Focus ramping: when T-stops go bad
Years ago, while assisting on a sitcom, I helped the director of photography shoot exposure tests on all of...
The secret life of behind-the-lens nets
“What’s with the pattern in the headlights?” I asked the first camera assistant, as I looked through “B” camera...
Westlife’s The Twenty Tour Uses Blackmagic Design Live Solutions
Blackmagic Design equipment ranging from the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K digital film cameras and ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio...
Hidden Flexibility of Blackmagic’s URSA Broadcast. A S16mm Camera?
I will write about the URSA Broadcast in a bit. Stay with me as I present some background first....
Cine Gear: Cooke Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus Standard and SF Lenses
Large Format. Full Frame. That super shallow depth of field. The evolution of filmmaking has been in a state...
Cine Gear 2019: Shot On Cooke. “A Motion Gallery”
If you are a painter and you want to learn from the Masters you have to study those who...
The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX0 II Digital Camera Review
The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RXO II Digital Camera looks like an action camera. The small size and the rugged build...
The Filmtools Podcast Eps. 4 with Director Cole Walliser
Each week The Filmtools Podcast will talk with industry professionals in a candid conversation about their career, relevant news...
Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 2
It’s time to name names. I’m going to tell you what lenses you’ve been looking at for the last...
Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 1
We live in an age of lens choice. Because of this, we also live in an age of lens...
