Large Sensor Cameras - all you need to know!  

There is such a selection of large screen cameras now, all promising to achieve the elusive 'film look', that it can be hard for film makers to make an informed choice in the selection of choosing the right combination of camera and lenses.

This short article aims to illustrate the main differences between the current range of cameras in order to help you make that choice!

 Ali returns after Sabbatical
VMI are pleased to announce the return of Ali Wilson to VMI, who has returned to join VMI after a year's sabbatical being a location scout.  On his year out, Ali worked on several TV shows including "Life's too short", "Friday Night Dinner" and "Not Going Out" before deciding that a warm hire room and busy office was better than a life rising at dawn and spending time in the rain!!....more 

ARRIRAW 4:4:4 support for Alexa her now!.
VMI's Gemini 4:4:4 off-board recorders is now a credible solution to ARRI RAW support for Alexa, and available now!....more 

Matthews Round-D Dolly just arrived
The Matthews Round-D 4-wheel steerable dolly has just arrived at VMI. Supplied with dual seat and offset arm plus selection of pneumatic and track wheels, this is a compact but very solid dolly which will run on all track, operates through standard doorways and with its all-wheel steering, can negotiate an extremely tight circle of 6' (1.8 m).....more 

New O'Connor 1030 Tripod arrived

Often people polarise into favouring BMW or Mercedes, Canon  or Nikon and so it is in the in the video/film world with O'Conner vs. Sachtler...

We are pleased to now stock the O'Connor 1030 medium weight tripod which offers an alternative to the Sachtler Video-20 for documentary and large sensor productions and offers a payload of 13.6kg (30lb) ...more 

2000 downloads of VMI iPhone App!    

This month saw the 2000th download of our very popular iPhone App.  With so much hidden functionality, we thought that it was sensible to make a short 2 minute tutorial video on how to get the most out of it Latest VMI iPhone App Version 1.2 

PMW-F3/FS100/RED with EOS Mount   

The latest electronic lens mounts from MTF have just arrived at VMI which convert the Sony PMW-F3 and Sony NEX FS-100 to use Canon EOS lenses and include an electronic iris control to manually drive the iris, so now you can widen the your lens choice with these popular cameras to include Canon DSLR zooms and PL mount film lenses as well! ...more

VMI Sponsors Fireflies ride through Alps   
Some of you will remember that 5 years ago I rode the now famous Media 'Fireflies' ride from Geneva to Cannes, 1000km through the Alps to raise money for Leuka.

This year, VMI is sponsoring Ashley Briggs, an up and coming Cinematographer, to ride the 1000 arduous km up and down 19 Alpine monster mountains in order to raise money for Leuka. He arrived yesterday with 69 other riders in Cannes.

It would be excellent if you would consider supporting this very worthy cause....more