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Tracking Shots Ep.14 – Casey at the Bat

World Series BTS with MINDCASTLE

As busy as Casey and Danielle of MINDCASTLE have been they still manage to sneak out some solid media to us more often than we could ask. This time around they’ve shared behind-the-scenes images from their MLB World Series shoot. … Continue reading

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Webinar: Discover Your Inner-Filmmaker Video

Free Webinar : Discover Your Inner-Filmmaker

Last week we ran our first webinar (live & free no less) for photographers starting to dabble in the video mode of their HDSLRs. We featured a few filmmaking tips focusing on shooting video with gear you already own. The … Continue reading

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Cinevate Slider Sale + 2 New Camera Slider Lengths

Cinevate Slider Sale - 30% off all Sliders!

Cinevate is about to change HQ. We’re moving from our crowded 2nd floor offices to our newly renovated building. We’re pretty excited about moving but not excited about actually having to move stuff – enter slider sale. That’s right, instead … Continue reading

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Free Live Webinar – Photographers: Discover Your Inner-Filmmaker

Free Live Webinar

UPDATE – The webinar has already aired, but you can view the recording on the updated blog post. If you’re like a lot of photographers out there then you’re probably being pushed into shooting video alongside or in place of … Continue reading

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Battle at F-Stop Ridge 2

Battle at F-Stop Ridge

This video is awesome. When I wasn’t laughing I had a big grin and for those in the photography and videography realm I suspect you’ll react the same. Being one of our Canadian dealer’s, I’ve seen some of The Camera … Continue reading

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A Chat with Rob Adams – Wedding Filmmaker

A Chat with Rob Adams - Wedding Filmmaker

Rob Adams knows a thing or two about producing wedding films and he should since he’s been doing this for 15 years now. We had a chance to talk with Rob about his craft, his workshops and why he’s booked … Continue reading

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Canon C300 Test Film and Impressions from MINDCASTLE

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Our pals Casey Warren and Danielle Krieger over at MINDCASTLE productions were lucky enough to get their hands on Canon’s latest camera, the EOS C300. The C300 has been all the rage these days (or the C300 versus the ‘insert-whichever-camera-you-fancy’). … Continue reading

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Cinevate Bags Video Breakdown

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Before Christmas we introduced our new line of DSLR Rig and Slider cases designed in conjunction with Tenba. Until now you could only see the bags via their catalog photos but now we happily have for you a more detailed … Continue reading

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Introducing the Dromos Bowl Riser

Introducing the Dromos Bowl Riser

We’re happy to announce our newest offering; the Dromos Bowl Riser. We think users will find it a necessity for heavy slider rigging, especially for those who run in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal configurations. The Riser isn’t limited to just … Continue reading

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Tracking Shots Ep.13 – Downhill Duel

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Episode 13 marks the first edition of Tracking Shots for 2012 and who better to start the new year than veteran Tracking Shots contributor, Adam Colton. Adam of Loaded Boards has shared their latest longboarding video, featuring riders Ethan Cochard … Continue reading

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Nikon D4 Announced

Nikon D4 Announced

If you’ve been following our blog then you’ve probably noticed a number of Nikon posts usually pertaining to rumors of a new DSLR body. More often these have been unconfirmed rumors and some have yet to come to fruition. Happily, … Continue reading

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Digi60 Film Festival

Digi60 Film Festival

Cinevate was recently a proud sponsor of the Digi60 Film Festival in Ottawa. It was a bit of a unique sponsorship scenario for us because we loaned the festival an Atlas 10 camera slider several months ago for all the … Continue reading

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Loaded Boards Contests Winners

Loaded Boards Moving Shots Contest Winners

Back in November we happily provided an Atlas FLT camera slider as one of the many prizes in Loaded Boards’ Moving Shots Contest. As previously reported, the submission period ran until December 5th, giving shooters/boarders ample time to plan, shot, … Continue reading

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Atlas FLT Makes Videomaker’s Best of 2011

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Already available on newsstands is Videomaker’s January 2012 issue, featuring their Best Video Products of the Year. They’ve collected some of the best cameras, accessories and support systems from all of 2011 into a complete and comprehensive list. You have … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #10

Customer Showcase #10 - Jawad Mir

One of my favourite posts of the week has been the Customer Showcase, and I’ve been sorely neglecting it as we’ve been largely focused on our 12 Days of Festivus sale for the past couple weeks. Happily, we’re back (and … Continue reading

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‘Tis the Season – Cinevate Holiday Sales and Promotions

Every chips in, whether it was building/eating candy, or slating inappropriately

The insanity of Black Friday has come and gone but that doesn’t mean we don’t have some wildly festive savings for you. But before I delve into those specifics, I just need to prelude with a quick comment/praise to all … Continue reading

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Twixtor + Canon 60D Super Slo-Mo

Twixtor + Canon 60D Slo-Mo

There’s a been a few of these videos popping up online lately and the viral-like view counts suggest they’re worth sharing. This isn’t the first time Twixtor has made headlines, in fact, there’s plenty of Twixtor footage and tutorials online … Continue reading

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Stillmotion’s EVO Workshop Winners

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Every time Stillmotion holds one of their Evolution Experience (EVO) workshops I can’t help but feel a bit envious of the attendees. Judging from the smiles on everyone’s faces in the photos it looks to be a blast. Even though … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #9

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I’ll be the first to admit that a large portion of Cinevate’s line-up was designed with use for video in mind. It’s because of this that I sometimes forget that a lot of our gear is super effective for use … Continue reading

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Nikon D800 Rumors Re-Emerge

Nikon D800 rumor

Now, I know that all the hype as of late has been around some serious heavy hitters from Canon and RED (of course, I’m referring to the Canon EOS C300 and the RED Scarlet) but like I said in our … Continue reading

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LensProToGo Holiday Gift Guide

LensProToGo Ultimate Photographers Gift Guide

November 24th is a frightening marker for some us – only 1 month ’til Christmas. If you’re like me than you hate shopping but love giving. I’ve sworn to do all of my shopping online this year and LensProToGo just … Continue reading

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Tracking Shots Ep.12 – Vinny goes Viral

Tracking Shots Ep.13 - Vinny Goes Viral

In Ep.5 of Tracking Shots we shared some of Vinny’s work, running a double feature showcasing two of his videos, and it just so happened to workout the same this time as well. We can’t lay claim to debuting the … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #8

Cinevate Customer Showcase #8

It’s Friday and that means a couple of things. First, the glorious weekend is finally here – although for us it might include some shoveling. Second, it’s time for our Customer Showcase! This week we have a video courtesy of … Continue reading

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VFX Before-and-After Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes with Imaginarium

Our pals at Imaginarium have just released a companion video to their latest commercial video for local phone/internet/cable provider, TbayTel.  Just in time for Christmas, it’s a fun, light-hearted video featuring a whack of visual effects (composited by RennerVFX). Here’s … Continue reading

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Stillmotion + Showtime’s ‘A Game of Honor’

A Game of Honor Trailer from Stillmotion + Showtime

Update – November 24th, 2011 – Patrick has just updated the Stillmotion blog with some info on the Behind-the-Scenes special airing TONITE on Showtime. Here’s what he had to say; “Tonight at 10 PM EST (November 24th) you can catch … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #7

Customer Showcase #7

For this edition of our Customer Showcase we actually have a one-of-a-kind setup. We’re showcasing media from full-time photographer and beginning cinematographer Pascal Depuhl. Pascal’s been a photographer for years and, like a lot of pro photographers, he’s finding that more … Continue reading

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Canon’s PL Cine Zoom 14.5-60mm Footage – ‘Lost in Cannes’

Canon PL Cine Zoom Footage

Before we dive into the Cine Zoom footage I thought it appropriate to give a bit of background on our pal Sébastien Devaud. Sébastien is a bit of a Canon ambassador overseas. He was recently at a few major shows … Continue reading

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Stillmotion + RED Epic BTS

Stillmotion + RED Epic BTS

Hopefully you caught our 3rd episode of Ask Cinevate featuring special guest Patrick Moreau of Stillmotion (if not don’t worry, it’s right here). Patrick and Joyce (aka Lil’ J) stopped by Cinevate HQ to say hello and show off their … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #6

Cinevate Customer Showcase #6

For our sixth Showcase we’re using a submission from Steve Gribben and Ton-Essa La’Rocque of Loudbyte Cinematography. Loudbyte focuses primarily on wedding films (and, as you’ll see, not your typical wedding films) with Steve and Ton-Essa as shooters and editors … Continue reading

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Canon Announces the Canon EOS C300

Canon EOS C300

After more hype than the internet could handle it’s finally here – Canon’s Historic Global Announcement! If you’ve been tapped into the online speculation today then some of the details won’t come as a huge surprise, but are occasionally impressive. … Continue reading

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