Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K with EF Mount

Camera News: Blackmagic Design adds 6K EF mount version of the Pocket Cinema Camera for $2,495

Blackmagic disrupts the low-end cinema camera market. Again. What next RED, Panasonic and Sony?
Panasonic GH5 with Rokinon 35mm lens

Is the Panasonic GH5 mirrorless camera still worth it in 2019?

Now over two years old, the Panasonic GH5 features 4K 10-bit video, IBIS and a lot of features. Sony (A7 III), Nikon (Z6), Canon (EOS RP), Fujifilm (X-T3) have released new models. Is the GH5 still worth it?
Sigma 18-35mm lens for video, wedding, films
Sony a6000 vs Canon EOS 80D: Detail and sharpness

Canon EOS 80D vs. Sony a6000: Pixel peeping photos of oil paintings

Recently I compared results of photos taken with the Canon EOS 80D and Sony a6000 and came to a surprising conclusion. I thought photography wasn't that tricky until I tried to take photos of oil paintings. Google it. You'll find lots of tips and pointers on how to do it...

RED Hydrogen Two to have better camera — and let’s hope for Redcode too

Red Digital Camera's Hydrogen project is off to a shaky start. Hydrogen One, the first iteration of the smartphone, didn't exactly thrill reviewers. A lot of that had to do -- ironically -- with the camera. It wasn't very good. RED is known for its high-performance, high-end cinema cameras. They're used...
Canon EOS R vs Panasonic GH5

Trendspotting: Outlook for digital camera market not looking so good

Shipments were down 22% last year and things aren't like to improve anytime soon for the flailing digital camera market. According to a Japanese report, 20 million digital stills camera (DSC) units were shipped last year. The trend is y/y declines in sales including 2017 y/y, 2018 y/y and so...
Panasonic Lumix S1H - Full-frame mirrorless cinema camera, thoughts from a GH5 video shooter

Camera News: Panasonic’s $4,000 S1H rounds out full-frame line-up with 6K filmmaker focused camera

Like Sony, Nikon and Canon, Panasonic is focusing on up-market full-frame mirrorless cameras.
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

Camera News: Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K now showing in stock

Not surprisingly, the new Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has been hard to buy. Well, actually that's not entirely true. It's actually easy to buy, and rather I should say, hard to actually get. Meaning most online retailers take Pocket 4K orders, but don't fulfill them typically for...
Panasonic GH5 vs. Canon EOS 80D

Digital Stills Camera (DSC) sales are down sharply so far in 2019

Canon and Nikon move up-market with full-frame mirrorless cameras. Could this be a way to avoid the inevitable smartphone takeover of the lower end segment?

Trendspotting: Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera remains popular, at least according to Google Trends

Lately I've been so caught up with the beast that is the Panasonic Lumix GH5 for shooting videos here on Stark Insider that it's easy to assume no other camera in the world matters... or even exists. Silly me! Interest in the venerable Canon EOS 80D, for instance, remains relatively...