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Old lens bad
Being an optical designer has been a thankless task for the last few years. You get to spend half...
Production
A cheat’s manifesto part 3: Mist
Something we sometimes have to accept in modern television is characters who have agreed to ignore the fact that...
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Low-resolution sensors are best!
Let’s talk about some fundamentals, because, well, sometimes people don’t so much grab the wrong end of the stick...
Post Production
Warm bodies
It’s traditional, at the end of the year, to discuss wider issues affecting all the people in the industry,...
Production
Fixing flicker
An issue we sometimes hit in camerawork is the potential inaccuracy of received wisdom. Sometimes people still refer to...
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Cinematography is still hard
Cinematography is hard, and as a result people have often resorted to cheating. This is a praiseworthy and noble...
Production
How bright is your light?
When Mole-Richardson launched its biggest, 3000-watt LED, there was much rejoicing – finally, a real LED movie light, with...
Post Production
Is too much Resolution too much of a good thing?
For decades, the push for resolution in electronic cameras was practically a war, a way of life, an epic...
Production
The upgrade treadmill
Given the resources put into upgrading film and TV equipment in the last couple of decades, it’d be easy...
Production
A cheat’s manifesto part 4: All that glitters is good
Having now spent well over a century trying to improve the performance of photo gear, it seems strangely appropriate...
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