To buy a Scarlet or not to buy, that is the question…
ethics statement: my opinion is my own. I have never been under contract with any camera manufacturer nor will I. Impartiality is key. Without it then what is the point in writing something like this? Don’t forget you can win incredible prizes like Adobe CS5.5, Kessler Shuttle Pod, Zacuto EVF by donating £10 or more...
New mini doc on RED Epic and Phantom Flex: The Redneck Hippy
Don’t forget you can win incredible prizes like Adobe CS5.5, Kessler Shuttle Pod, Zacuto EVF by donating £10 or more to fund Prostate cancer research in my HUGE MOVEMBER giveaway. Click here for more!! Yesterday I had the chance, thanks to Mike Sutton and Rule Boston, to shoot with the rather incredible (and incredibly...
Canon and RED Announce New Cameras
Late last week, both Canon and RED announced their latest large sensor cameras. Canon announced their first large sensor camcorder, the Canon EOS C300. The new camera features a 4k 8.3 megapixel Super35 sensor that is able to shoot up to 1080p. The camera is priced at $20k and will be available in January of...
Dollars to Datarates
NoFilmSchool has an insightful analysis of the perceived vs. actual price difference between the Canon C300 and the Red Scarlet X.
For all intents and purposes, both of these cameras are $16k (without lenses), and both of them are shipping in 201...
From the Canon C300 FAQ
The Devil is in the details. Canon has posted a FAQ for the C300, and there are some interesting tidbits to be found therein.
This is a brand new sensor, “designed from scratch by Canon, entirely for cine and video applications.”
The nati...
Scarlet X
The Canon lens makes me think of those “Who wore it better?” celebrity fashion pieces.
As promised, Jim and Red revealed a new incarnation of Scarlet tonight, Scarlet X. Gone (for good it seems) is the fixed-lens, 2/3” sensor configur...
Live Unicorn Coverage
Today promises to be a big day. At 3pm PST, Canon will make a product announcement at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. And although the slogan above is theirs, presumed to indicate a digital cinema offering of the kind we’ve been begging them to ...
Testing out the RED Epic for weddings – from @stillmotion
You guys all know we love the folks at stillMotion and you know they love HDSLR shooting – so what the heck is up with them using a RED Epic on a wedding shoot? And, just how’d that work out for them as compared to their friends the HDSLRs? Find out a bit in their...
November 3rd…are the planets converging?! Canon S35 camcorders! Red Scarlet goes on sale! Also Nikon bring out mirror-less cameras!
EDIT: Lots of buzz, lots of speculation but some is more credible than others…This is what I have collated from unnamed sources. Seems pretty solid though, but we shall see…I rarely comment on rumours but this has a very strong ring of truth about it…Of course if it isn’t any of the below you will...
Red is the New Black? Nikon Goes Colorful with the D3100
DSLRs are finding their way into more and more consumers’ hands, and apparently many of those consumers are tired of the standard black look. Just months after Canon announced the Rebel T3 in red, Nikon is following suit with its entry level D3100 — the first Nikon DSLR to be available in a color other...
Conversation with Vincent Laforet on Gear, Career, Vision and More
The following is a transcription excerpt from a conversation a while back on #cjLIVE between yours truly and my dear friend, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and filmmaker Vincent Laforet where we discuss gear, professional career, creative vision and more. We’ve got it on video (link at end of this post), but I think the transcript...
“One For The Road” an HDSLR Ski and Snowboard extravaganza from Teton Gravity Research
It doesn’t come as any surprise these days that HDSLRs are working side by side with other types of cameras and we’ve got another really awesome film to show you from Teton Gravity Research which was shot with a majority of HDSLRs but also includes Red and Phantom. Brian Wulf (who has a home near...
