Video

Canon XF305 First Impressions

February 13, 2011

First off, a disclaimer. This isn’t an exhaustive, technical test full of charts and huge 400% blowups. Other far more qualified organisations such as the BBC have already done all that, so if it works for them, it’ll do for me. If you want to get really in deep with the XF305, then download the [...]

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The Bridge

March 2, 2010

The Glidetrack had been sitting in my office for a while, frustratingly. Each time I thought a subject was coming up that would work, something happened to scupper it. So when I managed to get hold of the Canon 1DMk4 to test for just a few days, there was a steely determination to shoot something [...]

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Shooting a Music Vid on a Canon 1D Stills Camera

September 15, 2009

You’ve got to watch this Behind The Scenes vid of director Richard Patterson shooting using a Canon 1D stills camera firing at 10 frames per second, coupled with a rack load of Profoto light strobes, Red Rock Micro and a cool Steadicam rig. Hoping that there will be more BTS video showing the post production [...]

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The F Stop Academy

June 9, 2009

Philip Bloom is a lighting cameraman who’s teamed up with Dennis Lennie to create F Stop Academy, specifically tailored to people who want to know how to achieve the film look from a video camera. Personally, I also think it could well be a very useful course for stills photographers like myself how are making [...]

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Are Car Magazine Websites Missing a Trick with Video?

April 1, 2009

Many people in the motoring and lifestyle magazine publishing industry are looking at online versions of their publications with mixed feelings right now, especially with regard to the video content.. Journalists and editors are just thinking, “It’s for the IT department, nothing to do with me, I’ll just get lumbered with extra work…. And as [...]

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First – Light…..

February 15, 2009

You’d like to think that more than two weeks set aside for a trip to northern Sweden would be plenty to shoot a short movie about driving at high speeds on frozen lakes, wouldn’t you? Me too. I’ve been to Sweden working plenty of times before and while there may be a few days overcast [...]

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