NAB 2015: SmallHD monitor / EVF
SmallHD always has something interesting to show: last year it was the DP7 7″ monitor with built-in LUT generation; this year it was the 502, a 5″ 1920×1080 monitor that converts…
NAB '15: From the Panasonic Private Suite
At NAB 2015, Panasonic gave private demos for members of the Cinematography Mailing List, discussing the Varicam 35 and the AG-DVX200. Here, reproduced with permission, are some of the slides…
New Camera: Panasonic AG-DVX200
Today at NAB, Panasonic announced a new large-single-sensor 4K handheld: the AG-DXV200: Specs: 4K 60p capable, 4/3″ imager, fixed 13x Leica Dicomar lens, 5-axis stabilization, 12 stops latitude, requires UHS…
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The Evolution of My Industry
One Man’s Journey Making Pictures for Twenty Eight Years First I should qualify myself by saying at a ripe young age of just 53 I am a curmudgeon. I shot…
Review: Zacuto Z-Finder EVF
Accessories don’t get no respect. Zacuto’s Z-Finder EVF is a perfect example: it’s a dinky little 3.2″, 800×480 LCD monitor in a lumpy plastic case that looks like something RED’s…
Why “Exposing to the Right” is often Completely Wrong
Still photographers love histograms. Cinematographers hate them. Here’s why our world is so different from theirs in this regard… This is a normal histogram, pulled from Resolve 10. Histograms count…
Why "Exposing to the Right" is often Completely Wrong
Still photographers love histograms. Cinematographers hate them. Here’s why our world is so different from theirs in this regard… This is a normal histogram, pulled from Resolve 10. Histograms count…
Making a Pinhole Camera Out of a Sony F55
Years ago I turned a low-end SD camera into a pinhole device by covering the lens port with black wrap and poking a hole in it. I decided to try…
Is P3 the New 4K?
New OLED monitors are able to display most of the DCI P3 color space, something that was previously impossible to do without a digital projector and a very dark room.…
Review: Canon XA25 HD Camcorder
Over the summer I wrote and directed a short film that was shot with the Sony FS-700, which is an outstanding higher end HD camera. We had so much fun…
Resolve 10 Waveform Values for the Unsure
Every time I download a new version of Resolve I have to fill out the little questionnaire that asks me what features I’d like to see added quickly. I always…
Review: Blackmagic Cinema & Pocket Cinema Cameras
REDs for the rest of us? The $1995 Blackmagic Cinema Camera and $995 Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera are interchangeable-lens, single-sensor cameras with raw recording capability, capturing wide-dynamic-range, log-encoded images to…
Review: Blackmagic Cinema & Pocket Cinema Cameras
REDs for the rest of us? The $1995 Blackmagic Cinema Camera and $995 Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera are interchangeable-lens, single-sensor cameras with raw recording capability, capturing wide-dynamic-range, log-encoded images to…
Pixelpeeping, or the Fine Art of Overanalysis
Being detail oriented is a great thing. Obsessing over the wrong detail costs a production in both time, money and storytelling. Years ago I shot a scene where a character…
Trusting My Meter: The Perception of Brightness
Ever since my days working in film I’ve tried to find some way to equate my sense of brightness to real world exposure. I learned to do this well with…