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- June 16, 2015
A New Kind of Package Lens
One of the truisms of our profession has long been a camera system is only as good as its optics.
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- May 31, 2015
Exclude! Exclude! Exclude! Takes on New Meaning
With the advent of cameras like the extreme low-light ISO 5000 Varicam 35 the imperative to exclude, exclude, exclude, unhelpful story elements inside
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- March 22, 2015
The Lesson Taught & Learned
This week I am teaching a camera storytelling workshop at the London Film School. My students enrolled in the masters program
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- February 28, 2015
Ruggedized LED lighting: A Welcome New Trend?
Let’s hope so. Up to now, LED 1×1 arrays, even relatively pricy ones, have been constructed of cheap plastic or flimsy
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- January 29, 2015
Smaller Is Better Sometimes
If your bread and butter is shooting news, non-fiction, or documentaries, which covers at least three-quarters of us, a smallish-sensor
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- November 30, 2014
Shooting in Near Total Darkness
It seems to be the latest trend among hip cinematographers. Shooting wide open with Ultra Primes or Super Speed lenses
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- September 30, 2014
LEDs Are the Future But Some Specialized LEDs Have Problems Now
The current trend to use LED lighting exclusively on feature films and high-end commercials has carried with it some interesting
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- August 24, 2014
The Demand for Uncoated Optics
Normally when light strikes a glass surface a portion of the beam is reflected. This loss of light is compounded
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- July 27, 2014
The Peril of 4K: Be Careful What You Wish For
Higher and higher resolution. It’s what we all want, right? And the camera makers responded. NAB and Broadcast Asia 2014
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- June 18, 2014
A Flicker of Truth
Whether you’re shooting time-lapse, fast or slow motion, or even more routine scenes under temperamental fluorescent lighting, chances are you’ve