With the expansion of Alias this year into be being able to offer affordable crew members to clients; as well as addressing our already incredibly busy workload, Alias welcomes 2 new members to the team. Giles Cahalane and Callum Bannister join us in a...
Danny Dawson is to become Managing Director of Alias Hire, with former MD Mike Smith to step down with a retained share in the facilities hire company. David Brady, the chief executive of DIA, the parent company of Alias Hire, said: “Danny will bring enthusiasm and...
Canon CN7x17 – Canon first-ever cinema lens to feature a servo drive unit, designed for broadcast and handheld use with large sensor cameras. http://youtu.be/BvHNJcJtC64 More details on the lens here. Engineered for 4K resolution cameras, the Canon CN-E15 and CN-E30...
We are always excited to see what NAB has to show us. This year NAB for Alias was a look into a combination of things rather than genuine specifics. The most exciting for us is the increasing range of servo driven cine zoom lenses. Right now, the best of the bunch is...
We at Alias genuinely had a good time at the BVE that has just passed. We did not drink, nor did we attend any of the parties. And it's not as if we saw anything 'new' in terms of debut launches. The 4K camera from Black Magic, the Arri Amira, the wonderful soon to...
So the whole world is going 4K bananas...and rightly so of course. If you haven't seen true 4K then you are in for a REAL treat when you do as it is amazing. In fact, 4K demo footage in Curry's (or indeed any other good electrical retailer of course) on Sony's current...
When Alias Hire moved to Hackney Wick we had a feeling that the area, as a whole, would eventually be something different from the time we moved in. Something more. Something better. We knew there was a migration of self expressing people to Hackney Wick. We knew that...
Well, another IBC over and done with. I can remember the whole weekend, which makes it a far more subdued than previous IBC's. Forever the professionals, that's how we declare ourselves at Alias. On the Sony stand, we had a play with the PMW-300. First impression is...
The team attending IBC 2013 from Alias Hire always knew it was going to be busy, but now it's a WHOLE lot busy!. Sony have launched a 4K handheld camera (it's called the SONY PXW-Z100) and it looks like it’s the next step on the evolution ladder of...
Our esteemed General Manager's latest offering on the Broadcastnow website. Have a read, it's insightful stuff if we do say so ourselves. Find out for yourself, click below...
