How to Use Your Smartphone as an External Monitor and Recorder
The best portable screen you have is likely the one on the phone in your pocket. Since smartphones are now mostly screen, a lot of effort and resources has …
Author: Shawn Steiner
Can the Canon R5 Really Record 8K Raw without Overheating?
As you may have seen recently, Canon and Atomos have teamed up to enable 8K ProRes RAW recording from an EOS R5 via HDMI to the Ninja V+. Considering …
Anamorphic Modes Explained – Everything You Need to Know
Shooting anamorphic is not as simple as just popping the camera in a designated “Anamorphic Mode” and hitting record. There’s knowing the optics, there’s actually understanding the workflow, and …
Connecting Two 4K Monitors to an M1 Mac
The M1 MacBooks have changed things massively for Apple computers. The power draw to performance ratio is among the best in the industry and the new architecture has dramatically …
Check Out This Dope Sony FX3 Hidden Zoom Feature
Sony has never been at the top of the list for having the best menu system. Most of it is workable and the core features you’ll end up finding …
Best Settings on the DJI Air 2S for Cinematic Footage
DJI is the name in drones. They continue to push the industry forward with either more features or fuller-featured drones that are smaller and cheaper than before. The Air …
How to Protect Your Camera’s SDI Output and Not Blow It Up
Apparently there is a huge risk to a camera’s SDI output by doing something that is a normal operation during a film shoot. That is plugging or unplugging the …
Canon vs Sony – Which Camera is a Better Investment?
It’s a whole new world for cameras. The past few years have ushered in a practically endless release cycle with new models coming out constantly. Still, some of the …
4 Easy Methods to Upscale Your Footage in Post
For whatever reason shooting in your finishing resolution is not always possible or reasonable. This includes not having the right camera, needing to minimize storage use, shooting slow motion, …
Why Shooting in 30fps Might Make Sense for Certain Projects
It has been beaten into people that if you are shooting for the cinema look, you need to be shooting at 24 fps (or its close cousin 23.976). Still, …
5 New Ways to Use a Gimbal for Your Productions
Gimbal stabilizers feel like an ancient technology in today’s fast-paced world. They are absolutely a mature and reliable item that most filmmakers should have in their kit. Being so …
Shooting 6K 50fps on the RED KOMODO
RED made something special with the KOMODO. It’s an ultra-compact cinema camera with a Super 35mm sensor and global shutter with all the RED goodies like greater than 4K …
Are the M1 Macs Finally Worth It for Video Editing with Premiere Pro
Ah, the seemingly endless conversation on Apple Silicon continues to rage. Now it’s because some major software support has just landed with Adobe Premiere Pro gaining M1 enhancements. These …
How to Get the ARRI Look from Your Sony FX6
We talked about the ARRI look a few times here – especially how to mimic it with various cameras. Today, the camera to check out is the Sony FX6 …
10 Ways to Make $100K a Year with Your Camera
The dream is that you can do what you love and make money doing it. For a lot of filmmakers and photographers this is actually quite possible nowadays. There …
How to Shoot Cinematic Video with Your Phone Using Household Items
Video quality on smartphones is incredible now. The latest iPhones shoot 4K video in 10-bit HDR for crying out loud. Even with the specs, smartphones still lack one key …
Attaching an External Hard Drive to Laptop (DIY Hack)
Portable SSDs have made editing on the go super easy. They are extremely fast, getting cheaper by the day, and ensure you don’t have to keep loading up your …
How to Send a Premiere Timeline to Resolve and Fix XML Issues
There are some things that certain NLEs do better than the other. Adobe Premiere Pro has taken over as practically the default these days with capable programs and wide …
How to Trigger and Sync Multiple Chronos Ultraspeed Cameras
Chronos made something quite useful with the release of their high-speed cameras. You can actually get 1,000 fps in Full HD for a reasonable price with their 2.1-HD model. …
Sony FX3 vs Canon C70 – Side-by-Side Comparison
Two of the “hottest” cameras in 2021 are the Sony FX3 and the Canon EOS C70. Both are newer compact cinema cameras that are relatively affordable. Plus, they have …
