Events
Trade Shows: We attend some of the industries leading events. Check in here to see where & when you can pay us a visit.
There’s no need to explain why the requirements for live streaming and remote production have hugely increased over the past 12 months. The former is relatively straight forward for even the most technically challenged of us, at its most basic level within a few seconds anyone can be live s...
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Photographer Edmond Terakopian recently spent 5 months with the Loupedeck CT. Here he talks us through his thoughts and top tips for getting the most out of it through the incredibly customisable design.
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Holdan, a specialist distributor to the professional video and broadcast sector and part of the Midwich Group, is pleased to announce they will be taking over the distribution of Atomos products in the UK and Ireland.
Atomos exists to help creative professionals cut through technology barriers b...
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On Tuesday 23rd March, our dearest friend and colleague, Warren Bowler, tragically passed away after suffering a brain haemorrhage. No words can express the sadness we all feel and the shock of losing such a fantastic friend who has been part of our lives for a very long time, for many of us fo...
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St James Church, Piccadilly has history coursing through its brickwork. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, 18th century Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder was baptised at its font. German Bombs severely damaged the church during the blitz and it stood empty for 7 years after the war before bein...
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When the University of Central Lancashire decided to refit its teaching studio it turned to systems integrator Altered Images, Holdan Ltd and Panasonic for its camera system.
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The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera features built in CFast and SD UHS-II card recorders and a USB-C expansion port for recording direct to an external media disk. You can use regular SD cards for HD or higher performance UHS-II and CFast cards for native 4K or 6K when using Blackmagic RAW.
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Holdan is pleased to announce a product distribution agreement with manufacturer’s Promise Technology for the UK and Ireland and NewBlue Inc. for the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Promise Technology delivers single and multi-user access, editing, sharing, and distribution of 4K footage for Post-...
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Winning an award in a creative industry is always an achievement but winning an Academy award takes this to a whole new level. On the 13th of February Teradek and Amimon won, not just one, but 2 awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards Virtual Pres...
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With public events almost non-existent during the ongoing lockdown, many venues are turning to live-streaming to reach their audience. The benefits of this are that, not only can you still provide content and services for your usual patrons, but you can also grow your viewer base online.
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Lumens announced a new partnership with Panopto™, the leader in video management systems. The Lumens VS-LC200 CaptureVision System is seamlessly compatible with Panopto. The integration provides organisations with a cost-effective unified solution for recording, live streaming, and managing...
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Shooting high quality video in theatre light levels has always been problematic. Areas of the stage can be really dark compared to actors faces lit by spotlights, and most cameras struggle with this sort of contrast level. Film maker Matthew Cawrey who was already a LUMIX user was relieved t...
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Bags. An often overlooked, yet very important accessory for your production kit. They’re lighter and easier to carry than a hard case, keep everything together in one place and, most importantly, keep your equipment safe. While the majority of manufacturer’s camera bags are similarly ...
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Based out of London in the UK, Pictureimage is a leading broadcast consultancy firm. When Leyton Orient needed to add additional valuable matchday content into their existing streaming offering they turned to Chris and the team to design them a new broadcast studio.
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The Vosges Mountains, France - December 1, 2020 - From lively animals to majestic landscape time-lapse photos, Canon Ambassador Radomir Jakubowski brought his cameras with Wise Advanced Memory Cards and travelled the length and breadth of Europe capturing nature at its finest.
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March 2020 and as lockdown started it was all about getting better and better web cams. We saw how awful the Zoom interviews on the news looked, all blocky backlit shadows and up-nose shots. A simple LED panel light would make a huge difference, and these flew out of the warehouse. The LEDGO LG-E...
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AV over IP is a fantastic concept and technologies like SDvoe are rapidly becoming established in the industry, but SDvoe relies on super-fast, super-optimised 10G networks, and the data-rate needed to send video this way is much too high to bridge distant locations, so for this purpose a differe...
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BirdDog have announced major updates for Eyes P100, Eyes P200, Eyes P400, P4K and Cam Control.
To download the firmware, click here.
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Director of Photography, Renan Ozturk, travels the globe filming in the most remote locations from Mount Everest, to the deserts of Utah. Often the conditions he shoots in stresses his equipment to the point of failure while filming. Along with extreme temperatures, his shoots are usually incredi...
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Self-isolation seldom bothered avid outdoor adventurer Daniel Kordan. During the pandemic period, he led a squad of photographers on three long expeditions at Kuril Islands, Kuril Lake and Jack London Lake from July to September.
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The video production market is transitioning towards IP. Whether it will ever get there 100% or will find a balance between HDMI, SDI and Ethernet remains to be seen, but we are without doubt entering a phase where crews and installers are weighing up the benefits of IP technology for each projec...
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Last week SmallHD introduced the Indie 7; a brand new, 7” on-camera monitor. An entry-level addition to their “Smart 7 Monitor Family”, along with the mid-range 702 Touch and the flagship Cine 7.
Each of these monitors is built off the same anodised aluminium chassis; has a 7&r...
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As we head into Autumn, having the right protective bags for sensitive and expensive equipment becomes increasingly more important. To help alleviate this issue, Holdan has added Orca Bags to its portfolio.
Orca Bags have customised their products to reflect the real needs of the broadcast...
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Komodo is Red’s first truly affordable camera system. It is likely to fulfil many roles - as a feature film B-camera or main camera for documentary production.
Fortunately, the Komodo’s cuboid-shape lends itself very well to being rigged, powered, adapted and mounted to suit vi...
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BirdDog have developed embedded Network Device Interface (NDI®) hardware and implemented into a range of high definition and 4K broadcast video converters, robotic pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, and a suite of software products to tie end-to-end workflows together. The range includes products r...
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If the 1930s have parallels with the 2020s, then the world of media is ready for a revolution.Economic downturn, the threat of mass unemployment, tension on the world stage, dustbowls in America… there are some striking similarities to today. And just as post-war audiences flocked to new c...
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This Sunday sees the launch of the (online) Photography Show. Running on Sunday 20th and Monday 21st September, the show has attracted all the key brands from the photo equipment industry.
Our experts will be on hand on both days to answer your questions on rigging cameras, using mirrorless for ...
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With the coronavirus pandemic severely shutting down international athletic competitions for months, Swedish photographer Joel Marklund was pleased to get back to sports again. In July he was back photographing rock climbing, athletics and football.
He brought the latest professional Nikon...
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Like any encoding and decoding platform, Teradek Prism was originally designed for broadcasters and webcasters. Because the system is a 10-bit HDR video device, it is generating interest from post houses as a remote collaboration, and real-time monitoring platform.
With producers, directors, inv...
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Holdan is the distributor for Panasonic LUMIX and Blackmagic Design.
Join us in the chatroom, and you'll be speaking with experts on:
Panasonic LUMIX micro-four thirds and full sensor cameras, including the new S5
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K
We can talk you th...
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Holdan is the distributor for Loupedeck and Logickeyboard, with their range of:
Ultra-fast editing consoles
Professional keyboards for Adobe Creative Suite
Our team in the chat room have years of experience editing images and video – ask their advice on how a professional inp...
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Holdan is the distributor for Azden microphones
Professional XLR shotgun mics
High quality 3.5mm on-camera mics
Wireless audio kit
We can talk you through how to select the best microphone for your needs, whether you need to shoot interviews, record nature or anything else!
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Holdan is the distributor for Gnarbox, Wise Advanced and Angelbird. Both manufacturers produce world-class media:
External SSD drives
Portable backup unit
CFexpress cards
SD cards
CFast cards
High speed readers
Our team in the chat room have bags of experience shooting video &n...
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Build the S5 into a complete, all-purpose system by pairing the camera with the following accessories:
Memory Cards
Angelbird SD cards are 4K-certified and are used by professionals worldwide. For as little as £36 +VAT, you can buy a high quality 64GB UHS3 card with a 160MB/s write speed....
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With the announcement of the Panasonic Lumix S5 we finally have a full-frame camera with fantastic video features in a compact form-factor and at a budget conscious price. If like me you’ve invested in Panasonic Micro 4/3 format, what might make you consider moving up to full frame?
35mm s...
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19th August 2020 – Panasonic is pleased to announce the LUMIX S5, a new full-frame mirrorless camera.
The new camera will be unveiled at an online launch event at www.panasonic.com/global/consumer/lumix/s/s5.html on Wednesday 2nd September 2020 at 15:00 BST.
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A contemporary of great 19th century novelists such as Dickens, Turgenev and Flaubert, Božena Němcová is an iconic Czech writer and an important figure in the country’s revivalist movement. Her mystical stories and novels draw on a pastoral tradition, the re-awakening of Czech values...
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As the production community gets back to shooting, Holdan has added two new brands to its portfolio which will help crews complete projects more efficiently and creatively than ever.
Portable back up and storage manufacturer Gnarbox gives camera crews quick in-field back up of crucial video file...
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Blackmagic’s ATEM Mini range has now grown to three models:
ATEM Mini: the live production mixer with streaming via a PC/Mac
ATEM Mini Pro: the live production mixer with direct streaming and programme recording
ATEM Mini Pro ISO: the live production mixer with direct streaming, record...
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A lucky few are born to be in front of the camera. Eloquent, unflappable and engaging, they are the video presenter for your organisation.
The rest of us are either uncomfortable in front of the lens or confident for no good reason! It’s this category that needs a teleprompter. Promp...
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