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Art Adams

Art Adams is a cinema lens specialist at ARRI, Inc. Before that, he was a freelance cinematographer for 26 years. You can see his work at http://www.artadamsdp.com.

Art has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Australian Cinematographer and Camera Operator magazines, and has written for ProVideo Coalition since its inception. He is an active member of the International Cinematographers Guild and a former member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC).

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Arri Alexa and Rosco LitePads Come Through for OnLive’s First National Spot

Posted on June 12, 2011

Originally slated to be a web-only spot, the first shoot day went so well that when the client saw...

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The Secrets of the Chroma Du Monde, Explained Live (on tape) at NAB!

Posted on April 20, 2011

I spent a lot of time in the DSC Labs booth at NAB, giving Chroma Du Monde demonstrations and...

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A Mix of Film and HD Doesn’t Scare Arri’s Alexa

Posted on April 19, 2011

The client wanted contrasty toplight against seamless white, and then they wanted to intercut that with stock footage shot...

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Where I’ll Be at NAB

Posted on April 9, 2011

I’m constantly amazed at how many readers I have, and if you’d like to amaze me more by stopping...

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The Secret Art of Slating: 25 Tips to Help You Slate Like a Pro

Posted on March 1, 2011

Slate training was my introduction to one of the most important tenets of filmmaking: always think of the next...

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iPhone Apps: The Short List for the Average Cinematographer

Posted on February 19, 2011

It seems everyone and their sister’s friend’s cousin has made a list of indispensable cinematography iPhone apps. Now it’s...

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Panasonic AF-100: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Posted on February 9, 2011

The Panasonic AF-100 is getting a lot of buzz as a possible HDSLR killer. We used it in the...

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Career Advice for the Young DP

Posted on January 10, 2011

This is my response to a question posted to the Cinematography Mailing List by a young film student who...

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Phantom Adventures: 1000fps on a Budget

Posted on December 15, 2010

A while back I wrote this article about some high speed tests I did in preparation for an upcoming...

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Alexa ISO Settings: The Least You Need to Know

Posted on October 8, 2010

My previous Arri Alexa article showed you how the camera’s dynamic range responds to different ISO settings. In this...