Posted on May 23, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Make up artists around the world just grunted angrily. The techies in Japan just pushed the boundaries of Ultra-High Definition with this demonstration of a compact 8K (7680×4320) camera that can actually utilize still camera glass.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Enough of these fancy-pants digital cameras! Sam Dodge gives us a tour of a historically significant antique motion picture studio camera. Originally purchased by Thomas Ince for use at Thomas Ince Studios. February 23, 1918.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
John Hess recounts how he shot the solar eclipse with his Canon 5d and gives some tips on how to shoot the next solar event.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
How durable is the Canon 7d? DigitalRev TV dares to put the question to the test by hitting it with a car, dropping it down some steps on a wheelchair, freezing it, soaking it, and setting fire to it.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 in Cinematography, General Production | 1 Comment
Tilt shit adapters can be pretty pricey but Joe Murphy offers up an intriguing DIY solution – printing one up with a 3d Printer.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
It can be as simple as point and shoot but there are a wealth of things your DSLR can do beyond that. Here are some helpful tips to shooting better photos (and video).
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Posted on May 14, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Lens Diffraction can affect your digital photography in a negative way by decreasing the overall sharpness of an image. Patrick Hall of Fstoppers.com explains what lens diffraction is, what causes it, and how different apertures affect sharpness on real world objects.
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Posted on May 9, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Shoot steadier handheld DSLR shots using techniques used by marksmen to steady their rifles.
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Posted on May 9, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Matthew Gore of LightandMatter.org explains the three parts of getting a proper exposure: Aperture (or Iris – for us video folk), Shutter Speed, and ISO.
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Posted on May 8, 2012 in Cinematography | 2 Comments
Norm (from Jamie and Adam’s “Tested”) chats with Steve Weiss and Bruce Logan, A.S.C. about Zacuto’s Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout challenge for 2012.
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Posted on May 7, 2012 in Cinematography, Featured, IQ Podcasts | No Comments
Saturday night we tried an experiment on Facebook where we asked everyone to go outside and take a picture of the “Super Moon,” then send them to us. It was a complete failure. Not one person sent as a picture of their ass. But we did get some great pictures of the the largest satellite orbiting earth, better known as our Moon.
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Posted on May 4, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
This quick little gif demonstrates the difference between focal lengths and how they stretch or compress the sense of depth.
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Posted on May 3, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
As enabling as shooting DSLR can be, at heart they are still a STILLS camera. Evan Luzi covers three gotchas that could potentially ruin your shot.
1. It’s Easy to Accidentally Change the Shutter Speed
For many of the Canon DSLR models, there is a toggle wheel on the top of the camera body that changes the [...]
Posted on May 3, 2012 in Cinematography, Outtakes | 17 Comments
Jim Jannard takes on Steve Weiss of Zacuto for not screening 4K for the “Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout”
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Posted on May 2, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
You’ll have a wait a little bit longer but the folks at GoPro are adding some more exciting features to the Hero2 including 24p and Technicolor Cinestyle Log curves and the ability to record higher bit rates.
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