the idea of a podcast came to life. They will also discuss the latest trade shows they have been to and of course update you on all the new ´gear. Stay tuned until the end when Nino and Johnni...