If you skip to the last three minutes of the video below you’ll see a Sony rep saying that anyone who buys a Sony A7 or A7R will get a coupon for a lens adapter of their choice and specifically mentions Metabones. Come on, Sony, fair is fair. If you’re going to offer this deal […]

by Chris Poindexter I could see it coming when they opened up their Hollywood Professional Technology and Support Center, Canon had stars in their eyes. While they were due a little back-slapping for revolutionizing digital filmmaking by introducing the 5D MK II, it was clear that Canon had bigger ambitions than Act of Valor and […]

by Bill Pryor It seems to me there’s a huge difference between Canon and Sony marketing styles these days. I have a picture in my head of Canon executives wearing black suits and sitting around the boardroom sipping glasses of sake, smoking cigars and thinking they have Canon lens buyers by their EOS mount balls. […]

by Chris Poindexter A long time ago I purchased a cheap windshield mount thinking about using my GoPro as a dash cam.  Several issues made that unworkable.  For one the GoPro can only record for a couple hours before the battery runs out, the second was the suction device was a piece of crap and […]

by Bill Pryor The DSR revolution has come and gone. There are still filmmakers making films with DSLR hybrid cameras, but the buzz is gone and most professionals have moved on to big chip digital cinema cameras, now that they’re available at reasonable prices. It’s appropriate to think about what the DSLR revolution did for […]

It wasn’t that long ago that furious debates raged in video forums about whether digital imaging would ever be able to replace film. “Not in our lifetimes,” claimed the film faithful whose motto was “If you want the film look, use film.” I’ve meant to check back to see if they’re still alive because if […]

                          Canon swept the early HD video market with the Canon 5D MKII but the original release was crippled by being limited to 30 fps on the frame rate. Magic Lantern came to Canon’s rescue with a firmware hack that allowed the user […]

OpenShot is an open source video editor that just landed $45,028 in a Kickstarter campaign to create a version for both Mac and Windows. Watch the video here. While it may seem strange to think your next video editor might be open source, there are a number of factors conspiring to make it not only […]

Anyone can shoot good video with enough equipment and crew behind them, but the real masters of the video craft are people who can move and shoot fast.  Bill Pryor has some tips for those who need to get their shots and move on. -Set up your gear before you get to the site or […]

Back in the fall of 2008 after Vincent LaForet shot “Reverie” with a Canon 5DII, suddenly everybody who shot video wanted a 5DII. When manufacturers (mostly Red) started pushing 4K, suddenly everybody wanted a 4K camera. When the online “press” started promoting raw with the Black Magic Cinema Camera, suddenly everybody wanted a camera that […]