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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).

Arri Alexa's Dynamic Range: It's All in How You Use It 1

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Arri Alexa’s Dynamic Range: It’s All in How You Use It

Posted on September 29, 2010

Knowing that the Arri Alexa has 15 or so stops of dynamic range is nice, but it’s hardly useful...

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The Best of Stunning Good Looks

Posted on August 31, 2010

This entry is a guide to my best articles, sorted by topic. Enjoy! BEHIND-THE-SCENES/PRODUCTION/LIGHTING My Love Affair with Alexa...

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Canon 5D: How much dynamic range does it have, really?

Posted on August 31, 2010

The Canon 5D does a remarkable job of making HD images, considering that it was originally never intended to...

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My Love Affair with Alexa

Posted on August 21, 2010

My dream HD camera records footage with log-encoded gamma to ProRes for a fast, easy and accessible post workflow...

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Next Stop: The Last Stop! RED MX Latitude Tests

Posted on July 31, 2010

When DSC Labs offered to send me a 102db (translation: 18-stop) exposure latitude chart, I just couldn’t bring myself...

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IR Cheat Sheet, Updated to Version 2

Posted on July 29, 2010

At long last, an update to my fabled IR Filter Cheat Sheet. Not every camera responds the same way...

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Arri Alexa and Far Red: A Problem That’s Already Been Solved

Posted on July 29, 2010

Last night I had the chance to–finally!–touch an Arri Alexa at Chater Camera’s Alexa preview party. And, being a...

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RED MX IR Tests: The New Sensor is Similar to the Old Sensor

Posted on July 23, 2010

RED says that their new sensor is more resistant to IR contamination than their original sensor. This test shows...

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Step into the Matrix: What I Learned from Examining RED’s Build 30 Color Science

Posted on July 22, 2010

Comparing the RED ONE “M” and the RED ONE “MX” in Adam Wilt’s office. The RED ONE MX is...

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Lighting Against The Wind: The Making of a Mime Music Video

Posted on June 19, 2010

In the last two years I’ve often described myself as a “reel-building whore.” If I’m asked to do a...