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In May last year I reported that Pavavision were working with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on sensor technology for a possible digital cinema camera. In a surprise unveling at the International Film…
With the raw format becoming affordable for the first time this year (Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Red One, Ikonoskop) many aspiring filmmakers are considering taking advantage. But to edit raw you need to…
Starting with number... 5. Sony RX100 Get the full countdown after the break... The $699 RX100 was easily the most powerful camera per square inch and per dollar in 2012. Of course…
I recently picked up the Hero 3 Black Edition. It's a great overall point-of-view camera not just a favourite of sports shooters. The size of a matchbox and it does 2.7K and…
Above: Peter Jackson in the camera department of "The Hobbit" Peter Jackson chose to take a controversial step away from the cinema look and shoot The Hobbit at 48p HFR. I've now…
If I were stuck on a desert island with only one lens, I'd choose the $20 Helios 44M-2 and anamorphic adapter. OK that is technically two lenses but I'd fire all my…
Last month I was invited by Panasonic to shoot a documentary for a skatepark in Hamburg, as an opportunity to test out the GH3 and offer some feedback on the camera. Here…
"Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second." - Jean Luc Godard "Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world." - Jean Luc Godard Cinema used to be…
Above: Cate Blanchett receives some all-too-real makeup on the set of The Hobbit Peter Jackson shot The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 48 frames per second (HFR) in 3D. So what is…
