Cinematography Archive
This post is sort of a Part 2, to my previous Fuji X-T3 footage post I did not that long ago (you can check it out here in case you didn’t), and I wanted to include a bit of a mixture between Fujifilm produced short films and
Fujifilm recently announced the new Fuji X-T3, which has some very important features for video creators. The X-T3 is the mirrorless camera, which can record 4K/60p in a 10bit (4:2:0) HEVC H.265 codec internally onto UHS-II SD cards, a clear signal that Fujifilm are quite serious about
At Photokina 2018, I was lucky enough to have a chance to interview Dedolight’s founder, the legendary cinematography lighting innovator, creator, and cinematographer, and 2-times technical Oscar-winner Dedo Weigert about his latest TURBO LEDs he designed for camera operators and cinematographers who needed an interview setup that
Some of you may remember that at BSC Expo earlier in the year, I checked out the Kino Flo Tube LED prototypes (read more and see our interview from BSC 2018 here), which bring Hollywood-level light quality and RGB versatility into a very compact and versatile form
DP John Conroy both literally and figuratively went the extra mile to capture shots at a moment’s notice for Idris Elba’s directorial debut “Yardie“. In a recent interview with Blackmagic Design, he revealed some of the challenges he came across shooting “Yardie”, and how using the URSA
Cine lenses, and in particular new cine lenses announcements, continued to dominate the industry and Sigma had their say with three new additions to their High Speed Cine Primes lineup. The new 28mm T1.5, 40mm T1.5, and 105mm T1.5 will be available in PL, E, EF and
Aputure brought their yet-to-be-released RGB LED Light to IBC 2018 in Amsterdam, and I have a feeling this LED is going to revolutionise the world of indie filmmaking with a very aggressive price point and impressive unique features. For those of you that attended IBC this year,
Just recently, Vimeo made another huge announcement – the launch of Vimeo Stock, a new global, royalty-free stock marketplace featuring an exclusive collection of high-quality video footage sourced directly from Vimeo’s community of iconic creators. Stock footage, and especially high-quality 4K resolution stock footage is currently blowing
Some of you may recall the “original” MōVI Carbon was announce back around NAB 2017 time (I wrote about it here) and at the time it featured an integrated Sony a7sII + Sony 24-240mm lens combo, which at the time was the go-to 4K mirrorless camera. It
Blackmagic Design recently unleashed the live version of DaVinci Resolve 15 after an extensive beta testing phase, however this has not stopped them from constantly improving their industry-favourite colour grading/VFX/and editing software. Now available as a free download, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 15.0.1 update adds Dolby Vision
ARRI has announced the availability of the new Software Update Package LF SUP 3.0 for their top-dog ARRI ALEXA LF 4K+ camera. LF SUP 3.0 provides new features, as well support for new hardware, such as the brand new ALEXA EVF-2, and includes important bug fixes. Although
Aputure have announced some really exciting new lighting accessories for their growing range of LED lights. The new accessories include the Light Dome II, the Light Dome Mini II, Aputure Barndoors, Aputure X Chimera Lightbank, and a new light shaping accessory for their Amaran series of LEDs
LED lighting technology in modern cinematography has been evolving rapidly over the last few years and we are at a point now where pretty much all the pro LED fixtures produce light of high enough quality to deem them as viable replacements for fluorescents, HMIs and even
Whenever you take your camera out of its case, you run the risk of it getting damaged. With the time it takes to find the perfect camera, accustom yourself to all of its settings and learn the ins and outs of how to take the perfect photo
Now that the new “true 4K” ARRI Alexa LF digital cinema camera is shipping to rental houses and production companies we are starting to see some tests and footage shot with the newest “large format” beast that ARRI unveiled earlier in the year at the BSC Expo
Pomfort’s LiveGrade Pro recently had a massive update version 4, followed by an incremental update to 4.1 and now Pomfort have released LiveGrade Pro version 4.2 adding further support for the Panavision DXL2 camera. As I am sure those of you working on TV, commercial, and film
Some of you may recall a while back I wrote about a nearly hour long presentation on the Sony VENICE that Alister Chapman did (you can read full post here), about his experience with the VENICE while shooting a “secret” promo film for a large client, and
LUTs are all the rage these days and for most users it is the quickest way to grade LOG footage or at least get a decent starting/reference point. There are tons of LUTs out there, both free and paid, numerous LUT creation options and freely available grading
Some of you may recall that a while back we shared a massive 50+ minute Panasonic Varicam LT review with you that was done by LA-based filmmaker and DP, Ben Meredith, followed by a lens test, which you can check out here. Ben got in touch with me recently
IBC 2018 is only 5 weeks away and I can’t wait to go to Amsterdam again, but in the meantime I have some catchup to do. Back in June I went to the Media Production Show 2018 trade show exhibition in West London, shot some footage, took some
