Sony NEX FS700 confirmed and new details released
Only a few days after the pipe dream of a camera was rumored to be in development, it looks like it is in fact a reality. Our good friend Den Lennie from Fstop Academy has been secretly working with the FS700 for some time now and has spilled the beans about this exciting new camera....
Three Items of Equipment No Photographer Should Be Without
The title of this article begs for part of the answer to be camera and lens but then I wouldn’t have anything to write about or I’d have to title the article Five Items… In other words, I’m going to assume that the camera and lens is a given and not count them. After those...
4K is coming
It’s incredible – I’ve been looking at the iPad 3 retina display and thinking about video. It’s very good to see 1080p, but looking at other demos, I want to emulate that ‘looking through a window’ effect. Not just HD video, but full-on 2048×1536 pixel-for-pixel video, filling the screen and providing an uncanny, hyper real...
Rumor: Sony to announce NEX FS700 at NAB shooting 4K, 960 fps for $8K?
Chalk another one up for the rumor mill. Unnamed sources are saying that Sony may have a big announcement this year at NAB. Only a year after the FS100 was released, a successor is rumored to be in the works. This new model, the NEX FS700, is said to boast some pretty major features; namely...
Vintage Cameras Upcycled Into iPhone Charging Docks
Etsy seller Roberto Altieri creates unique iPhone/iPod charging docks out of old — and hopefully defunct — Pentax and Minolta SLR cameras from the 1960s and 1970s.
C300 Aliased Fringe – Not so Awesome?
As you are aware, the Canon Cinema EOS C300 has been released, and overall it’s an amazing camera that people are praising in the world ’round. And in test after test, and in fully produced works, people are lauding the camera as a sort of “baby Alexa”, one that can cut relatively well with that...
Digital Bolex shoots 2K RAW video for $3300
There is a camera that has been circling video blogs for the past few days now. It is the Digital Bolex and it boasts the ability to shoot 2K RAW video with a planned price of under $3300. Their Kickstarter campaign has grown rapidly and already reached over 250% of their goal with two weeks...
Sharpening tools
I’m off on a little job next week where my dear FS100 must be left behind, along with all that lovely glass I’ve been collecting. I will revert back to the Sony PMW-EX1R, which feels odd all of a sudden because it’s just a big black sausage, no extras needed. All in one. Sweet. Now,...
Quality Gear That Won’t Break The Bank
I often get requests from folks to recommend photography gear – cameras, lenses, accessories – that won’t “break the bank”. You don’t need the most expensive, latest and greatest wizzy-bang gadget for GREAT photography! You just need great working knowledge of photographic principles, and practice practice practice. There is no such thing as “making due”...
The Passion of the Bolex
My last post focussed on some concerns and questions I had about the Digital Bolex Kickstarter campaign. Despite stating numerous times that “I really want these guys to win,” I didn’t spend much time talking about what I liked about...
Digital Bolex
My inbox this morning was crammed with mentions of a new Kickstarter campaign for a 2K digital cinema camera called, with the blessing of the nominal company, the Digital Bolex. Philip Bloom has done a terrific job of summing up the camera’s spe...
Essential Equipment for the Serious Photographer
For discussion purposes let’s assume that a year or two ago you decided to take the plunge and upgrade from a point & shoot camera to DSLR. The first thing you probably learned was that in the beginning your photos weren’t any better with the DSLR and in some cases not as good. Fortunately, you...
