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...
Size matters: Sky News Beijing bureau cameraman Andy Portch reports on a year with the Panasonic AF101 and GH2 cameras.
By Andy Portch A full size HD broadcast camera is picture perfect and looks impressive. The large camera also screams “TV Crew” and too often gives a ‘warped’ view as people react to the big camera or simply turn it away. My previous experience shooting news with the Canon 5D mkII was a visual triumph, but...
Stephen Colbert’s Take on CNN Layoffs and Citizen Journalism
CNN created quite a stir yesterday after laying off a dozen photojournalists due to the rise of citizen journalism and the availability of cameras. Here’s a humorous response to the story by Stephen Colbert, who gives us a glimpse into the ̶...
CNN Lays Off Photojournalists, Citing the Accessibility of Quality Cameras
Roughly 50 staffers at CNN were given pink slips today, including nearly a dozen photojournalists. In an email to the staff, Senior VP Jack Womack cited the accessibility of cameras and the growth of citizen journalism as reasons for the terminations: We also spent a great deal of time analyzing how we utilize and deploy...
CNN airs new show ‘The Next List’ with Dr. Sanjay Gupta – shot with Canon DSLRs
By Dan Chung CNN have been in touch to say that their latest show ‘The Next List’ with Dr. Sanjay Gupta launches today. It’s all about innovation and fittingly it’s all been shot on Canon DSLRs. Running at 2:00-2:30pm ET each Sunday, the programme will profile exceptional individuals. The first is cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest. Check...
Why I created Condition One – the new immersive ipad news experience
By Danfung Dennis My technology startup Condition ONE evolved from the inability to convey the reality of what I was seeing in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even though my images and documentary film were published and distributed widely, they were still a passive window into this world, constrained by the frame. I wanted to bring people...
We want you filming today – 11/11/11 Global Film Day
By Brandon Litman of One Day on Earth The idea that people from every country in the world can come together to film on the same day and become a media-creating community is extraordinary. When One Day on Earth launched, it was through direct outreach to filmmakers to help create a global artistic creation. Since...
Occupy LA – Mixing Politics, docu style, citizen journalism and DSLR video
By Angeline Gragasin OCCUPY: Los Angeles from Angeline Gragasin on Vimeo. I was shooting on location for a narrative film during the opening weeks of Occupy Wall St, and so wasn’t able to follow along as closely as I’d like. When we finally wrapped, I found that news of the movement had inundated my Facebook...
Aljazeera’s Ben Emery shoots hour long “Correspondent” documentary on a Canon 5DmkII
By Ben Emery I guess when we all started out in this industry as news cameramen or photographers we dreamed of the type of jobs we would be shooting; whether its covering the human tragedy in some war torn country or amazing stories in far away exotic lands. The unfortunate reality of the news industry...
See the new trailer for Sundance winner Hell and Back again – and theatrical release dates
By Danfung Dennis It’s been a long and hard road, but after several years of work, my film HELL AND BACK AGAIN will be released in theaters starting on October 5th. As many of you know the project was entirely shot on the Canon 5DmkII and I’d especially like to thank the DSLR community especially...
Short doc from the London riots – shot on the Canon 5DmkII by Progress film
By Matthew Hopkins When shooter/editors Josh Thompson and Liam White found themselves absorbed in the 24 hour news coverage of the escalating trouble in London last month, the lure of the action proved too much. The Progress Film Company is based in Brighton and predominantly shoots using DSLRs for commercial, music and corporate work. But...
