Hi CL, seems no takers on my last request! the same project is asking for a significant amount of int night driving, and its likely I'm not going to convince the company to head out into the woods for

Justin I'm inclined to agree with your skepticism - that photometrically-speaking it doesn't seem like there would be much difference. to achieve, say a f/4 at the subject 8' away, the effective illum

A bit of a long shot but is there anyone in London (preferably Hackney way but happy to travel) with a Ronin and nothing better to do tomorrow? If so do you fancy doing a bit of a secret camera test?

For those of you who find 4K sets just don't have enough pixels, there's the Samsung 8K QLED line (not OLED - QLED). Amazon here in the U.S. is seemingly dumping them. Prices have plummeted, and I'm p

I think it’s safe to assume that every show that has any sort of intended lifespan is going to go through an HDR finish. The problem, of course, is that no one is monitoring HDR on set. If this were t

Brian, You bring up a subject that I bring up with my students - what get noticed vs. what does not. Is it worth thinking about, for example, ½ CTO vs. full CTO on a back light when “no-one will notic

Hi all, I've recently signed on to do the first few episodes of an upcoming tv series. Production has asked that my crew, however, commit to the full duration of the season, which I understand is not

Well that didn’t take long :-) https://blog.frame.io/2019/10/09/michael-cioni/ Really love using frame.io so very excited to seeing where this goes! Michael J Sanders London based Cinematographer/DOP

*Catherine Lutes CSC.* An instinctive Cinematographer and kind soul, Catherine shares with me personal life experiences: Working with your Gaffer, Pushing ISO on Alexa, Microbudget productions, Creati

I recently picked up a Ronford F7 that needs some repairs: minor leaks and a weak tilt lock. I am trying to find either somewhere that can do the work or parts and instructions that I can repair. Any

I've just uploaded a new page to the cml lessons section. This time it's showing the effect of focal length and distance on off axis faces. Subjects left eye is kept the same size as we change focal l

This i just a kinda look back at what caught my eye, there’s be a lighting one in the relevant list. Canon C500-2, it was the first announced so it’s first 😊 5.9k recorded to either raw at that resolu

Today’s NY Times has a review of Peter Jackson’s film “They Shall Not Grow Old”, a controversial restoration of archival World War I footage previously discussed here. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/

Hi Caught up with the first episode of the Rise of the Nazis, i really enjoyed the way it was done. The reconstructions seemed to be large format but with a really gorgeous vintage lens - like the kow

Hello All- I had a shoot today w/ 3 Sony F55’s shooting raw AXMS cards. All cards were formatted at beginning of shoot. The first batch of three cards were downloaded and fine. After second batch - we

I'm involved in the preproduction of a documentary and was planning to shoot with my Amira, but the possibility has arisen that Netflix might be involved and I'm wondering if that would make it necess

Hi there. A Turkish Camera Rental House is looking to rent Innovasion Probe lenses for 2 days. If you can forward any contacts, I'll appreciate it. Best Regards, Roni Beraha Focuspuller Lisbon-Istanbu

I have been approached by a company from Viet Nam about shooting a short. The inquirery came totally from left field, and they picked me after only a brief glance at my web site. They are also a littl

A case of beer to the first person (paging GB...) who can get me a reliable report on how well EF lenses work with the FX9's AF mode (via Metabones). A certain MultiTurret is very interested. GOOD bee

If you’re headed to this tonight, be sure to say hi. I’ll be there with some toys. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FYHtegR6A/ Art Adams Cinema Lens Specialist ARRI Inc. 3700 Vanowen Street Burbank, CA 9