NAB Wrap Up, Future Proofing, 4K and Babes (the Wrap)
Posted on April 23, 2012 in IQ Podcasts | No Comments
John Hess recounts the NAB convention in Las Vegas, French Babes and how you can (or can’t) future proof your projects.
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How It’s Made: Optical Lenses
Posted on April 19, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Watch this video from the Discovery Channel series “How It’s Made” to see how glass goes from a block to a highly polished optical lens. Now you know why they are so expensive.
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$25 DIY Mini Camera Jib Crane
Posted on April 19, 2012 in Cinematography, General Production | 3 Comments
With basic angle aluminum and square tubing, Olivia Speranza created this simple DIY Mini Camera Jib / Crane. She used a GH2 camera, but it can also be used with small Sony NEX5n or NEX-7 cameras.
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Stupid & Dangerous Super Slow Motion Footage with the Phantom Flex
Posted on April 19, 2012 in Cinematography | 2 Comments
Super slow motion highlights, from Danish TV show “Dumt & Farligt,” using the Phantom Flex.
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Battle of the Canon 5ds: Mk II and Mk III – an UNscientific-Real-World Test
Posted on April 18, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Does the new iteration of the 5d stomp out its older brother? We put to the cameras to a test in a head to head at NAB2012 in a real world duke-it-out test. No charts, no controls and slightly hung-over… which camera will come up on top?
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Helicam flying RED Epic
Posted on April 17, 2012 in Cinematography | 2 Comments
Helicam Services Oy created this quick demo of their remote control chopper flying a RED Epic. No post-stabilization where applied to the RED clips.
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Fear and 4K in Las Vegas: Filmmaker IQ Peeps at Canon’s Pixels
Posted on April 16, 2012 in Cinematography | 4 Comments
Canon’s big announcement at this year’s NAB was the introduction of 2 new 4K cameras. But what does that mean to the low budget filmmaker? Is 4K all that it’s cracked up to be?
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Can we have an Adult Conversation about 4k?
Posted on April 16, 2012 in IQ Podcasts | 2 Comments
John Hess talks about the buzz around the new 4k cameras and refines his stance on where you can implement 4k.
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The 4K Cameras Debuting at NAB 2012
Posted on April 13, 2012 in Cinematography | 6 Comments
Grab a ringside seat for the exciting round by round action as the major Video Camera companies duke it out to capture a slice of the 4K market.
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Another Nikon D800 vs Canon 5d MkIII shootout
Posted on April 11, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Dan Chung from DSLR News Shooter pits the two big DSLR gorillas in a very in-depth video shootout on the streets of New York City.
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Hasselblad H4D-40 Ferrari Edition Camera
Posted on April 10, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
The Hasselblad Ferrari H4D-40 features a 40 Megapixel medium format sensor and Hasselblad True Focus. It is a limited edition of only 499 cameras. Produced in the new Ferrari “Rosso Fuoco” and bearing the legendary Cavallino Rampante, the camera comes with an 80mm lens and an exclusively designed and engineered glass display box. You can get yours for 21,499 Euros.
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The F%^&ing Nikon D800 vs. Canon 5D mkIII Shootout
Posted on April 10, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
This is a shootout of the new Nikon D800 and Canon 5D mkIII DSLRs, with a focus on the video quality in particular.
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Sneak Peak at Sony NEX-FS700 – Sony’s New Super Slo-Mo and 4k Camera
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Cinematography | 2 Comments
The Sony NEX-FS700 is making the rounds as the next anticipated “It” camera. Capturing with a 4k chip and scaling down to HD (with 4k as an upgrade option in the future), this camera boasts the capability to over crank up to 240 frames per second in full HD (an 960 fps in 480p mode). Here the first official promo video from Sony to hit the webs:
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Philip Bloom Reviews Canon 5d Mk III
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Philip Bloom puts the latest Canon 5d iteration to the test in the islands of New Zealand.
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Canon 5d MkII & III Side by Side
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
Nathan Lee Bush from Adorama TV post a side by side comparison of the 5d MkII and MkIII comparing things like Moire, Rolling Shutter, Low Light Capabilities and Dynamic Range.
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