REVIEW: Canon C500mkII
Hollywood goes back to work, but it’s a whole new Hollywood
Hollywood is no stranger to pandemics, since 1914, but this one hit it hard and for real. As the...
NAB-AT-HOME: 2020 Cooke Talks Lenses and Industry Wisdom
Wisdom comes from experience. Cooke’s expertise gained from years of making cinema lenses ranging from some of the very...
Use this downtime to get to know your camera
Cameras are complex tools to master. How many times have you found you can’t remember how to set a...
Creating Remote Collaborative Music Video Productions
With our current distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians are hit hard by not being able to perform...
TV/Film Production Realities in the Scripted and Unscripted Worlds: Part 1, Writing and Directing
They say the hardest transition to make in the TV/Film industry is from Unscripted to Scripted. And you’re telling...
NAB AT HOME: 2020 New Wooden Camera Accessories
Wooden Camera spent a little time during the lock-down to talk with me about their latest camera accessories. A...
Reverb G2: a new high-resolution VR headset from HP, Microsoft and Valve
Out of the blue, on March 23rd, HP announced the development of its new Virtual Reality headset, Reverb G2,...
NAB AT HOME: 2020 Prosup Tango Roller Camera Slider
Who is Prosup? Prosup is a Dutch-based manufacturer of high-quality camera support equipment. The Dutch company is distributed by...
NAB AT HOME 2020: Tokina Cinema Lenses and Diffusion
Tokina Cinema USA has quite a few tools up their sleeves for cinematographers. An entire cinema lens line-up for...
NAB AT HOME 2020: Canon Broadcast Lenses and Controls
One really cannot beat the speed of a B4 lens on a 2/3-inch sensor. If you have worked in...
ART OF THE SHOT: Paul Cameron, ASC on Westworld and the Craft of Cinematography
This is a continuation of a conversation with cinematographer Paul Cameron, ASC. Part 3 coming next week. And look for...
Cleanfeed Pro multitrack + safety backup in Hindenburg Journalist Pro
As I have covered previously, Cleanfeed and Cleanfeed Pro are my favorite options to record high quality audio remotely...
NAB-AT-HOME 2020: Lensfinder.com Is Now Free
We all may have dived down the inter-web wormhole to find that elusive cinema lens—a time-consuming process. With Lensfinder.com,...
Pond5 expands distribution rights and legal protection for all creators
With most productions halted due to the pandemic, the usage of stock footage and music in projects has expanded,...