Tools for capturing images and sound.
Some of you may recall that I wrote about the GoPro Hero HD camera a couple years ago. Despite the low cost of the basic camera, it produces amazing images with enough quality to be utilized in many professional broadcast…
I’ve included all the details I think are essential to not just the camera and it’s function, but the script and process as well, compete with names, dates, work flows and strategies. We’re finishing post production as I write this, and the film looks great. We had a delightful time shooting, thanks to a genuinely bright and funny cast, a small, industrious crew and an amazing new camera, the Canon EOS C300.
Two identical cameras, one with EF mount, one with PL mount; Super-35 4K CMOS sensor,records 1080p30 to Compact Flash cards using existing Canon XF 50Mbps 4:2:2 MPEG2 codec. At Paramount Studios in Hollywood today, Canon USA is announcing two forthcoming…
First, before I finish the story, allow me to explain what S-Log is, and why its so darn significant. The Sony F3, a phenomenal 1080p HD camera already, records 8-bit 35mbps XDcam to SXS media cards. This is the standard recording media for all mid-range professional Sony cameras working right now. When Sony created the F35 camera a few years ago, they built a full Super 35mm sized CCD sensor capable of producing some of the best images in the digital cinematography world. This was a camera designed from the ground up to be a full cinema-style system that records to the highest quality footage to HDCAM SR tape (it also costs about $250,000). The standard XDCAM recording format would not cut the mustard with such a high end camera, the problem being that video systems in general are not able to capture the wide latitude of exposure that film can. Sony thought of a clever solution. They created S-Log.
Note: This article was originally published by Patrick McLoadand is reprinted here with his kind permission. I finally made the leap from an old Beta SP rig (Sony BVP-550) with Canon lens to the new-fangled world of High Definition and…
In this video review from B&H Photo Video we examine the 5D Mark II, the camera that hailed the start of the HD DSLR revolution. It’s still a great choice for full frame, wide-angle video shooting.
This article was Originally published in FCPUG Supermag #4 (April 2010) and on Dashwood3D.com Updated and Revised September 2011. All images ©Tim Dashwood unless otherwise specified. 3D is back in style again and it seems like everyone, from Hollywood producers to…
The new FS-CF Pro DTE recorder provides additional features such as video playback on the unit’s color LCD, MPEG-4 proxy file generation, wireless metadata logging, and much more. The Focus Enhancements FS-CF and FS-CF Pro DTE recorders are ideal for professional cinematographers and videographers looking to upgrade their existing Canon HDV equipment to a seamless file-based workflow.
Our production was never short on challenges. They were immediate, frequent, and often unbelievable. One thing that never failed us, however, were the D-SLRs. From the beginning, getting through customs was not an issue. Shooting quickly and unobtrusively in crowded areas, in the streets or in the middle of a massive festival was something very doable with our small crew; which often times meant we had to take a back-to-film-school approach. We could shoot multiple cameras simultaneously during live events and transition quickly to a scripted scene with ease.
Meet the GoPro Hero HD camera. This tiny powerhouse has got capabilities at a price we could only have dreamed of a few years ago.