Back in March I took the Blackmagic Cinema Camera out for a spin with the new Rocket Travel Slider by Aviator Camera Gear. Zeke was kind enough to feature the project and the BTS video on his blog. Head on over and check it out! http://www.aviatorcameragear.com/glasgow-filmmaker-takes-the-rocket-for-a-spin/ As time allows, I am planning on writing [...]
New Tech
The Rocket Travel Slider has arrived!
onIt has been quite awhile that I've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new Aviator Camera Gear Rocket Travel Slider. I ordered this back in October knowing that it could take some time before it was ready to ship. Although it took a bit longer than I expected, it has been well worth the [...]
Look, Listen, Experience Glasgow
onThe Look, Listen, Experience stopped by the Glasgow Science Centre last week. It was a great opportunity to hear from crew from a variety of local Film & TV production and post-production companies. The day consisted of a variety of great seminars, including a fantastic Lighting Workshop from DoP Jonathan Harrison. A multitude of cameras, lights, [...]
CamDolly
onLast week the CamDolly arrived. This week we've been enjoying getting more familiar with it and getting some early test shots. Looking forward to the weeks ahead!
2012: Cameras Galore
onIt seems near enough impossible to just pick one camera to put at the top of this page... so instead you get 31! [DISCLAIMER: I know that the Canon C300 and the 1D-X came out at the end of 2011, but it's near enough one year ago and they fit right alongside the others released, [...]
SONY F65 firmware v.2.0 & NEX-EA50EH
onThis afternoon (around 1545 GMT) Sony was in the midst of making several announcements. After talking about their professional broadcasting innovations, the topic moved on to a few quick, but interesting developments in the film and video range of products. First up, was their announcement of a new firmware upgrade (v. 2.0) for the F65. [...]
Canon 5DmkIII
onAlthough it has only been three and a half years since the release of Canon's 5DmkII, to say that things have come a long way since then would be a bit of an understatement. An entire industry seemed to spring up almost overnight revolving around the use of the DSLR as a genuine film making [...]