Sony 4K PTZ BRC-X1000 and BRC-H900: REVIEW
Building a photo and video editing DREAM MACHINE for 2019
Choosing the right CPU for Premiere Pro is not an easy task and with modern GPUs DaVinci Resolve seems...
Chromatic aberration: hard edges, hue shifts, and storytelling
Accidents yield interesting truths. This is especially true in lens and camera tests, where it’s hard to know what...
What’s missing from the new full-frame Panasonic Lumix cameras?
Many videographers are excited about the new full-frame Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 and DC-S1R cameras, without noticing a few key...
Danny Schmidt, an environmental cinematographer by chance
At ease with either verité, hand-held shooting or experimenting with composition and lens choice, Danny Schmidt has carved his...
Traveling While Black, a documentary in VR: trading pixels for emotions
Premiered at Sundance, Traveling While Black, directed by Roger Ross Williams, is a documentary that does more than tell...
Sundance Film Festival: storytelling using VR, AR, AI and mixed reality
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is the place to go to see first-hand the dynamic crossroads of film, art...
ART OF THE SHOT: “Ask Dr. Ruth” DOP David Paul Jacobson
Now that the Sundance Film Festival is in full swing I had the opportunity to talk to cinematographer David...
Three lenses: a look at bokeh, depth of field and geometry
Some people take time off during the holidays. I borrow a half million dollars worth of camera and lenses...
Photo Tour: Canon Burbank
In late December I visited Canon Burbank, an 11,000 square foot, purpose-built facility where you can see Canon’s stills,...
Film lens vs. digital lens: what are the differences?
I’ve worked with a lot of cameras, and I’ve always come back to ARRI cameras whenever I’ve had the...
Review: PhotoDirector 10, a photo editor with tethered shooting and DAM library
More than a decade since the first version was introduced, PhotoDirector 10 gains features as tethered shooting or complex...
ART OF THE SHOT: Claudia Raschke, DP for Oscar Nominated “RBG”
Now that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have nominated the documentary “RBG” for an Oscar for...
Lens dynamic range: coatings, contrast and color
There was a time in the distant past when I thought of lenses as transparent glass. Film and digital...
Quick Look: Tokina Cinema Vista 50mm T1.5
Cinema Vistas are Tokina’s line of no-compromise, full-frame cine lenses. Five T1.5 primes from 18mm to 85mm are currently...
