BIRTV 2011 - Cinematics DSLR accessories

By Dan Chung and Sarah Li

PCHood is a Chinese company that has been around for a while making monitor hoods for LCD screens and laptops. They have recently started marketing video products as well under the Cinematics brand name. The company sell a Mattebox that has gained popularity in budget film making circles as well as a range of DSLR rigs and an electronic follow focus. New for the show was an adapter to make stills lenses look more like a Cine lens and a portable workstation with built in sunshade and wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver.

The Cinematics electronic follow focus for Canon DSLRS

By Dan Chung

Co-founder of Newsshooter, Dan Chung has over 20 years of experience working behind a camera. His career started in photography but evolved into documentary, multimedia and broadcast TV. He shot the first news video on a DSLR and has been on staff at Reuters, The Guardian and CNBC. Dan heads up the editorial team at www.photogearnews.com.