Life in Singapore – captured with a 60D and a Kessler Pocketdolly
By Rick Macomber Life in Singapore from Rick Macomber on Vimeo. For me travelling to Singapore has become like slipping into my favorite pair of shoes – Comfortable. It’s become my favorite city to visit – metropolitan, diverse people, great food and they speak english. And I’ve also grown somewhat accustomed to the long flight....
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....
Making a visually boring person interesting to watch – A 5DmkII video shot for the New York Times
By Jonah Kessel Word Crimes from Jonah Kessel on Vimeo. Murong Xuecun is one of the least boring people I have ever met. He is energetic. He is dynamic. He is impressively clever. And in the last year, he has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of censorship in China. However, he is...
Shooting in the Snow in Japan with A Canon 60D – by Al Jazeera’s Matthew Allard
Unforgiving Winter from Matthew Allard on Vimeo. It was not a story that immediately inspired great visuals. Correspondent Harry Fawcett and I had to do a story on Japan’s rapidly declining population. Our producer Aya Asakura suggested we head to Takane Village, high up in the mountains in Gifu prefecture, central Japan. With a declining...
Scarlet What You Will
Be a fanboy or be a skeptic, but there’s a working fixed-lens RED Scarlet on this very planet.
Interesting times, these. We’ve got inexpensive 35mm-ish cameras rife with artifacts, a couple of reasonably-priced not-quite-35mm camera with g...
The Panasonic GH2, DSLRs, and Funky Frame Rates For Creative Effect
Many folks wrote in the comments of my Canon 60D article something to the effect of “what about the upcoming Panasonic GH2?”
The GH2 is not yet available. Despite having been briefly up for pre-order on both Amazon and B&H, it is now l...
Sony PMW-F3 Shoots, Scores, Has a Little Brother
Sony very wisely lent one of their pre-production PMW-F3 cameras to Jason Wingrove, shooter, director, and co-host of the invaluable Red Centre podcast. He made this:
compulsion - teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.
I’ve seen the raw fo...
HDSLR Shopping? What You Want is a Canon 60D
If you’re shopping for a DSLR right now, for the primary purpose of shooting video (being familiar with all the pros and cons), what you want is the Canon 60D.
I felt compelled to write this because the 60D seems to get left out of the conversat...
Jag35.com launch Monitor-X finder for HD-DSLR at PhotoCine Expo – offers two eye viewing of camera LCD screen
Jag35 launch Monitor-X finder and updated shoulder rig from Dan Chung on Vimeo. Jag35.com were at PhotoCine Expo showing off their soon to be released Monitor X LCD magnifier which allows shooters to view and focus an image without having your eye right up to the camera. The company were keen to stress this is...
F-Stop academy’s Den Lennie gets his hands on early Canon 60D
Hands on 60D at International festival of Photojournalism, Visa Pour L’Image from Den Lennie on Vimeo. Den Lennie of the F-Stop academy, who is producing my soon to be available training DVD, has made this short video about the Canon 60D. It certainly looks like a great addition to any news shooting kit. This is...
Canon 60D first impressions, features, video samples, and side by side with all Canon HDSLRs
Tweet Now that the Canon EOS 60D has been announced, everyone will want to know where it fits in the Canon HDSLR lineup as well as what this new camera brings to the party. The 60D replaces the 50D in the Canon line, but fits between the Canon Rebel T2i/550D (reviews) and the Canon EOS...
