I am saddened that for yet another year, I'm unable to attend the annual NAB Show in Vegas. It truly is a production guy/gals ultimate toystore, tech school and playground. (If you've never been, think of the NAB Show as the B&H Superstore in NYC x 1000... Yes, it's that BIG of a show.) Ne...read more
As most of you know from many previous posts, I'm not the biggest fan of DSLR shooting, but I'm not a DSLR hater either. I just prefer all video equipment to be to be as user-friendly and hassle-free as possible, regardless of whatever it can do technically. And generally speaking, DSLR's still ...read more
Gotta say this little company keeps impressing me with it's new products and product improvements... The hip people at GoPro who brought you the first simple affordable and tiny HD action cams, then brought 3D to the masses with the GoPro 3D Hero System, and who most-recently added remote control G...read more
As some of you know from my Guerrilla Film Tactics seminar I'm more of a proponent of "accessing" cameras and equipment rather than buying them, which I think is only necessary if you shoot a lot or need long-term and continuous camera access for a documentary project. I'm approaching a project th...read more
For the last few months I've been blogging about the emergence of the new class of "Super-chip" (my term) video cameras, which I would basically describe as dedicated prosumer video cameras that have image chips that are roughly the equivalent of DSLR imaging chips. One of the most buzzed about cam...read more
As you all know by my past articles on DSLR cameras and my most recent book... The jury is still out for me on DSLR video. Overall, I love that we now have an inexpensive and small form factor tool to capture high-quality HD video with a choice of prime lenses, but I'm not at all crazy about the va...read more
Earlier this year I put out my first ever online Video Camera Buyer's Guide to help you sift through some of the most popular and well-reviewed prosumer and pro video cameras. While that guide provides a great overview of what's out there, it may not necessarily help you figure out what type of vide...read more
So as expected, the buzz from the annual NAB Show in Vegas is making it's way out into the universe as all the video manufacturer's drop their latest digital goodies. This is the probably the first N.A.B. Show I've missed in 6 years, so it's killing me to have to monitor the developments from afar. ...read more
I've been busy making film education magic the last few weeks, so I'm a little late to the game on reporting this one, but just in case you haven't heard the buzz on the street, there is yet another potentially game-changing large format video camera about to drop...this one is intriguingly titled "...read more
A few weeks ago I posted a some very impressive (and funny) test footage shot by my man Jon Yi on Canon's brand-spanking-new-hasn't -even-shipped-yet-but-everybody-wants-it-camera the Canon EOS C300 which is available with your choice of an EF Lens Mount or a PL Lens Mount. A lot of you seemed to ...read more