Sony got so adroit at hitting home runs with their camera offerings that the reaction to the FS7 was that many video shooters were on the verge of ordering the camera sight unseen. Today, at least a few of them are probably glad they waited as the samples from the camera, at least so far, […]
You round up the usual suspects on almost any video board which include HD vs 4K, 2K vs 4K, the AVCHD codec, which apparently isn’t good for anything, and a dozen other topics that overlook the one thing that can spike any […]
Reading this weepy plea to Canon on Planet5D made me realize that the most effective statement you can make to a big company not meeting your needs is to buy the competitor’s products. Nothing illustrates that better than my new Sony RX100 M3. Sony’s new […]
Whether you want to make a documentary or a full-blown feature with blazing special effects, you’re no longer limited in that dream by the cost of the equipment. Your dream is also not limited by whether you shoot HD, 2K or 4K. None of that matters. Let’s be realistic; your chances of getting distribution for […]
One of the big ironies in the video business is that Canon started the trend of convergence – adding video features to still cameras and then all but abandoned the market they started. The introduction of the Canon 5D MKII hit the […]
Lenovo B590 Part 2: Buying a PC is Difficult for a Long Time Mac User By Bill Pryor Buying any Apple product online is really easy. Let’s say you’re considering a laptop for editing. Go to the Apple site, go to Mac, click on the laptops icon, then click on the one you want. There […]
Lenovo B590 By Bill Pryor It’s been close to 20 years since my then-partner and I went into serious debt for our first Avid system. Like most NLEs then, it was Mac-based. After working on the Mac for a few weeks I sold my office and home PCs and switched totally to Macs. Today I […]
If you’ve had an idea in the back of your mind for a documentary or short film, then now may be the best time to think about making your cinematic fantasy a reality. Thanks to Sony and Rokinon, you can now get a totally decent HD camera and a set of prime cine lenses for […]
by Chris Poindexter With the introduction of the GH4 Panasonic managed to both one-up Canon in the DSLR video market and made a step toward righting some wrongs that caused many people to dismiss Panasonic cameras for low-budget video projects. The GH4 is definitely geared toward video shooters. The GH4 shoots both DCI 4K 4096×2160 […]
by Chris Poindexter Of all the questions filmmakers still get, so many still revolve around what camera to use. Lately there have been a lot of questions about HD and 4K. The question about HD vs 4K is the easiest. Unless you have a valid […]
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