pictured above is the Sony FS100. With the announcements of new cameras happening more frequently than new car introductions, it seems useful to list the things I do, things I don’t do, and things I look for when considering a new camera. […]
One of the most frequent mistakes we see at DVFreelancer is rookie filmmakers ignoring audio. What we see more often is people agonizing over this camera or that one, comparing them down to the smallest detail and spending almost all their equipment […]
Which of these tools would you pick as being the best camera? Canon 5DII Sony NEX-7 Sony FS100 How about which light? A $550 professional LED A $7.50 worklight with a fluorescent lamp Yeah, both are trick questions as you can tell from the article’s title. In most cases the Canon 5DII is probably a […]
In the early days of the DSLR revolution the pixel peepers and measurebators all trashed the variable ND filters. I was amazed when I first heard about them–didn’t know there was such a thing. I avoided them because I had heard about how they soften the image, etc. I stuck with my high quality B+W […]
Great video from Shanks FX showing how to create some amazing effects with an old fish tank and a bowel of rock salt. Great technique that can be applied a lot of different ways. watch?v=-qou5sDOO8k&feature=plcp And, in case you need warp drive, here’s another one with LED lights. http://vimeo.com/50393765 For more discussion of video FX, […]
This guy did a very nice real world comparison between the Black Magic and the 5DIII. I would like to have seen the same thing with the 5DII instead of the III because you have to sharpen up the III footage to get rid of some of the muddiness. Doesn’t look like he really did […]
I ran across the famous BS button recently and was pleased to see it’s still in production. It is a fitting and appropriate image to represent so much of what we read about cameras these days. Actually, the title of this article should be “Stop the Pixelpeeping, Stop the Measurebating, Stop the BS.” But that’s too long. […]
People have been shooting video with DSLR cameras for about four years now. You’d think everybody would understand how to deal with double system sound. They don’t. This was made plain to me last weekend when I agreed to edit some footage someone else shot. I won’t go into detail here; let’s just say it […]
Sony demonstrated a keen competitive edge with the introduction of the FS100, significantly undercutting the price of the EOS C100. Then Sony followed up that coup by introducing three killer new still cameras; the A99, the DSC-RX1 full frame point and shoot, and the Nex-6. Not content to poach sales from Canon’s high end video […]
To switch, or not to switch. That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous obsolescence or to incur debt against a sea of new toys And thus by joining, surrender. With apologies to the bard. Last week the world of the “real” video camera took […]
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