Archive for the ‘Cinematography’ Category
Scarlet shipping? RED Digital Cinema Vs. Canon – It’s WAR!…
September 21st, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
With Canon making an “historic global” announcement on November 3rd, Jim Jannard, brainchild behind RED Digital Cinema, has entered the battlefield with his armoured corps, and announced today that he TOO will be making an announcement, on the very same day, at 18:00 (Pacific Time, I’m guessing?), regarding the one camera that everyone has been wanting to get their grubby little mits on for some time… The RED Scarlet.
Canon – The Story Begins, November 3, 2011…
September 21st, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
At the end of last week, Canon released a teaser poster, announcing the following cryptic message…
RigWheels Mini Dolly Trucks…
September 19th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
I actually didn’t find out about RigWheels until fairly recently, and I usually know about this sort of stuff! They’re a company based in the US, who specialise in mini dolly trucks that you can bolt onto almost anything and turn it into a dolly. Pretty neat!
Canon EF Lens Mount for RED Epic…
September 16th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
Oldish news, but something I thought was worth mentioning, is RED’s new TITANIUM Canon EF lens mount for their RED Epic line of cameras. So if you can afford a RED Epic, yet can’t afford, or don’t want to rent PL lenses, now you’ll be able to use your relatively inexpensive EF lenses with your RED Epic, providing you have $2000 to pay for the mount…
Cinelight 1K Junior Fresnel REVIEW!…
September 15th, 2011 | Author: Fergle Gibson
In the current economy, us lesser affluent individuals barely have enough cash-money to get by, let alone to purchase cool new film-making toys. One of the most exorbitantly priced parts of any production, and any Director of Photography’s arsenal, is the lighting. Sure, you may have an expensive camera and an array of overly-priced accessories that you floss around like it was on a TV show hosted by Xzibit, but none of that comes anywhere near to how much you will have to spend, or have already spent, on a half decent lighting kit for anything other than your basic interview setup… Unless you’re renting, that is. But who rents, anyway? Renting’s for n00bz.
In come Cinelight, a Hong Kong based company with a European supplier in Romania, who make affordable / inexpensive alternatives to most of our favourite light fixtures. Yes, I know… As soon as you read “Hong Kong”, you may feel like you want to turn in the other direction. A simple Google search for “Chinese cinematography lights” will unearth a whole bunch of threads on various forums urging people not to buy them for various reasons. But before you get too lodged up your own ass, inflexible to the idea of anything coming close to the likes of Arri, Dedolight, Lowel, Ianiro, Cosmolight or whoever, hear me out, because any of you with any sense will want to read the rest of this review.
