Moving Still Media

With low-light performance becoming increasingly important, two approaches compete [click title for more]

Vincent Laforet posts the most in-depth glimpse I’ve seen online of a hybrid still/motion shoot with HDSLR cameras.  It’s quite revealing and a must read. And the images in the sideshow he put together below depict some of the most innovative and elaborate rigs you’ve ever seen attached to a still camera to adapt it [...]

Something great is coming soon from Zeiss [click on title for more]

A quick but substantial update to the earlier post about the 5-camera Canon 5D Mark II rig used for the TV show “24″.  Here, DP Rodney Charters and Sam Nicholson (from Stargate) go into much greater detail and show the rig in action.
They see these cameras playing increasingly significant roles on high-end productions.   They [...]

I’ve recently been digging deeper into color grading and this means shooting footage that will give the most creative freedom in post. One limitation of the HDSLR cameras vs. the Red cameras is that they shoot in a highly compressed file format (really designed for output on the web, not original capture material). As a [...]

The killer app for new video cameras will be low light performance and high ISO capability. [click title for more]

The democratization of technology is opening the doors to engaging film projects made entirely by one person. Here’s a great example by rock climber Renen Ozturk – he not only stars in it, but is the DP, Director, and entire crew.  The power of a lightweight, versatile HDSLR (Lumix GH1 in this case) enables a [...]