This all started because on a daily basis, it seems, my Twitter feed is chock full of discussions about how lens X is SO MUCH better than lens Y, etc, etc. People talk about how much better a certain lens looks over another and I just don’t buy it. I mean, I would guess that there is a difference, and I’d hope so for the difference you can pay between cheaper and more expensive lenses, but I just couldn’t imagine that on the same camera, the differences would be monumental. Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘cameras’
Do We Need 3-D?
I haven’t really posted on my (young) blog my general musings on industry trends, but it’s my blog and that’s what I want to do tonight. I have been thinking a lot recently about 3-D technology. These thoughts were certainly sparked by the release of Avatar and all the hype surrounding the new 3-D technology James Cameron helped to invent for this film. I have to admit that when I first saw previews for this film, it looked unappealing to me (some may think that comment is blasphemy, and I apologize). I am not really into fantasy-based movies, and while it appeared to be stunning visually, I figured I could pass. Anyways, after it’s release and all the hype and some rather positive reviews I figured I’d check it out in 3-D. Read more…
Seeing RED
Last week I took a day off from working and, well, worked.
My friend was working as production manager for documentary filmmaker Alla Kovgan on a film they were shooting this week in New London, CT. They brought in a DP from Armenia (Mko Malkhasyan) who Alla had worked with previously on her STUNNING dance-film Nora, which they shot in Africa. I am a huge techno-dweeb, especially when it comes to cameras, and they were shooting on the RED One, a new-ish camera that I had only worked with for a tiny bit before but am planning to use on an upcoming project, Read more…
Gear…Renting and Buying
I feel somewhat fortunate that I entered this business in 2000 when the cost of entry, as far as professional level equipment, was considerably lower than ever before. The DV (digital video) format had emerged in the 1990s and was seen as a viable professional acquisition format. Sony was at the forefront of creating small “prosumer” cameras (notably the VX1000) with the miniDV format and, for that time, were able to produce quite lovely pictures that certainly looked better than would be expected from a camera that was only a few thousand dollars. Certainly large Betacam and DigiBeta cameras (costing tens of thousands of dollars) Read more…