G-Connect – Wireless Storage for your iOS
iOS devices – specifically the iPad (which just reported that it soared to 68% of the tablet market share in Q1 2012) – are becoming increasingly prevalent. Many of the users are buying them for one task: media consumption. Movies, music, documents, magazines, games – you name it. And increasingly, people are using their smart phones for the...
NAB Recap pt. 1: Cameras and Lenses
Apologies for the recent radio silence! Following the week at NAB I have been on the road from San Francisco, to New York, to Chicago, to Boston, and finally back again. That being said, I didn’t want to let NAB 2012 pass without mentioning a few of the products I saw there this year...
New Zeiss wide angle SLR Lenses – and how they stack up against their Canon EF counterparts
One of the most questions I get asked by HDSLR filmmakers is: Should I buy Canon EF lenses or Zeiss ZE lenses for HDSLR video? I recently tested two wide angle Zeiss ZE SLR lenses – one that is currently available (25mm 1:2), and another that won’t be available until May of this year (15mm...
Canon 5D MKIII – my thoughts
Welcome the Canon 5D MKIII to the world everyone! As you know this site’s history and I have a long history with it’s predecessor the Canon 5D MKII and "Reverie" (see video below.) I obviously didn’t choose to thrown my hat into the ring in the quest to shoot a sequel to Reverie for the...
Nokia 41 MP Camera-Phone
This week, at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Nokia announced a couple of new smart phones that they plan to enter that market with. However, one in particular stood out among the rest – as it comes equipped with a 41MP camera sensor (and you thought the 8MP on our iPhone 4s was impressive!)....
Video: “How Technology is Influencing Storytelling & Film”
I had the pleasure to be part of a panel at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Adobe invited filmmakers Sharlto Copley, Rob Legato, Jacob Rosenberg and myself to share some of our thoughts on where all of this new technology is taking us as filmmakers. You might recognize Sharlto as the lead actor...
Win Drobo for Christmas or Hanukkah! planet5D Giveaway-many ways to enter
Yes, I’m finally getting back to giving away another Drobo and I’m excited to make this a great Hanukkah or Christmas present for one of our loyal readers – and you’ve got multiple ways to enter this giveaway! December Giveaway We’re going to do this a bit differently than the past – you have 3...
Black Friday Gadget Guide
I have an upcoming post for the holidays that will involve a few charities as I think that giving back and helping others is one of the best things anyone can do. Today unfortunately, I’m going to digress into a more materialistic world… on the eve of the day Americans call "Black Friday" where they...
Canon C300 “Organic” Noise
Two of the most exciting things about the Canon C300 are the sharpness of the image, and also the "organic" or granular structure of the noise pattern the sensor produces. As I worked with the footage from "Mobius" with VFX and color correction – I noticed something I had rarely seen coming off...
These are interesting times for filmmakers – the tools keep getting better
Just last week Canon unveiled the Canon C300 and C300PL cameras. A series of cameras with incredible sensors with wide exposure latitude and incredible low light performance that shoot 1080p video up to 30fps on CF Cards. A little over an hour later – Red announced the Scarlet camera. An equally compact camera capable of...
3 Years later… “Mobius” and the Canon C300 / C300PL
HDSLRs were born a little over 3 years ago – and my life and that of many others has forever been changed as a result. What an incredible time it’s been for many of us! And that is about to change again today… The number "3" seems to have an unusual relevance to this...
Extremely useful App to calculate data usage & space needed – KataData
As silly as it is – trying to calculate how much hard drive or card space one will need for a particular shot or project can become extremely complex. Now, let me clarify that … Once you factor in the different compression settings, resolutions, frame rates etc -it can be downright maddening! Here is...
