UPDATE: What are the ‘cine-style’ lenses Canon say they will exhibit at NAB? With just over a week to go until NAB 2011 and the start of a new financial year we can look forward to some new product releases. (Although NAB is not a consumer photography event like Photokina, there is a large DSLR video presence there).
Month: March 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgh-RSJh_Qw[/youtube] J G Harding is a singer-songwriter, filmmaker and editor of the Video Media section of British print magazine Sound on Sound. He recently made a DSLR video for The Heartbreaks, using only himself, the band and a Canon 550D.
[vimeo]18280328[/vimeo] My articles on camera gear get more hits than the ones on creative filmmaking. Creativity is a very personal and subjective thing. It’s easier for people to quantify gear, to quantify what makes a great image and what doesn’t…
Download full resolution shots from the GH2 here To get a sense of what F0.95 does set ISO to a modest 640 and shutter to 1/30 in video mode. Here, the camera already exposes a night time scene brighter than the human eye.
Is the FS100 (and F3 even more so) worth such a lot of money now DSLRs are in the game? EOSHD believes that for some people, yes they are. But the elephant in the room is that they produce the same end result for the audience, the same product. This is going to be quite a controversial article so please bear in mind the disclaimer that whether any camera is…
Who can be bothered with ND filters? The attraction of a DSLR video is that you don’t need a crew of 10 and a crane to shoot stunning movies with one – it’s all about unburdening ourselves from carrying around tons of gear.
A few people are telling me that Panasonic plan to show a mock up of the AF100’s successor at NAB. The model number has been set, and will be revealed along with the main specs. UPDATE – the product is not necessarily a replacement for the AF100, but Panasonic will definitely be showing a prototype new camera.
I am very impressed with the Sony FS100. The DSLRs have had their first proper kick up the arse today, and they deserve it. Not since the 5D Mark II was released at the end of 2008 have we had any meaningful steps forward.