Above, shot with the actual 12.5mm F1.3 prime lens Image credit Y.B. Hudson III Stanley Kubrick often used to like shooting with an 18mm lens for his trademark wide angle style, with S35mm film. The 18 is roughly 24mm in 35mm photography terms. A more recent example is the Canon 24mm F1.4L on a 5D Mark II used to such great effect in Undercity (below). It is this kind of…
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View the full resolution flare gallery here One of the most essential styles of anamorphic shooting ahead of the aspect ratio, shallow depth of field and oval shaped bokeh is flare.
[vimeo]18786679[/vimeo] Crystal Castles have a new single ‘Not In Love’, a Platinum Blonde cover featuring Robert Smith of The Cure. It is their highest charting single ever. I recently spoke to Nic Brown of Video Marsh, director, cinematographer and editor of Not In Love.
Wide angle lens meant for smaller sensor sizes,or Super 8 have never been much good on Micro 4/3rds. They still aren’t!
[vimeo]19336485[/vimeo] As you may know, Philip Bloom is having another holiday in the US later this year – I mean, tour! In a continuoation of his hotel timelapse series, Philip will be visiting 12 cities to help people get the best out of DSLRs, which is nice.
Pentax are going to release a digital version of the Auto 110, joining the mirrorless party in a way that Pentax boss Mr. Hamada San describes as ‘shining through’. Well, it is certainly different!
The Panasonic GH2 has been completely disassembled, analysed and torn down by Chipworks. Incredible!
Sony have just revealed an update to last year’s best compact the HX5 – the HX9v (and put the same new tech inside a bridge camera, the HX100v, with a ridiculously long lens and some extra manual control including manual focus ring, horray). The HX9v now does 1080/60p at 24Mbit and 42.9 Megapixel Sweep Panoramas, an awesome feature. I will be getting one, even though it is only a compact…