Going undercover with the Panasonic GH2 – By Sky News shooter Andy Portch
By Andy Portch No lights, no tripod and no mucking about. That’s how we continued our coverage of the growing Tibetan unrest in Western China. Please be aware that our story ‘Nun self-immolation’ includes footage given to us of a protesting Tibetan nun setting herself on fire. The rest of the story is shot...
Size matters: Sky News Beijing bureau cameraman Andy Portch reports on a year with the Panasonic AF101 and GH2 cameras.
By Andy Portch A full size HD broadcast camera is picture perfect and looks impressive. The large camera also screams “TV Crew” and too often gives a ‘warped’ view as people react to the big camera or simply turn it away. My previous experience shooting news with the Canon 5D mkII was a visual triumph, but...
