Why Highlight Rolloff Matters As Much As Dynamic Range & Which Affordable Cinema Camera Does It Best
High dynamic range cameras are currently all the rage with filmmakers, and for good reason. After all, more…
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Veydra MFT Cinema Lens Kit Review & Rokinon Cine Lens Comparison
Ever since Veydra released their lineup of Mini-Prime MFT cinema lenses, I’ve been getting lots of e-mails from readers…
3 Of The Most Critical Tips For Lighting Your Talent With Hard Light
Most filmmakers will opt to light their actors with soft light as it can be very forgiving, easy…
5 Reasons Why I’d Pick The Sony A7R II Over The Sony A7S For Video
ceony made some huge waves in the filmmaking world with their A7S, but the newly announced A7R II…
Download My Free GH4 Cine-D LUT Here! Plus, Why I’m Not Using The New GH4 Supertone Settings
Like many other GH4 shooters out there, I’ve been back and forth about which picture profiles and settings are…
AJA Just Cut $4000 Off Of The Price Of Their Cion – Here’s Why They Had No Other Choice
I’ve personally never shot with the AJA Cion, but I’ve always been intrigued by the camera as it offers…
Extensive Rokinon Cinema Lens Kit Review + The 4 Lenses You Need To Shoot Your Feature Film
Over the past couple of years I’ve been shooting with Rokinon Cinema Lenses, and have been quite impressed with the…
Why The New Kipon EF to MFT Adapter Could Be Essential Even If You Already Have A SpeedBooster
Kipon recently announced an active EF to Micro Four Thirds lens adapter that may just become one of the…
Gear Talk Podcast: Achieving Perfect Exposure In Digital Cinematography
Yesterday I sat down with Dave Thies of Tvacom to record a quick podcast on exposure techniques in…
Cinematography Rant: Why Protecting Your Highlights Is Killing Your Footage
As some of you know, in addition to running this blog and shooting/directing my own films I also…
The C300 MK II Was Just Announced And It’s Exactly What You Expected
This year more camera manufacturers than ever are opting to announce new cameras right before NAB, as opposed…
Slow Motion Work On The GH4 & Why I Always Overcrank at 60p
A few weeks back I was asked to shoot a promo piece for a local LA model who…
