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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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RGB and the F23

Posted on August 15, 2008
The Sony F23 sees hues of colors I didn’t think a digital camera could see. Why? A while back...
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The Swing of Things

Posted on August 15, 2008
I recently shot a museum project where the style required almost exclusive use of tilt/shift lenses. (We occasionally used...
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Advice to a Camera Trainee

Posted on August 14, 2008
A film student, who I’ve been mentoring, landed a job on a low-budget RED project as camera PA. He...
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The Fine Art of Negotiating

Posted on August 8, 2008
(Editor’s note: this piece was published by Art in 2008 and still applies today) I received a cryptic email...
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Make the Entrance Pupil Your Friend

Posted on August 6, 2008
I’m helping a friend build a three RED camera panoramic camera system that will shoot a 180 image, combining...
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Tip from the Trenches

Posted on August 3, 2008
I hate white balancing, and I try never to do it. If you must, here’s when and where to...