Chinese KineRAW S35 Camcorder Attempts to Knock Off the RED and ARRI ALEXA...
In our global economy, one could amend the phrase "nothing is certain in life except death and taxes" to "nothing is certain in life except death, taxes, and knockoffs." The country responsible for...
View ArticleThe Kinefinity KineRAW S35 is a Sony F3 with RAW Output for Half the Price ($6k)
It's natural for anyone to be skeptical when a new camera is announced. We were skeptical that RED could actually make a camera that did everything they said it could do (I think they have finally...
View ArticleKineRAW Super 35mm 2K Camera Pre-Orders Have Begun, Prices Starting Under $7,000
The last time we talked the KineRAW S35, Kinefinity had released RAW sample clips for the general public to mess around with and grade. If this is going to be the way things are done with smaller...
View ArticleWatch 'The Iron Psyche,' One of the First Films Shot on the Chinese KineRAW...
While it's not available all over the world yet, the Kinefinity KineRAW S35Â has made some serious noise across the filmmaking community, because it's poised to disrupt the industry in a similar way as...
View ArticleKineRAW S35 2K Camera Getting Active Canon Mount, EVF Bundle, iPad App, and More
We haven't heard much news about the KineRAW S35 since pre-orders began back in August. The Chinese-made 2K camera capable of shooting a few different flavors of RAW video to SSDs will come in well...
View ArticleMini S35 Camera from Kinefinity: 2K RAW in a RED EPIC-Style Body, Priced...
I don't envy those who make the little grey or black boxes that give us pretty pictures. Another day, another camera, but there is something special about this one: Kinefinity, who makes the 2K KineRAW...
View ArticleKineRAW-MINI Pre-Ordering Has Begun, Get a 2K RAW Super 35mm Camera for Just...
This one came as a bit of a surprise back in January, and now it looks like pre-orders have already begun. The KineRAW-MINI, a new camera from Kinefinity, has an identical sensor to the KineRAW-S35...
View ArticleKinefinity Gets Serious with New 6K KineMAX & 4K KineMINI RAW Cameras
No that's not a typo. RED DRAGON is about to get some company as far as 6K is concerned. Chinese camera maker Kinefinity, who has so far produced two cinema cameras, the KineRAW S35 and KineRAW-MINI,...
View ArticleKinefinity 6K for $10K Camera Coming in 2014, Plus a Look at the Sub-$6K...
There's been a lot of buzz regarding affordable 4K acquisition recently, and for good reason. How about affordable 6K? You may know Chinese manufacturer Kinefinity for its strangely familiar-looking...
View ArticleBlackmagic Cinema Cameras Get Removable Batteries & HDMI with New Kinefinity Mod
Among the slew of surprising NAB announcements this year comes one from Kinefinity that draws a whole different kind of "wow, I didn't see that coming." It seems the camera company isn't satisfied...
View Article6K Resolution for Under $10K: Kinefinity KineMAX 6K Camera Gets Official Pricing
Kinefinity, the Chinese company that has been making scientific cameras for years, is now making some waves in the cinema camera market. Their first two models received a bit of attention for the...
View ArticleFootage, BTS, & Workflow Videos for the $3500 KineMINI 4K RAW Camera
We talk an awful lot about cameras here on No Film School. Why? Because new cameras are absurdly exciting. However, there's one camera company that might make some of the most intriguing and...
View ArticleHere's Your First Look at the Stunning 6K Footage Taken with Kinefinity's...
Kinefinity made a big splash last year with their KineMax 6K, which is not only powerful enough for professionals, but offers internal 6K, 4K, golden 3K/2K, and 1080p with 14 stops of dynamic range at...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the Kinefinity KineMax, Which Offers Internal 6K & 14 Stops...
Over at the Kinefinity booth at NAB, we were able to get up close and personal with the KineMax 6K, which shoots internal 6K, 4K, 3K, 2K, HD, and 720p, and has 14 stops of dynamic range. This is yet...
View ArticleBlackmagic, Apertus, & Kinefinity Talk Cinema Cameras
In a video just released from NAB 2015, cinema5D sat down with Tim Siddons from Blackmagic Design, Sebastian Pichelhofer from the Open Source Apertus project, and Michel Juknat for Kinefinity, and...
View ArticleKinefinity's New 5k & 6k TERRA Cameras Are Extremely Lightweight and Shoot up...
Kinefinity brings out the new TERRA cameras to followup on the KineMax and KineMini 4K. Bringing a ton of cinema ready features to a competitive price point has always been Kinefinity's modus...
View ArticleAffordable 6K is Coming Courtesy of Kinefinity
With the release of the Mavo and Mavo LF, Chinese camera manufacturer Kinefinity debuts 6K resolution at an affordable price. Considering its price point, the Kinefinity platform hasn't quite made the...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Kinefinity Terra 4K Offers Bang-for-Your-Buck
I was one of the first to test the Kinefinity Terra 4K in the US. Here's what I found. Buying the Canon 5D Mark II in 2010 was one of the best decisions I’ve made. The DSLR boom changed the camera...
View ArticleLooking for Affordable 6K Full-Frame Primes? Check Out Kinefinity
Full-frame Coverage is the hottest lens trend of the year, and Kinefinity has an option with their Mavo primes at a price point no one else can beat. Sensors are getting larger. Between Sony VENICE,...
View ArticleKinefinity's Mavo Is a Full-Frame 6K Cinema Camera at an Indie Price Point
With full-frame coming for the top end of the cinema world, it's exciting that a full-frame cinema camera will be coming to the market that indie filmmakers can actually afford. With all the heat...
View ArticleKinefinity Mavo LF is Out in the Wild
Kinefinity has been on fire with news this year, and now the Mavo LF is out and shooting in the field at Cinegear 2018. While we were able to see the demo unit of the Kinefinity Mavo LF at NAB this...
View ArticleThe World's First Kinefinity Mavo LF Film Tests the Camera's Capabilities
The Kinefinity Mavo LF is a fraction of the cost of its major competitor, the ARRI Alexa, but is it also a fraction of the quality? When the Kinefinity Mavo LF was announced last year many people had...
View ArticleKinefinity Significantly Drops Its Camera Prices
Kinefinity retools production pipeline to drop costs. Read More
View ArticleKinefinity's Price Drop, Coronavirus, Bond, and Working with Actors
Theories abound as to why Kinefinity has dropped its prices. This week on the No Film School Podcast, we talk about a few big stories in tech, but also answer a question from the NFS community about...
View ArticleKinefinity Goes 8K With New MAVO Edge Cinema Camera
The full-frame sensor captures internal Apple ProRes RAW, too. It was only a matter of time. Kinefinity has gone 8K with the release of the MAVO Edge. Capable of recording 8K ProRes RAW internally,...
View ArticleWhat Can You Do to Make the Most of Quarantine?
WRITE! Plus we discuss 2 new camera releases Jason Hellerman tells us about the new FREE eBook How to Write a Screenplay (During Quarantine), taking us through the specific tools he's used writing...
View ArticleKinefinity Releases New Locking EF Mount for MAVO and TERRA Cameras
The EF 3 Mounting Adapter improves upon the previous model in several ways. Despite having a delay in shipping its anticipated MAVO Edge 8K cinema camera (now expected by February), Kinefinity has...
View ArticleMAVO Edge 8K Will No Longer Support Internal ProRes RAW
The delayed camera has hit yet another setback. When Kinefinity announced the MAVO Edge 8K, one feature that surprised us the most was the internal ProRes RAW recording. This is because RED has a...
View ArticleKinefinity MAVO Edge 8K Footage Surfaces. What Do You Think?
Kinefinity has released a reel showcasing the MAVO Edge 8K, and other materials on how they shot the footage. The MAVO Edge 8K has been a camera in the making for over a year now, and after some...
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