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The Hollywood Distagon at f/2: A Single Daffodil and the Contax Zeiss 28mm on the Sony A7RV
April 28, 2026
The Making of “We Are the World” – USA for Africa – 1985
Parts, Pieces, and Phrases – The 3P’s – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The rest is this poor memory of history almost thirty years ago. This is the power of creativity. The power of art. The power artists have when working together on a common goal. “We Are the World” is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide.
Read moreBurning Man: Lake of Dreams
Lake of Dreams from roy two thousand on Vimeo. Lake of Dreams – Burning Man 2013 Film and Music by Roy Two Thousand http://roy2k.com/ Additional footage by August Winkelman and Connor McNeill Produced by Roy Two Thousand and Crystal Dawn Davis Drums and Percussion by Anthony Mogli Maureal Roy Two Thousand said “Please join my very special email list for a free soundtrack download and HD images from the film: http://roy2k.com/contact/email-list/ Made possible from the support of many many people, especially my kickstarter backers! I’m very grateful for the huge amount of love and support I’ve recieved during the creation
Read moreSanta Monica Pier A7R Location Portrait
The Santa Monica Pier from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. a chuck jones film Background Beautiful sonny Sunday afternoon. Sony A7r. Sony 55mm f/1.8 & Leica 35mm Summicron non-ASPH. Add magic and stir. History Santa Monica has had several piers over the years; however, the current Santa Monica Pier is actually two adjoining piers that long had separate owners. The long, narrow Municipal Pier opened September 9, 1909, primarily to carry sewer pipes beyond the breakers, and had no amenities. The short, wide adjoining Pleasure Pier to the south, a.k.a. Newcomb Pier, was built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur, amusement park pioneers. Attractions
Read moreInfrared Video: Red Bull Racing Tearing it Up
Alright, I admit it. I couldn’t resist the day glow colors in this Infrared Video! Thermal imaging infrared video is to photography as day glow poster paint was to 1960’s era poster art. Psychedelic! What a fantastic special effects segment this Infrared Video type of photography makes! Nothing else like it short of artificial coloration, which unless done by a highly skilled team does not look anywhere close to this infrared video, the real thing. Oh, and for GhostRider 3, you saw the idea here first ;=) Infrared thermal imaging cameras are designed to be high speed scanning devices actually
Read moreSony Reveals Ultra-Compact α5100
Essentially an a6000 guts packed down into a less expensive body, without an EVF but with a better rear screen that Sony has made a touchscreen. Video features have also been beefed up a bit on paper. This would make an excellent B roll camera, or a second camera in a multi-cam setup given the available features and the $550 price. Better things keep coming from Sony in smaller and smaller packages. This one will be well worth checking out further. As my friend professional wedding, portrait, and event photographer Paul Gero said “This would make a great jib camera
Read moreSony PXW-X70 CMOS Compact Solid-State Memory Camcorder
In our haste to run immediately to a DSLR or Mirrorless solution for video, let us not forget there is another direction to come at this from. The venerable Camcorder has been around for quite some time. Just like its DSLR and Mirrorless cousins, it too has undergone serious transformations, metamorphosing into the hand-held powerhouses we have today. The Sony PXW-X70 appears on the surface to be an outstanding example of the current state of technical progress. The new ‘4K ready’ PXW-X70 has a one inch sensor and 20 megapixels of resolution used to create the 4K image recorded internally.
Read moreThe Story of Television
Published Dec 28, 2012 on YouTube The story of television history is an interesting one. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) traces scientific advances related the development of television from the 1920’s to 1950’s, including the introduction of color broadcasts. The film includes technical examples of how televisions work, and notable broadcasts from TV’s early days. The film is very much a professionally produced promotional showpiece for advances made by RCA, glossing over or omitting details of competing television standards from other manufacturers. As with a lot of the early marketing materials on TV, this peace is clearly being acted
Read moreUwe Steinmueller Dead
My longtime friend Uwe Steinmueller, editor and publisher of OutbackPhoto.Com, and fellow contributing editor to TheCameraForum.Com has passed away. Uwe suffered a heart attack on August 8, 2014 at his home in Germany. There, I said it. I’ve been procrastinating for several days now writing this. Somehow, to actually write these words down makes the event concrete, something I can no longer avoid facing the reality of. Even now, several days later writing this still brings the sting to my eyes as the moisture starts to form. Uwe my friend, you will be missed, and not just by me alone, by many. Another
Read moreThis Land Is Mine!
Because you can’t tell the players without a pogrom! A brief who’s-killing-who-how-and-why history of the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant – the most fought-over piece of real estate in human history. A biting satire and poignant comment on how violence never settles anything from award-winning US animator, Nina Paley. Downloaded for FREE from www.mishorts.com Nina Paley created this animated history of the ancient lands at one time called Israel, Palestine, Canaan and the Levant. She also created this most excellent viewer’s guide. Because you can’t tell the players without a pogrom! Nina clearly has an excellent eye for the truth as well as quite a
Read morePanasonic Lumix GH4 & FZ1000 4K Frame Grab Instructions
Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 4K Frame Grab Instructions from Mark Toal on Vimeo. My friend Panasonic Rep Mark Toal put together this excellent tutorial video on how to “extract” or “frame grab” one of the 8MP still JPG frames from the 4k video stream of Panasonic’s latest 4k capable still cameras, the bargain priced FZ1000 and the Panasonic flagship GH4.. In this video Mark says “I describe how to grab a frame from a 4K video either using the onboard camera controls of the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 or in Adobe Lightroom. The Adobe Lightroom section is the exact same process for the Panasonic
Read moreField Test Images with the Fuji 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R XF LM OIS WR
I try to avoid switching lenses when walking places unless the focal length needed is predictable. On the other hand I am not a big fan of slow lenses with variable apertures. The Fuji 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 offers an amazingly useful range (27 to about 200mm) at the cost of slower variable apertures. Somehow we have the impression that Fuji tries to get the best out of this compromise. That is why we bought this zoom as our main travel lens for the Fuji X-T1. Overall this zoom does not disappoint us. Autofocus worked fine unless you focus on areas with
Read moreSony A7S Video Review
Video review of the Sony A7S from Philip Bloom Reviews & Tutorials on Vimeo. Few people in the small camera video production industry are as widely respected as Philip Bloom. A photojournalist by former trade, Bloom has evolved his brand and his style to encompass filmmaking as his primary art form. His work is distinctive, and always beautiful. Philip has a great sense of esthetic. When it comes to his video camera reviews, I always find his to be some of the most valuable. Philip is very picky about having the right settings, knowing where and how to get at
Read moreThe Endless Summer – Then And Now
Fifty years or so ago, I saw The Endless Summer in a suburb outside Washington, D.C., after it was released at the world premier on the 15th of June, 1966, in New York City, New York. The Endless Summer is the best of the best in ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries, a cult classic, and arguably one of the best early documentary surf movies ever made. For the plot, Director Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave. He ends up finding quite a few waves, along with a collection of colorful local characters . Imagine
Read moreGregory Heisler: Master Series Lecture
Master Series Lecture – Gregory Heisler from Maine Media Workshops + College on Vimeo. Gregory Heisler relates the story of photographing Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis in large format black & white infrared for Life Magazine. Gregory Heisler is a photographer and educator renowned for his technical mastery and thoughtful responsiveness. His enthusiasm, curiosity, and drive are manifested in his hands-on approach to all aspects of the image making process. His iconic portraits and innovative visual essays have graced the covers and pages of many magazines, including LIFE, ESQUIRE, GENTLEMEN’S QUARTERLY, GEO, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ESPN, and THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read morePhotokina Dates – September 16-21, 2014.
Every two years, much like lemmings the movers and shakers in the camera industry join the seasoned industry professionals for the trek to Photokina. According to Wikipedia, The Photokina (rendered in the promoters’ branding as photokina) is the world’s largest trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries. The first Photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, and it is now held biennially in September at the koelnmesse Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre. Many photographic and imaging companies introduce and showcase state of the art imaging products at Photokina. The show has two main competitors, both annual shows held in different parts of the world. The CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan, originally the Japan Camera Show, has
Read moreSigma DP2 Quattro Hands-On Field Test
Published on Aug 1, 2014 by TheCameraStore.TV and Jordan Drake, Producer The Sigma DP cameras have been defined by the spectacular images they can produce, and the awful design choices that make capturing those images incredibly difficult. The new sigma dp2 quattro cameras aim to fix those design quirks. With a run of brilliant products from Sigma this year, will the Sigma DP2 Quattro keep the streak alive? Music Provided By BeatSuite.com http://www.beatsuite.com Special thanks to Nicole Santerre and Toby Parker Shot and Edited By Jordan Drake Filmed on the Sony F5 PLEASE RATE THIS STORY! [ratings]
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