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...
Post Production
ProRes for iPhone 13?
What sort of camera has seen the most development over the last decade or two? Big-chip options for single-camera...
Production
A cheat’s manifesto part 2: Backlight is best light
One of the rules of coarse cinematography is not to make wonderful images, but to make images that nobody...
Production
A cheat’s manifesto part 1: Macro is easy
Purists might say there’s no such thing as cheating at camerawork; if it looks good, it looks good, and...
Post Production
Cinema was 1.5K resolution
It’s easy to get people nodding in agreement about resolution in 2021. Point out that the drive for more...
Production
Daredevil Filmmaking
There are a few ways to make lots of money in film and TV at the moment. The thing...
Production
Lens hacking
Often, people who can’t afford a set of Sigma Classic primes will ask whether a set of low-cost stills...
Production
A lens I’d like – One lens for a single chip camera
It’s hard to object to the way moving picture production has drifted away from small-sensor, three-chip cameras toward single,...
Post Production
Meet the New Grunge
The modern fashion for something we’ll term grunge in film and television pictures is something that future generations might...
