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Carson Daly’s “Last Call” shot on Canon HDSLRs
Tweet USAToday covered a story today about Carson Daly’s show Last Call and the fact that they’re shooting on Canon HDSLRs (and the USAtoday report itself is shot on HDSLRs)! Talking Your Tech – USATODAY.com BTS Unlike most TV shows, which use huge, professional cameras that cost $30,000 and up, Last Call shoots on small,...
Cinnafilm’s Unrivaled Dark Energy Texture Technology for Film and Video
Tweet For those of you who have seen “Act of Valor” that was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, you may have wondered how they got it to look so ‘filmic’ – and those of you paying close attention over the past 2 years or so to what Shane Hurlbut has been talking...
The great next HDSLR features poll… what do you want in your next pro DSLR?
Tweet With all the cameras recently announced (like the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Nikon D800) and many of them having the features you indicated you wanted in the last poll, we thought we’d ask the question again! If you don’t recall, back in Dec 2010, we asked you what features you wanted...
Behind-The-Scenes Film: REV’IT! Sports International Utah Catalog Shoot
We featured a post by Ron Risman a few weeks ago (“Ron Risman On Location with Commercial NYC Photographer Gregor Halenda“) and he’s posted another HDSLR shoot that you’re probably going to want to see: I was given the go-ahead to publicize another BTS promo film that I shot on the Canon 5DMKII and 7D....
How to create an HDR Timelapse – a Dustin Farrell Tutorial
It’s the year 1991. I’m a kid on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida trying to capture another amazing sunset with my new awesome camera. This was the day I first learned about the inadequacies of digital photography. That picture I took . . . sucked. The sunset didn’t look nearly as magical as it...
rgrain – add grain to your film with these new texture clips
We talk a lot about the noise and grain in video and stills – but sometimes you want to add grain texture to your film – so how do you do that? rgrain has come out with a new set of inexpensive clips you can add to your project with any editor and for clips...
Yikes! World’s Highest Rope Swing – Going Viral! Don’t try this at home part 2!
Devin does it again with this terrifying rope swing of death – which again I urge you not to try at home! In part 1, Denver Riddle filmed the Human Slingshot in the style of Devin Graham’s recent slip and slide video. But in this episode, Devin and his team go to Moab to swing...
tiny giant dream – a unique tiny Canon EOS 7D short
Tweet Here’s a fascinating short made by Liam O’Prey who’s taken a Canon EOS 7D, timelapse, unique locations, and tilt-shift to another level to tell a story that I know you’ll like. We also got a bit of info from Liam. Read below for more. I’ve got quite a bit of backlog I’m afraid… just...
New feature length indie Sci-fi HDSLR flick almost complete – 95ers: Echoes
Tweet It takes passion to make films right? Well this couple has passion! Late last year, we featured a movie being made where the family sold their home to finance their movie (see ““Dimensions: a line, a loop, a tangle of threads” and an HDSLR feature film” – it is a week long series of...
Rolling shutter comparison test with 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLRs
Here’s an interesting analysis you might be intrigued by – rolling shutter comparisons across a group of 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLR cameras. I don’t think there’s any major surprise here, but it is an interesting read. Brief Snip via Rolling shutter comparison test | Too Much Imagination. I finally come around to piecing together...
More from the Canon prototype posted yesterday! Clear photo plus a poll about what you think!
There’s a follow up from Stephen Oachs who posted the images with the new prototype body and lenses from Canon – he also explain how they got the shots and even include a RAW image (which we’ve extracted and blown up below)… oh, and we’ve added a poll at the bottom of this post to...
