Lenses to use with the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera…
April 22nd, 2012 | Author: Fergle Gibson
OK, so BlackMagic Design dumbfounded the world of cinematography during NAB 2012 with their new 2.5K RAW “Cinema Camera” for an incredibly inexpensive $2995. That’s cheaper than a freakin’ Canon 5D Mark III! But, with the Cinema Camera’s huge 2.3x crop factor when using the “active” part of the sensor — that’s the part you’re recording, by the way — what lenses do you choose from? Wide angles are certainly out of the picture. Hah! Geddit? Picture? OK, never mind. BUT! Don’t fret, there are still options for standard focal lengths, and more telephoto options than you can swing a blood soaked baseball bat at. Here are a few of those lenses I’ve selected for you to use with this camera…
Glidecam HD-Series Docking Bracket…
October 13th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
I used to own a Glidecam 4000 Pro, but ended up selling it because it took ages to set up, I could never get it perfectly balanced, and it was just too cumbersome to use without the Smooth Shooter or the X-10 stabilization vest, neither of which I owned, because they were and still are pretty darn expensive. I’ve heard the successor to the 4000 Pro, the 4000 HD, is leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor, so is probably worth checking out if you’re in the market for a less expensive alternative to a Steadicam, and / or didn’t like the 4000 Pro. Anyway, the main reason for this post, wasn’t to compare Glidecams, but to mention a cool little device that I hadn’t heard about before, called the “Glidecam HD-Series Docking Bracket“…
ARRI L-Series LED Fresnels…
October 12th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
Awesome new cameras do it for most people, but for me, it’s lighting… Although, I do like awesome new cameras, too! Priced to rent, and not to own (unless you have bottomless pockets), Arri debuted their “L-Series” line of LED Fresnel fixtures at NAB this year, and damn, do I wish I had money to burn!
Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011…
October 6th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
The world has lost one of the most inspiring, visionary geniuses of modern day. A man who pioneered much of the way we, as the human race, lead our lives today. A true entrepreneur and warrior, who stopped at nothing and for no-one to realise his dreams and ambitions, no matter the cost, right until the very end. Being perfect wasn’t good enough – It had to be better.
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs – You will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.
Sent from my iPhone.
Fergle Gibson,
Writer, Director & Cinematographer.
Small HD’s “DP4 In Review” video…
September 29th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
Old news to most, I’m sure, but something I wanted to post, anyway. SmallHD‘s “DP4 In Review” video, where CTO Dale Backus, and CEO Wes Philips talk about their awesome new DP4 preview monitor / EVF, and round things off with their own kind of “Drop Test”, or as I like to call it, “Total Obliteration” test, which involves them throwing the DP4 at various hard surfaces, and driving RC cars into it. Kinda makes the drop test conducted by Steve Weiss for Zacuto’s “Z-Finder” EVF look a little… unimpressive now. Steve, next time, instead of climbing that ladder and dropping the Z-EVF from the top, I want to see you pick up the ladder, and use it to try and beat the living electrodes out of the Z-EVF, whilst screaming… Preferably with some hardcore Thrash Metal playing in the background.