Enter: The Year of the Dragon – five filmmakers record the spectacular display
By Jonah Kessel 2012: The Year of the Dragon from Jonah Kessel on Vimeo. The plan was simple: to one-up ourselves. One year earlier friends and filmmakers Paul Morris, Kit Gillet and myself decided to make a short video documenting some of the fireworks in Beijing as China celebrated the Lunar New Year. In fact,...
New MTF Services lens adapters: Electronic EOS to Sony F3/FS100/Panasonic and B4 to EOS/Sony F3/FS100
By Dan Chung I’ve been using Mike Tapa’s adapters for 35mm lenses for several years now. I first came across them when trying to mount Nikon long lenses onto my Sony EX3 – a long time before the advent of HDSLRs. Since then his company MTF Services has expanded its range of products to include...
CNN’s “Film: Not Dead Yet” – shot on Canon 7D
By Cubie King Following our two previous DSLR pieces my co-collaborator Carlos Martinell and I decided that we wanted to do something more ambitious. We thought it would be fascinating and fun to explore the vibrant NYC analogue film community – with our two Canon 7D cameras – and to do it creatively. This was...
Why did I give up my Canon 7D for the Sony FS100?
By Sam Morgan Moore I have been living the ‘DSLR’ dream since the D90 hit the streets in 2009. What is that dream? It’s got to be different for everyone… Mine is about being able to make nice little films, bringing my photographic eye and a certain fleetness of foot that anyone who has worked...
Shooting with the Basics
By Matt Allard Villa 9 from Matthew Allard on Vimeo. I spent a week in Bali on a break recently and decided to make a short little film. I didn’t plan to do this beforehand and had only taken equipment to take photographs, so this is a good example of what you can do with...
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...
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...
Shooting bionic hands on the Canon 7D for BBC news
By Johnnie Behiri Bionic reconstruction from Johnnie Behiri on Vimeo. After two years, the VDSLR has become my main working tool. True, I do have access to many other video cameras, but what convinces me is the fact I have to THINK every time before pressing the REC button. I feel it has made me...
NAB 2011 – Interesting gear we didn’t have time to check out part 2: Best of the Rest
So this is my last post from NAB 2011 – only 2 days late. I had a great time seeing old friends, meeting new ones and of course checking out all the new toys. I’d like to thank the dslrnewsshooter crew members Seppe Van Grieken and Johnnie Behiri for their tireless work during the show....
NAB 2011 – Combined V-lock battery plate and HDMI splitter with multi voltage outputs from FV Light
Chinese manufacturer FV Light show an unusual combined V-lock battery plate and HDMI splitter with multiple power tap outputs with different voltages. There is also an option to power the Canon 5DMkII, 7D or 60D with a special cable. FV Light also showed an inexpensive $10 follow focus gear. Many Chinese companies showed what appeared...
NAB 2011 – Technicolor demonstrate the Cinestyle picture style for canon dslr video
Joshua Pines of Technicolor talks to us about the ‘Cinestyle’ picture profile they have developed for Canon DSLR cameras. Designed to give footage from cameras like the 5DMkII maximum room for colour correction and grading in post production. This is done by using a REC 709 log curve instead of a standard gamma curve to...
