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Of the Oscar nominated films this year I’ve rounded up the best picture and cinematography nominees and dived into the technical department.
Read moreOscar nominees 2016! Two films shot in 65mm, Arri still dominates
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Hollywood filmmakers have been lobbying for the survival of film for quite some years. Now the studios have bowed to pressure and signed new deals with Kodak for the continued supply of celluloid.
What’s the point?
Read moreKodak celluloid film saved by studios – oh and by the way – what’s the point?
Canon have been on the record to say that the only rival they fear is Fuji (because of their expertise in sensors). Canon want to fear them and I want to like them. If only the GH2 was this good looking.
Unfortunately I am having quite a hard time liking my X-Pro 1 when she is sitting side by side with the superb Sony NEX 7.
Does it offer enough over the Sony NEX 7 to justify the price tag?
Former Kodak VP Don Strickland –
“We developed the world’s first consumer digital camera. Kodak could have launched it in 1992. We could not get approval to launch it because of fear of the cannibalisation of film.”
Steve Jobs –
“If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.”
Read moreKodak file for bankruptcy – a lesson for all camera companies past and present
“A strip of photochemistry that can be held, twisted, folded, looked at with the naked eye, or projected on to a surface for others to see. It has a scent and it is imperfect. Today, its years are numbered, but I will remain loyal to this analogue artform until the last lab closes.” – Steven Spielberg
Like Spielberg the wonderful Kodak recently decided not to replace their film stocks with digital and instead concentrated on EasyShare docks for Walmart. As a result they are going bankrupt and it has come at a time where film is in decline versus digital, mostly for cost reasons. Even Fuji seem determined to go the same way as Kodak and sell their film stocks business to Arri and RED for $1 whilst these companies turn a massive profit from digital!
Read moreWhat digital filmmakers can gain from film’s passing
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Olympus’s new high end mirrorless camera the EP-3 has been leaked to 43Rumors.com. Here, EOSHD takes a look at the video side of the new Olympus flagship.
There are big improvements to video, with full HD AVCHD, video optimised lenses including a 12mm F2 and a new kit lens. The screen has had a huge revamp too, soundly beating the GH2 with a OLED 600k display.
Read moreOlympus EP-3 to challenge Panasonic GH2 with full HD, fast wide angle
I don’t usually write about higher end cameras on EOSHD because this site is for aspiring filmmakers and always will be, but I am tech addict and I love it when barriers are broken in the field of engineering.
The Sony CineAlta F65 is one such camera.