Why I love the NAB
Jesse Parker and me at the Sound Devices booth If it is spring, it must be time to go to Las Vegas for the NAB Extravaganza. Nothing psyches me up like what I see in the miles of convention space filled with the highest tech, most [...]
Canon Announces 2/3″-Style Servo-Zoom Lenses for PL and EF Mount Cameras
Well, they've finally done it. Just 2 short years after competitor Fujinon released the Cabrio series of servo-zoom PL lenses, Canon responds with their own models. Extra credit: these bad boys can service PL mount AND EF cameras. The new lenses have electronic contacts to interface with the [...]
“Unbreakable Bond” DP Renato Lombardi compares Canon C300 to Sony PMW-F55
Renato Lombardi was the Director of Photography on "An Unbreakable Bond," the story of Nick and Marc Buoniccoti's efforts to fight paralysis. The film debuted at the Miami International Film Festival on March 12, 2014. Emilio Estefan produced, directed, and scored the film. Having shot with the Canon C300 [...]
Sony Announces ProRes and DNxHD for PMW-F55/F5 !!
In a stunning announcement, Sony revealed plans to allow their 4K PMW-F55 and PMW-F5 cameras to record in the most popular editing codecs directly to the internal SxS cards. Here is a screenshot of the 'Format' menu after the hardware upgrade allowing these new codecs has been performed [...]
Canon Digital Cinema Cameras
The Digital Cinema EOS line-up of top flight cameras propelled the Canon brand and now filmmakers from students to event videographers to corporate shooters to long form feature DP’s are using the Canon C100, C300, and C500 cameras. I remember when the XL 1 was all the rage [...]
3D Ghost Hunting!
Midtown Client Jack Kassewitz teams up with Ripleys for their new show 'Anomaly'.