Broadcast or Corporate/Voluntary Sector – where’s it at?
Traditionally, Broadcast is where all the cool stuff happens.
With big budgets, celebrities, light and glamour, the lure of working in broadcast television is a driver for many people who enter the profession of filmmaking.
But the boundaries are seismically shifting. And I say seismically, because it’s a slow and fundamental shift in how we make a living, doing the things we like to do.
The big lens resolution test on the AF101
A key part of the adaptation to shooting on a multi-lens camera, is knowledge of your lenses.
I bought an additional lens for my kit the other day, a Sigma 50mm f1.4. I was curious to see how good the sharpness was compared to my other lenses, and this led me to creating my own resolution test for all my lenses.
Proaim (RS-2) Rail System from The CineCity
I’d thought I would share my experiences of using the CineCity Proaim Rails System that I’m using with the Panasonic AF101. Simply because I was very sceptical about buying equipment from India rather than buying (or rather, ‘investing’) in what might be better quality gear from the US – such as Zacuto or Chrosziel. But I may have been converted… Read more 
Would you use an AF101 on a run and gun shoot? Hmmm… not sure…
I guess the title really answers my own question.
Today I went to shoot a fire and rescue exercise for one of my clients. For a number of reasons, I ended up arriving just before the fire fighters were due to start the exercise. It was literally, run out of the car with my camera and lens bags, dump them in a safe place and turn the camera on – and shoot.
Not ideal. Read more
Sony EX1R camera modifications for adventure travel documentaries
Want to know how Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Down was shot?
Over time, many cameramen develop systems and techniques to allow them to shoot in a way that optimises their equipment and allows them to capture images and audio in the quickest and easiest way possible.
My colleague, Claudio von Planta, is an exponent of camera modification especially for adventure travel documentaries on motorcycles. Most famously for Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Charley’s By Any Means 2 trip. Read more
Racing Green Sony Webinar with Claudio von Planta
During my time collaborating with Claudio on the Racing Green project (see here) we both learned many things. Part of our commitment to Sony for the loan of my EX1R, was to attend a live webinar event which was broadcast over the internet. Here we shared the many things we already know along with the new things we’d learned along the way. Read more
