Jonah Kessel captures unusual Chinese protests in Wukan for the NYT – with Canon 60D and 5D mkII
By Jonah Kessel Wukan Video Journal from Jonah Kessel on Vimeo. Using a fat Chinese man, a large backpack, a baseball cap and the hood from my sweatshirt, I attempted to hide myself. I was sandwiched in between the beefy man and a f-stop Satori backpack jammed with gear on the rear of his motorcycle....
CNN airs new show ‘The Next List’ with Dr. Sanjay Gupta – shot with Canon DSLRs
By Dan Chung CNN have been in touch to say that their latest show ‘The Next List’ with Dr. Sanjay Gupta launches today. It’s all about innovation and fittingly it’s all been shot on Canon DSLRs. Running at 2:00-2:30pm ET each Sunday, the programme will profile exceptional individuals. The first is cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest. Check...
The Half Inch Rails Bumper – an end stop for DSLR rigs
By Dan Chung Sam Morgan Moore of Half Inch Rails has been busy again. It seems like not a week goes by without him launching a new widget; this time it’s the descriptively named Bumper – a simple end stop for any camera rig using regular spaced set of 15mm rods. I must confess this...
Making my Virgin Media award nominated short ‘Saloon’ on a 5DmkII – and how to get music rights
By Tom Pietrasik SALOON from Tom Pietrasik on Vimeo. Before making Saloon – my first film – I had been aware of the potential of DSLRs to capture beautiful video, but uncertain of how exactly to approach this new medium. I’d been inspired to take things further by the work of Dan Chung, Philip Bloom...
Canon Pro Solutions 2011: Audio Developments AD071 DSLR mixer
By Dan Chung Audio Developments are a British company that specialise in broadcast audio mixers. At the show they were demonstrating an interesting mixer aimed at Canon DSLRs and especially the 5D mkII. The AD071 is a three channel mixer with limiters designed to compete with the popular Juicedlink and Sound Devices MixPre-D products. It...
Canon Pro Solutions 2011: Swedish Chameleon rigs
By Dan Chung The EOS-1D X wasn’t the only innovative product on show in London this week. Several accessory manufacturers chose the Canon event to demonstrate their latest products. One that caught my eye was the latest incarnation of the strangely named Swedish Chameleon rig. Before the show I had never seen one in the...
Short doc from the London riots – shot on the Canon 5DmkII by Progress film
By Matthew Hopkins When shooter/editors Josh Thompson and Liam White found themselves absorbed in the 24 hour news coverage of the escalating trouble in London last month, the lure of the action proved too much. The Progress Film Company is based in Brighton and predominantly shoots using DSLRs for commercial, music and corporate work. But...
BIRTV 2011 – Ruige monitor features HD-SDI and HDMI input/output and cross convert
By Dan Chung and Sarah Li Ruige were demonstrating their latest HDMI monitors at BIRTV. They feature the remote magnification switch that they previously showed as a prototype at NAB 2011. The monitors also had improved full screen viewing when used with the 5DmkII in record mode. They also showed a new 4.8inch monitor which...
Choosing your lens – which stills lenses for video?
By Matt Allard Lenses should be the most important part of your kit. Camera bodies come and go, but good glass can be used for a lifetime. Testament to this is that 20- to 30-year-old lenses can still look fantastic on your camera. Over time they have been refined – auto focus and stabilization may...
Zacuto launch EVF Gorilla plate bracket for DSLRs
I’ve been using the Zacuto EVF for a while now and find it to be a very welcome addition to my regular shooting kit with the Canon 5DmkII. Originally I had it mounted on top of the camera with the supplied hotshoe adapter but very quickly found this to be an inconvienient location because there...
HDSLR training in the UK – second London workshop date announced
By Dan Chung Many thanks to all those who came to my ‘HDDSLR in the real world’ training workshop at Jacobs Pro lounge in London last week. One unexpected pleasure was to have some top Associated Press and Bloomberg news photographers along as participants. Also a big thank you to Nick Millen of Canon UK...
Dan Chung HDDSLR masterclass on June 8th at Jacobs Pro Lounge in London
I’m back in London this month for a workshop at the Jacobs Pro lounge, helping photographers and videographers improve the way they shoot real world events. There are only eight places available as we want to be sure everyone gets some hands on tuition – so please book quickly if you want to come. I’ll cover...
