I don’t know a ton about lenses. I’ve always focused on cameras and film technology, but I’m slowly building a library of information in my head—partially from what I’ve learned over history, and partially from new experience. Here’s a short…
Craig Chartier interviews Jeromy Young, CEO and founder of Atomos at NAB 2014… Here are the descriptions of the Atomos Shogun and Ninja Star mentioned in this video: · · · The Atomos Shogun 7″ 4K HDMI and 12G-SDI Monitor & Recorder…
Several people commented that the base flesh tone exposures in my CineGear presentation looked “dark.” I did a little research and I think I know what’s going on… Not long after the Sony F55 became widely available the DP of…
All images and text on this page are the exclusive copyright of the author, Zeb Beadle, and are published here with his kind permission. At NAB this year I walked the floor looking for the next new thing for a…
Shameless commercial message: my latest iOS app for camerapeople, Cine Meter II, has just been released for sale by the App Store: Cine Meter II turns your iPhone®, iPod touch®, or iPad® into a shutter-priority reflected light meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and…
Now that I’ve had the GH4 for a while (initial review here), I’ve been able to explore it more detail, and use it on a couple of gigs. I’ve taken a closer look at the dynamic range and the various gamma options,…
Here’s part two of my CineGear presentation, in which I take an uncomfortably close look at flesh tone and overexposure… First, read Part One. Then, watch this video: I’m fascinated by over- and under-exposure. When I shot film I almost…
Adam Wilt and I put on a show at CineGear about the Sony F55. Here’s part one of my side of the talk, possibly with more information than I gave at the time. Adam focused on functionality, while I focused…
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve lost jobs because I don’t own a camera. And I’m okay with that. Those aren’t the jobs I want. Here’s why… When I started out in this industry everything dramatic was…
I’ve done a lot of testing with the Sony F55, and I’ve shot a couple of 4K projects in XAVC, but until recently I hadn’t used this camera for green screen. Sony’s implementation of XAVC uses 4:2:2 sampling, which can…