I’ve always wanted to test a camera’s dynamic range by beautifully lighting a room using one punchy light placed outside a window. I finally got my chance. When RED released the Epic with HDR I eagerly sat through their “Red…
A famous DP once told me, “Never say no.” I suspect this is the best possible way to have a glorious career, but I don’t think it’s always appropriate. Here’s what I do… Directors are applied psychologists. They have to…
My test started out to see if I could replicate the underlying look and color space from the ‘CineEI Mode’ in the ‘Custom Mode’ on the Sony F55 camera. There are several reasons why this might be desired and in…
The FS7 is an amazing camera for the price, but sometimes I wish that I could pay a little more and get the camera I really want. Here’s what I discovered while using it on a recent shoot… One of…
In which I test several color meters (an Asensetek Lighting Passport, two Sekonics, and a Minolta) side-by-side; compare the spectral quality of various lights; and may have figured out one reason why color meters often overestimate required tint corrections. (Updated 10 March…
authored by Mitch Gross, Director of Communications at Convergent Design December 19, 2014 From: Convergent Design To: All Owners of the Odyssey7Q Dear Friends, For more than a decade, Convergent Design has sought to make an impact on the motion…
authored by Mitch Gross, Director of Communications at Convergent Design With the introduction of the new Odyssey7Q+, Convergent Design is rewarding our Odyssey7Q clients who wish to purchase the new monitor/recorder. Under the program, current Odyssey7Q owners will receive values…
I’ve now seen “Interstellar” projected digitally in a multiplex as well as in 70mm OmniMax. They were very different experiences. Here’s what I noticed… It’s a weird thing to sit in a theater and think, “This may be the last…
I’ve had a few days to play around with a set of four prototype Veydra MFT Cine Lenses: the 16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm. I’ve put up my initial impressions on PVC. [Update 8:05pm CST 17 Dec 2014: the Kickstarter deal is…
As noted in my GH4 review earlier this year, first-run GH4s suffered from an “audio buzz” problem, most noticeable with a third-party mike plugged in. This problem affected early shipments of the camera running version 1.0 firmware; later shipments with…