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Blackmagic Cinema Camera Coming to CSI Rentals

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:52:26 +0000

Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera

NAB 2012, Las Vegas, USA – April 16, 2012 – Blackmagic
Design today announced Blackmagic Cinema Camera, a revolutionary digital cinema
camera design that includes powerful features such as super wide 13 stops of
dynamic range, high resolution 2.5K sensor, built in high bandwidth SSD
recorder, open file format support, color correction with full version of
DaVinci Resolve and a built in LCD with metadata entry, all in an attractive
compact design

Many current generation video cameras suffer from a “video look” due to a
limited contrast range, a maximum HD resolution sensor, poor quality optics and
lenses, the use of heavy video compression for file recording and poor
integration with NLE software metadata management. With these limitations, they
cannot be used for high end work or feature films.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera has been designed to eliminate these problems so
customers get a true feature film look, and at an affordable cost can shoot high
end television commercials, episodic television programming and feature
films.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a super wide 13 stops of dynamic range,
large 2.5K sensor, a built in SSD recorder that has the bandwidth to capture
open standard CinemaDNG RAW, ProRes and DNxHD files, a built in capacitive touch
screen LCD for direct metadata entry, standard jack audio connections, built in
high-speed Thunderbolt connection, 3 Gb/s SDI output, a refrigerated sensor for
low noise, and is fully compatible with extremely high quality Canon EF and
Zeiss ZF mount lenses.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera also includes a full copy of DaVinci Resolve for
color correction and Blackmagic UltraScope software for waveform monitoring.
UltraScope can be run on a laptop connected to the camera via a Thunderbolt
connection.

One of the most important features of the camera is its super wide dynamic
range of 13 stops, allowing feature film quality images. Commonly people focus
on more pixels, however often this just creates a higher resolution, but still
“video” looking images that suffer from highlight and black clipping that limits
details. Blackmagic Cinema Camera’s wide dynamic range eliminates this problem
and provides film quality with dramatically more detail retained in black and
whites in the image. Once the shoot is complete, the included DaVinci Resolve
color correction software can be used to adjust images and take advantage of
this extra range in the images. The high quality EF and ZF lens compatibility
also helps create sharp and cinematic images that look incredible.

To eliminate the damage that low bit depth and high compression video storage
creates, Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a fast SSD recorder. The built in SSD
recorder can record on fast solid state disks the full sensor detail in 12 bit
Log RAW files in the open standard CinemaDNG format. These files can be read by
all high end video software. The full 2.5K sensor data is stored in the files
completely uncompressed because the SSD has the speed to store video data at the
required rate. Then this high quality file can be color corrected on DaVinci
Resolve for the same high quality result currently only possible on cameras
costing tens of thousands of dollars.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera has been designed as the perfect companion to Final
Cut Pro X and Avid Media Composer NLE software. Unlike other cameras, which
require the use of custom video file formats that are not compatible with
popular NLE software, often making the post production process a nightmare, the
Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes absolutely no custom video file formats, and
every file type included is open standard. It records into CinemaDNG format for
RAW files, ProRes and DNxHD for HD resolution files compatible with Final Cut
Pro X and Avid Media Composer.

The built in large LCD display makes focus easy, and allows playback of
captured files. Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a built in microphone, as well
as external jack based mic/line level balanced audio connections. When playing
back recorded clips, a speaker is built in, and there is an included headphone
socket, as well as embedded audio on the SDI output and Thunderbolt connection.
The SDI output includes all camera data such as timecode, transport control,
shutter angle, color temperature setting and ASA information overlaid in
attractive anti aliased fonts.

For easy metadata entry, the built in LCD features fast and responsive
capacitive touch screen technology. When the user taps the display with a
finger, a data entry window called the “slate” appears. This lets the user enter
shot information just like typing on a smart phone. This data is then stored in
the files so can be accessed by NLE software when editing content later.
Metadata is compatible with popular software such as Final Cut Pro X and DaVinci
Resolve. All camera settings can be changed on this touch LCD, such as frame
rate, shutter angle, color temperature, dynamic range, focus assist settings and
more.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes an innovative industrial design built from
solid machined aluminum metal which results in an attractive but rugged design.
All of the camera, recorder and display have been shrunk down into a lightweight
design thats very portable.

“This is one of the most exciting products we have ever created and its been
a work in progress for a very long time,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic
Design. “Ever since I was a telecine engineer back in the 1990’s I have wished
that video cameras would include features that allowed them to perform
creatively similar to film. However current digital cameras are too heavy, way
too expensive and need costly accessories to work. We felt there was a need for
a camera that delivered these features in a design that’s optimized for
professional video shoots, as well as being a compact, elegant design that’s
easily affordable. We think we have achieved that!”

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Key Features

High resolution 2.5K sensor allows improved anti aliasing and reframing
shots.

Super wide 13 stops of dynamic range allows capture of increased details for
feature film look.

Built in SSD allows high bandwidth recording of RAW video and long duration
compressed video.

Open file formats compatible with popular NLE software such as CinemaDNG 12
bit RAW, Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD. No custom file formats.

Includes no custom connections. Standard jack mic/line audio in, BNC 3 Gb/s
SDI out, headphone, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, LANC remote control
and standard DC 12-30V power connection.

Capacitive touch screen LCD for camera settings and slate metadata entry.

Compatible with extremely high quality Canon EF and Zeiss ZF lenses.

Supports 2.5K and 1080HD resolution capture in 24, 25, 29.97 and 30 fps.

Thunderbolt connection allows direct camera capture via included Media
Express software and supports live waveform monitoring via the included
Blackmagic UltraScope software.

Includes a full copy of DaVinci Resolve 9.0 color grading software.

Availability and Price

Blackmagic Cinema Camera will be available for rental in New York City at
CSi Rentals as soon as its shipped in July 2012

Blackmagic Cinema Camera features an amazing 2.5K image
sensor with a wide 13 stops of dynamic range for a true digital film camera. You
get a built-in SSD recorder, popular open standard uncompressed RAW and
compressed file formats, compatibility with quality EF and ZE mount lenses, LCD
touchscreen monitoring plus metadata entry, all packed into an exciting hand
held design!

EF Compatible Lens Mount

With Blackmagic Cinema Camera you can use the most amazing optics from the
world’s leading lens crafters such as Canon, Zeiss and many more. Blackmagic
Cinema Camera is compatible with EF and ZE mount lenses, so you can use the
lenses you already own! With Blackmagic Cinema Camera you are not locked into
any specific lens and you can choose the lens you need based on the creative
style of your shot! Blackmagic Cinema Camera allows full electronic control of
your lens, so you can simply point, set iris and focus on command!

13 Stop Dynamic Range

Regular video cameras clip video so you are locked into images that look
cheap. Blackmagic Cinema Camera eliminates this problem as it captures a super
wide dynamic range of 13 stops into 12-bit DNG files, so your images look truly
cinematic. This preserves detail in both shadows and highlights, and even
handles indoor shots while keeping the details of any images captured through
windows. This means you keep all sensor data so you can make creative decisions
during DaVinci Resolve color grading!

Premium Quality

Building one of the finest cameras in the world requires attention to every
detail. Blackmagic Cinema Camera’s premium quality design features a machined
aluminum chassis, interchangeable optics, high resolution 2.5K sensor, 13 stops
of dynamic range and 12-bit RAW uncompressed and compressed file formats! Every
aspect of the image path has been totally optimized for quality, so this means
you always get the quality you need for the most demanding work.

Storage Features
Storage Type	Removable 2.5” SSD
Storage Format	Mac OS Extended format. SSDs can be formatted on any Mac or use Mediafour MacDrive (not included) on a Windows PC.
Storage Rates	5 MB/frame in RAW 2.5K fits about 30 minutes of 24p video on a 256 GB solid state disk. Compressed HD formats fit more than 5 times the amount of RAW video.
Uncompressed Recording Formats	RAW 2.5K CinemaDNG
Compressed Recording Formats	Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD. All compressed recording in 1920×1080 10-bit YUV with choice of Film or Video Dynamic Range.

Connections
SDI Video Output	1 x 10-bit HD-SDI 4:2:2 with choice of Film or Video Dynamic Range
Analog Audio Input	2 x 1/4” jacks for professional balanced analog audio, switchable between mic and line levels.
Analog Audio Output	1 x 3.5mm stereo headphone output
SDI Audio Output	4 channels in HD-SDI
Remote Control	1 x 2.5mm LANC for Rec Start/Stop, Iris Control and Focus Control
Computer Interface	Thunderbolt port for capture of RAW video and audio. USB 2.0 mini B port for software updates and configuration.
External Power	12V-30V DC port for external battery power or use included 12V AC adapter.

Standards
SDI Compliance	SMPTE 292M.
SDI Audio Sampling	48 kHz and 24 bit.


Software Included	DaVinci Resolve grading software including Resolve USB dongle for Mac OS X and Windows. Media Express software for video capture from the camera’s Thunderbolt port. Blackmagic UltraScope software for waveform monitoring from the camera’s Thunderbolt

New DSLR HD Cameras at CSI Rentals NYC

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:38:21 +0000

Give a big welcome to the recent exciting arrivals of new DSLR HD Cameras from Canon and Nikon

Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Nikon D4
Nikon D800
Canon C300 Cinema
Red Scarlet
Canon Flash 600EX RT
Nikon Flash 910
Chrosziel Matt Box 805
and many more new arrivals listed on our web site

Reserve your camera rental now Online

Canon C300 now in rental at CSI Rentals NYC

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:14:03 +0000

Big Welcome !

The Canon C300 Cinema has arrived and is now available for rental in New York City at CSI Rentals !

CSI Rentals now has customized some great Cinema packages for the Canon C300 including Zacuto and Red Rock

cinema rigs and Arri Follow focus and base plates,

For The New Canon C300 CSI Rentals features Canon Prime and Zoom Lenses and Zeiss CP2 Lenses

Canon C300 Cinema

Red Scarlet Now In Rental

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:07:38 +0000

CSI Rentals New York is proud to announce the arrival of the New Red Scarlet camera

The Red Scarlet is now available for rental with the Canon EF mount for use with Canon lenses or Zeiss CP2 Lenses

CSI Rentals has cutomized some great follow focus rigs from Zacuto and Redrock for the Red Scarlet as well as many great accessories for hand held or tripod mount

Red Scarlet

New Profoto Daylight HMI 800 Has Arrived at CSI Rentals

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:19:58 +0000

CSI Rentals celebrates the new year with lots of new rental equipment additions for professional photographers and videographers

Thanks to higher efficiency and light quality of Metal Halide technology, ProDaylight units are the ideal light for your HD videos. In addition, ProDaylight units are equipped with a state of the art cooling system which is designed to eliminate noises to make live sound recordings easier.
CSI Rentals is proud to welcome the new Profoto Daylight HMI 800

The new ProDaylight is designed for heavy-duty use, their metal housing, ballasts and all components are solid, reliable and withstand even the most demanding shooting situations. ProDaylight’s also have built-in Profoto’s “Air” radio remote capability, which gives the user the capability to activate or deactivate and dim 50% of the light. By using Profoto’s Studio software, a user can create and coordinate a multiple lighting setup, which includes numerous units of flashes and continuous lights from their computers.

Flicker-free electronic ballast with control of ballast frequency enables user to use ProDaylight in low frame to high frame per second video shoots.

ProDaylight is designed to produce higher efficiency and light quality for both photographers and videographers. They accept most of the Profoto Light Shaping Tools plus some new accessories that are dedicated to video productions

CSI Rentals has added the Profoto Daylight HMI to rental inventory of HMI and k5600 Joker Bug lights lights

As More and more photographers are required to shoot video. But it is not just a requirement; it is also an opportunity since they can make use of their existing knowledge of light shaping in a brand new setting. In a response to this, Profoto has created its most versatile Light Shaping Tool to date: The Cine Reflector.
The Cine Reflector is a hybrid Light Shaping Tool. It works with both flash lights and continuous lights. The Cine Reflector is also the world’s first modular reflector, which means that it fuses the movie industry’s popular PAR (parabolic) reflector with the classic Profoto Zoom reflector. In addition, five different types of lenses (including a Fresnel) provide an array of light shaping possibilities. This, combined with scrims, color filters and barn doors, offers photographers, DPs and gaffers unparalleled artistic freedom.

The built-in PAR reflector increases the light output by 1 f-stop. It can be used as it is, or in combination with the PAR lenses to adjust the beam spread. Use it to shoot HD videos or to create movie light effects.

The included Zoom reflector is a textured Open Face type reflector, which provides a crisp, even light. The beam angle can easily be adjusted in the range of 35-105° without the need for lenses, thanks to Profoto’s renowned Zoom function. Use it to shape your flash light with precision.

The Cine Reflector is an integrated part of Profoto’s comprehensive Light Shaping System. It works with all existing Profoto flash heads and continuous light sources. It is also equipped with a double layer housing to protect users from burns and to increase robustness. The housing provides an umbrella attachment, and a metal bracket is included for overhead mounting.

In summary, the unique Cine Reflector allows you to instantly transform your photo set into a video set. Use the reflectors individually or combine them with each other. Experiment with the different lenses, scrims and filters. There are hundreds of different combinations to explore, and the creative possibilities are just about endless.

The Profoto Cine reflector and Cine video production kit is also available fro rental in New York at CSI Rentals

CSI Rentals is also offering a special introductory price which will enable photographers and videographers to test drive the new Profoto daylight HMI 800 Cine kit with a discount of $100.00 for the first time rental of this light please enter the code Test Drive at check out to benfit from this offer

Profoto Daylight with Cine Reflector production kit

The New Android App for The Professional Photo Industry

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:13:21 +0000

There is always Something New at CSI Rentals, New Equipment, New Services, New Ideas, New Conveniences
In the past few months CSI Rentals has added many new lines to their wide equipment inventory including new DSLR Video Accessories & Lighting gear,
The latest hit is the New Android App which opens new doors for Android users to browse and also Reserve their equipment directly from their phone the new android app offers the exact same great services as the CSI Rentals I tunes App which has become the App of the photo industry!

Download The CSI Rentals Android App Here Free

The New Apple I Pad 2 on your next shoot

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:38:14 +0000

The New Apple Ipad 2 is part of the photographic family

With all the great things you read and hear about the new ipad 2 with all its features for personal use, it has also become a great tool for professional photographers and digital techs for client previewing, downloading, organizing photos and Videos.

The CSI Rentals I Pad has been outfitted with lots of photographic downloads including the great Capture One Pro 6 which has been built to support the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch application called Capture Pilot™ that allows you to wirelessly view, zoom in on, and pan high resolution RAW, JPEG and TIFF images from leading DSLR and medium format camera systems.

More Details

CSI Rentals offers a introductory spacial by including a Ipad 2 with any Digital Capture Package rental

Apple ipad 2 now part of your photo shoot

Welcome the NEW Panasonic professional 4/3″ large image video camcorder

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:23:48 +0000

Panasonic AGAF100 with Zacuto Crossfire

NOW IN RENTAL

The AG-AF100 is the first professional 4/3″ large image video camcorder optimized for high-definition video recording. Targeted at the video and film production communities, the AF100 delivers the shallow depth of field and wider field of view of a large imager, with the flexibility and cost advantages of a handheld camcorder. The AF100 has the ability to use virtually any professional quality lens with the addition of an easily obtainable adapter.

The design of the AF100’s 4/3-inch sensor affords depth of field and field of view similar to that of 35mm movie cameras in a less expensive camera body. Equipped with an interchangeable lens micro 4/3″ mount, the AF100 can utilize an array of low-cost, widely-available still camera lenses as well as film-style lenses with fixed focal lengths, prime lenses, and zoom lenses

The Novoflex adapter for Nikon Lenses which enables to use all Nikon AF Lenses is available now , the adapter for Canon EOS Lenses is due to arrive in March which will open to a wide selection of Canon lenses as well as the Zeiss CP.2 Prime lenses

Rent in now

Introducing the CSI Rentals App

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:36:53 +0000

We are proud to share the good news that we have completed development of the new CSI Rentals APP for I phone / I pad

The CSI Rentals App Is the first photography equipment APP with ability to Reserve your rental order direct from your i Phone or iPad

No need to wait till you get to the studio to prep for tomorrows shoot, now organize browse your equipment details get your instant quote and also reserve while on location, traveling, or just away from a computer.
Your new App offers the same services as our main rental web site www.csirentals.com which has become the professional photo industries number one source for online equipment ordering and also a great source of professional information being the only photo equipment rental web site featuring for each item
•Full Item Description •Item Images •Accessories listed per item
•Equipment Updates
•Special Offers
Much thought and effort was invested and tested by leading photographers and photo assistants to customize our app to fit the needs of the Professional photographers, Photo assistants and Digital techs

Our App is available FREE from the Apple iTunes store

Download it free today and enjoy using it

Your feedback is important to us

Please share your suggestions or comments about our App and website orders@csirentals.com

Location and inventory expansion

csirentals.com@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:12:05 +0000

We would like to share the great news of our inventory additions with the expansion of our location.

With the expansion of space at our New York City street level store which doubled our area enabling us to offer more special combo deals by almost doubling our inventory with great new arrivals in all of the following departments

HDSLR Video : CSI Rentals has become New York City’s leading source for DSLR HD Cameras, Lenses and video accessories, with the ever so fast growing technology in this area CSI Rentals features the complete line of follow focus rigs by Zacuto, Redrock and Genus with all accessories as Marshal monitors, LED Lights, Matte Boxes, Filters a vast selection of Audio gear, Glide Tracks, Stabilizers, Camera Support systems, Cranes, Dollies + Track , Sliders. With constant additions updated online at almost a daily basis.

Lenses: CSI Rentals offers a large stock of Canon, Nikon and Zeiss Lenses including the all new Zeiss CP.2 Compact prime lenses. Follow this link for detailed information

Digital Capture: At CSI Rentals we offer complete digital capture packages featuring Phase One P65+, P45+ P30+ medium format digital backs, with the most powerful Mac pro computer towers offering SSD Raid System, 24GB Memory Dual Operating systems Eizo monitors and for location Mac book pro laptops outfitted to optimum performance with all necessary software and many extras. See more info on digital capture packages

Lighting: CSI Rentals rents all different photography and video lighting options
Strobe: featuring: Profoto Pro Acute Studio and battery power packs, Pro 7A,Pro 7B2 and Pro 8A, and the Profoto D1 self contained with a large stock of all Profoto reflectors , accessories , light shaping tools including the Pro Giant 240 8’ umbrella we also feature Dynalite , Bronclor , Elinchrom , Hensel , Lumedyne and more see full list of strobe and lighting accessories
Hot lights: featuring: Tungsten open face and fresnel, HMI Fresnel and Jokers offering special lighting kits and electric tie in for larger fixtures more details
Cold light: featuring: Kino Flo, and LED Light panels more details
Grip: CSI Rentals stocks lots of grip and grip accessories including Stands, rollers , overheads, clamps, rigging gear , booms , special effects etc more details

Expendables: We now stock a complete line of photo shoot and production expendables including Seamless background, Foam board, Tapes, External hard drives and much more. Visit our expanded expendables sales dept

Combo discounts offered for combination of digital capture with Lighting Rentals