Review: Lighting Passport spectrometers
Breakfast foods grow odder and odder: It’s a wise child that knows its own fodder. — Ogden Nash, “Snap, Crackle, Pop” As with foods, so with lights: between LEDs, HMIs,…
First Look: Music Vine – A Fresh New Music Licensing Platform For Filmmakers
Music Vine is a new music licensing platform that’s been generating quite a bit of a buzz amongst filmmakers lately. Over the last few days I’ve had a peruse through…
Your Future Looks Bright
With very few exception every camera on the market today and going back many years is capable of producing amazing imagery. It’s not the pixels or the “low-noise” characteristics that matter…
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My CineGear Presentation on the Sony F55: Part 1
Adam Wilt and I put on a show at CineGear about the Sony F55. Here’s part one of my side of the talk, possibly with more information than I gave…
Owning vs. Renting: Why I Never Bought a Camera
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve lost jobs because I don’t own a camera. And I’m okay with that. Those aren’t the jobs I want. Here’s why……
Noise, Sampling, Codecs and Green Screen: A Potential Horror Story
I’ve done a lot of testing with the Sony F55, and I’ve shot a couple of 4K projects in XAVC, but until recently I hadn’t used this camera for green…
Come See Adam Wilt and Me at CineGear 2014
Mark your calendar: Saturday, June 7th, at 2:45pm, in the Sherry Lansing Theater at Paramount. Adam Wilt and I will spend an hour discussing “The Sony F55: Swiss Army Knife…
LG presents the world’s first 34-inch IPS UltraWide QHD Monitor
This is a sponsored message from LG Electronics. In the world of 16:9 monitors, those who needed more screen space to get their work done had to be creative… by…
Who Wants to Take a Lighting Class?
Due to the success of last year’s lighting class Abel Cine has asked me to come back and do it again. So I am: “How to Light Faces: Hard Light,…
Arri Amira at Videofax
Last Wednesday, Videofax in San Francisco hosted Arri’s Snehal Patel, who showed off Amira, “the new documentary-style camera” with the heart of an Alexa. Amira is a tasty package: backlit…
Lights I Haven't Made Yet #1: The Art Book Light
A gaffer once called me a “picky lighter.” I take pride in that designation, but I also take pride in working fast. Here’s a new soft light trick I’ve been…
NAB2014: New Features in Premiere Pro, After Effects & Media Encoder
Adobe has announced a major update to Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC and Media Encoder CC. As expected, there are many under-the-hood improvements that affect Mercury Engine and now Mercury Transmit,…
NAB 2014: Camera News from the Panasonic Press Conference
Rather than bloviate, I’ll just fling the pertinent slides at you: Interestingly, the GH4 wasn’t discussed. It appeared unheralded on a single slide, but wasn’t a topic of discussion, though…
NAB 2014 – TVLogic VFM-058W
Among other announcements at the TVLogic press conference was this new 5.5″ camera-top monitor, the VFM-058W. It builds on the widely-used VFM-056W with several useful enhancements: Full 1920×1080 resolution. This…
Black Magic URSA camera photos and details from NAB 2014
Black Magic Designs introduced the new URSA Camera Line at NAB 2014. This new Cinema Production Platform comes in four configurations and according to Black Magic CEO Grand Petty this…