NAB 2014: Honorable Mentions from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. There were all those tasty tidbits from the NAB 2014 Show in Las Vegas, NV, that were not in their own right worthy, sufficiently compelling, or sufficient information available for their own separate stories; or items who's stories...
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SOURCE: NextWaveTV Carl Zeiss was not absent from the scene at NAB 2014. In fact, Carl Zeiss came with some exciting news other than the announcement of their latest entry into the compact cinema zoom lens category. In what can only be called the first "official"...
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Like it or not, every serious video production requires "sticks" and a slider. Normally, these two components are separate, transported separately, and for the slider, should you wish to raise it, you need to carry a separate tripod. Add all these separates together, two...
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Leica Summilux-C Prime Cine Lenses. Otto Nemenz, Leica, and Band Pro got together and said, "Let's make some cinema lenses, baby" [caption id="attachment_6884" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Leica Summilux-C 35mm[/caption] And so they did, which proved very interesting to cinematographers always looking for alternative looks. At nearly $200,000 per...
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Introduction Of The Sony A7S from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The world premier of the Sony A7S introduced on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the NAB 2014 Show In Las Vegas by Mr. Shigeki Ishizuka, Sony Executive Vice President. I had planned to attend the NAB convention in...
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Panasonic GH4 24p C4K 'Cine-D Profile' Skintone Quickie test from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo. First you can ask the developer & product director of the Panasonic GH4 your questions here;- http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/10019/ask-developers-of-the-panasonic-lumix-gh4-plus-answers-about-the-m43-format/p1 Now the video: Here's a quick test Nick Driftwood put together from a string of new footage...
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The Optikos Bench First and foremost, if you aren’t at least a little Geeky, this post is not for you; unless you’re one of those people who thinks "just take some pictures, dammit," when I write some article about resolution testing. In that case, you might...
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There are few things I've found in my life as a photographer of any real lasting value: My older pre-ASPH Leica lenses, an old Domke bag I've had forever, my hat, and a small library of books - SONY A7/A7R:FROM SNAPSHOTS TO GREAT SHOTS now being...
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Ernest Goh - COCKS, Chicken Beauty Pageants from anotherbeautifulstory on Vimeo. Good stories are found all over the world. Thanks to modern day portable video recording technology to the rapid proliferation of the internet into every country at the household level, many of these stories are finally...
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I had never been to WPPI, the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International show in Las Vegas, so when Paul Gero told me he was going I made an on the spot decision to join him. The Sunday afternoon drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas...
I had never been to WPPI, th...
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There are some problems reported using a Sony A7R with a Leica 28mm f/2 Summicron ASPH. Smudged "blurry sides and edges" and serious "color smearing" repeated in discussion forums and on the major social networks. Some go so far as to report the 28mm 'Cron...
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https://youtu.be/0ndq7Fw81Lw The Canon EOS 650 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera. It was introduced on 2 March 1987, Canon's 50th anniversary, and discontinued in February 1989. It was the first camera in Canon's new EOS series designed from scratch to support an entirely new line...
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We have enough to worry about as professional photographers, dealing with deadbeat ad agencies, stressed-out brides, and clients who wonder why we don't do three or four extra days work without charging. Do we now have to worry about getting radiation poisoning from radioactive lenses? I own...
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Chris Niccolls is joined by Nick Devlin discussing the just released Fuji X-T1 camera. The X-T1 is the latest in the Fujifilm “X” series camera lineup, and may be the first Fuji X that crosses the line into the “general” camera category. Appealing to a...
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Zoetrope Optika from August Bradley on Vimeo. No sooner do I finish my story about the new Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar, then out pops this fine example of creative filmmaking using it's sister lens, the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus. Without question, the Otus is one...
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Published on YouTube Jan 28, 2014 Randy Halverson is a driven person, as driven as anybody living in rural South Dakota can be I guess. Randy and his two Canon 5D Mark III's sure did some traveling last year, covering South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah shooting in...
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