News and links from around the internet focussing on cameras, camera kit and more. Curated by @ukcameraman
Choosing a lens is one of the most important decisions you make as a filmmaker. Your depth of field, distortion, and overall composition are dependent on the lens you choose. But how do you go about shopping for camera lenses with so many brands and options out there? We'll break it down for you in our Video Camera Equipment Guide.
http://www.slrlounge.com/school/dslr-video-camera-equipment-guide-lensesWith budget cameras like the RED Epic being used on films like The Hobbit, pro movie cameras are more affordable than ever. Mike Griggs explains how to find the right one for you.
There's never been a better time to make your own movie. With today's technology, anyone can create their own masterpiece more quickly and simply than ever.
When you shoot on DSLRs and CSCs, you give up many of the basic camera features professional shooters require – internal ND's, manual audio, focus & aperture controls, etc. In this News Shooter article, Sony has made their new A7 and A7r mirrorless cameras harder for pros to resist. Putting the question of image quality aside, a lot of those pro gotta-haves are there – including the much-appreciated ability to magnify while shooting to get those tack-sharp HD images we've all grown to love.
http://blog.planet5d.com/2013/10/video-goodness-alert-sony-a7-and-a7r-have-focus-magnification-and-adjustable-controls-while-filming/Posted on 23. Oct, 2013 by steven schwartz
With so many new video camera announcements, can Elle and Joe at Digital Bolex cut through the noise? This post over atDigital Bolex gives a glimpse of what may make this new cam one-of-a-kind.
http://blog.planet5d.com/2013/10/first-footage-from-the-digital-bolex-d16-after-final-sensor-calibration/Local New York news recently featured the story of an unmanned aerial vehicle (a UAV or drone) with a camera attached to it that crashed to the ground near Grand Central Station, in the middle of a busy part of midtown.
The drone's pilot, David Zablidowsky, was charged with a Class A misdemeanor for reckless endangerment. As the local ABC affiliate reported, "The FAA has yet to come up with concrete rules for unmanned aircraft systems, known as UAS or drones, but has said that 'UAS operations are currently not authorized in class b airspace which exists over major urban areas.'"
http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-safe-is-drone-filmmakingJae-mo Koo has uploaded 10 tests to compare these cameras against each other:
Sony F65 Sony F55 Red Epic Red Scarlet Canon C500 Canon 1DC JVC GY-HMQ10As a videographer specializing in wildlife photography, I often shoot alone. It's up to me to shoot clean audio, not a boom operator or a sound person. This means I usually handle the mic'ing myself, mostly with the mic mounted on or very near the camera. Mounting the microphone off-camera is the best way to go, but that's really only feasible when you're shooting in a fairly stationary position. When I'm using the mic on camera (which is most of the time), I need some kind of shock mount to isolate vibration and handling noise.
http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/spiral-symmetry-superior-sound-recording-k-teks-nautilus-mic-suspension-mount/64241The RX10 in video configuration – proof that all news shooters need a floppy hat.
Most of the web chatter yesterday was about Sony's new A7 and A7R full-frame cameras. These are small technological marvels but for me it may well be the RX10, launched at the same time, that is of more interest to video journalists.
http://www.newsshooter.com/2013/10/17/sony-rx10-a-video-journalists-delight/
