NAB Recap pt. 2: Support and Accessories
Accessories are a BIG part of NAB – it’s not just about the cameras… Here are a few of those tools that caught my eye and that I think are relevant to this blog’s readership. Pictured to the left is the Kessler Fusion. I wrote a post on this a few weeks before NAB when Kessler launched...
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...
Canon joins the world of 4K
This morning, Canon announced two cameras that it will be showing at NAB, along with their specs, the EOS-1D C and C500 – both 4K capable cameras. I have seen footage from the 1D camera and it looks great. An interesting point here is that I have only seen that footage at 1080p – not...
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...
Kessler Fusion Site Launched
Today Kessler Crane launched their site for the new Fusion System, which they claim is "the most advanced motion control system on the planet." I got a chance to see prototype of the system at Eric Kessler’s Timefest last summer, and we were all quite impressed by the new features they were incorporating. According to...
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!)....
NEW GEAR: Litepanels Sola 4 and Croma
LED Lighting will continue to grow in my opinion and become a greater and greater part of how we light things in the cine/docu/photo world. To date a major limitation has been power… most LED cannot output enough light to fight daylight. But as you’ll see in the upcoming year or two –...
Master of the Skies and Stars: Tom Lowe and his new film TIMESCAPES
There are few people in this world that are as special as Tom Lowe. Most of you know him as one of the pre-eminent time-lapse photographers/filmmakers out there who has been redefining the medium for years now on Timescapes. (Tom was named Astronomy Photographer of the Year last year.) Tom has worked with...
Rocking the RC Heli
I wanted to give a quick shout out to my friend Tabb Firchau of Freeflycinema. Tabb has been piloting helicopters (RC and real ones) for close to 2 decades and I’ve know him since my first HDSLR productions including "JOB First Look." We’ve worked on several productions together over the years including...
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...
This is how Sangat TV produced live pictures during the Birmingham riots
The recent riots across the UK were viewed by a nation spellbound by the unbelievable scenes being broadcast from such channels as Sky-carried Sangat TV. This live coverage of the violence as well as the heroic community outreach efforts—described as...
