Monday, November 10, 2008

Review: Hood-Pro Sock-loupe

Adam Wilt | 11/10- 06:54 PM

$80 turns your PMW-EX1’s LCD into a big, beautiful viewfinder.

The Hood-Pro Sock-loupe turns the EX1’s LCD into an EVF.

Lots of people have said, “if only there were a viewfinder lens I could mount on the PMW-EX1‘s LCD, I’d be happy.” Palm Desert shooter Mike Stevens not only said it, he did it: his Hood-Pro hood is a strap-on LCD hood, and the Sock-loupe is, well, a sock with a +7 diopter loupe sewn into the toe. Pull the sock over the hood, and hey presto! You’ve turned the LCD into an eye-level EVF, arguably better than the one on the EX3. The floppy sock squishes up against your face, whether or not you wear glasses, providing a good seal against extraneous light, while the two-element lens provides a close-up, detailed view of the LCD.

Monday, November 03, 2008

The RED Camera and Green Screen

Art Adams | 11/03- 06:08 PM

What you need to know before you learn the hard way

After working in this business a while (this year was 21 for me) I find that I don’t worry about venturing into the unknown. And three weeks ago green screen with the RED was certainly an unknown for me.

Monday, November 03, 2008

10 Days Left for the Red Epic Scarlet Announcememnt

Scott Gentry | 11/03- 06:49 AM

Teaser Image attached

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Scarlet Killers - Attack of the HD DSLRs!

Steve Hullfish | 10/30- 01:47 PM

HD capability in new crop of DSLRs deserves a look

Nikon is claiming its recent release of the D-90 is the first HD DSLR camera. Plus there’s the news of Canon’s entry into the HD DSLR race, the EOS 5D Mark II as well as the Sony DSLR-A900. The combined pressure of these seemed to sink the much anticipated release of the Scarlet.
 
So why are these SLR form-factor camera’s making a scene? Well, lately it’s been about the release of Vincent Laforet’s HD film “Reverie” on the Canon website. The images are stunning and the entire project was shot on a 72 hour deadline with a budget of $5,000. So many people downloaded the movie that it shut down Canon’s video webserver.

Monday, October 27, 2008

More Fun with RED

Art Adams | 10/27- 07:34 PM

In which a four day corporate shoot for Sunpower goes exceedingly well

I just finished a four day shoot for solar energy company Sunpower where we used the RED for three days of location shooting and one day of green screen. More about the green screen later--here’s how I did all the live action shots.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

PMW-EX1 Firmware 1.11

Adam Wilt | 10/21- 04:15 PM

Sony’s 1.11 firmware updates older EX1s with bug fixes, new features.

23.98PsF output is available on EX1s with firmware 1.11.

I’ve upgraded our PMW-EX1 from firmware version 1.03 to firmware version 1.11 and I can happily verify the following improvements…

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