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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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CameraMania!

Posted on August 28, 2009
Banking, real estate and the stock market: all three are prone to “irrational exuberance.” As it turns out, the...
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RED Build 20 Torture Tests

Posted on August 16, 2009
I’ve learned more about how cameras work by learning what the RED doesn’t do. But, with every software build,...
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My First Shoot with the Canon 5D

Posted on August 5, 2009
The Canon 5D is a cinematic nightmare. In movie mode it’s hard to see focus, difficult to set exposure,...
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Facebook Mobile spot, Shot on RED

Posted on July 1, 2009
“Hey Art,” said director Ian McCamey, “I want to shoot a Facebook spec spot. I’ve got no money. Are...
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Diffusion Confusion

Posted on June 17, 2009
Digital filters are awesome for post image manipulation if you have enough bits to throw away. Glass filters, though,...