Check out the revolutionary MICRORemote from Redrock. It uses your iphone as the LCD panel and brains for the unit and lets you control your camera’s focus from a distance… wirelessly. It can be used for focus, zoom and iris control too. Apparently this was launched in April this year but it’s only shipping now, in the summer.
Check out the demo video at NAB
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Sony has just announced a new member to its handycam family. And what a whopper it will be. This baby will address many of the areas that were left behind in the world of handycams which are now commonplace on video capable DSLRs.
All hair the new Sony NEX-VG10!
I had a look at the specs and it seems pretty nice. It’s good on sound with a quad capsule mic (do we need more multi-directional sound?),...
Man I used to be impressed by Philip Bloom and his plethora of expensive toys and ability to shoot some sweet video – FORGET BLOOMY! – check out Mr Chase Jarvis.
This guys has more video toys than you can possibly imagine and he knows how to use them to create some really cool stuff.
Jarvis is also the brains behind CreativeLive, a really great new way of learning, video, photography and...
This senior-year kid seems to have condensed a whole book on movie-making into one nine minute clip. He gives examples of all camera angles and different kinds of shots. Basic, but very nice quick run-through of all the conventions and names of shots....
Ok, so you’re a wiz on shooting with the new DSLR cameras but how good are you at putting your ideas together? I’ve been using FCP for a while but still think it’s worth watching video tutorials here and there to remind myself of little techniques and shortcuts I might have forgotten about.
There are many good tutorial sites, most of them require subscription or payment. But you can get...
Read the great new post from Philip Bloom talking about his experience with the Lucasfilm crew during the shoot for their new film ‘Red Tails’.
Philip gives a blow-by-blow kit-by-kit account of his 2 weeks with one of the most professional crew in the world. What worked, what didn’t work, how to solve it.
Very interesting to read that, regardless of what private style he has developed,...
EOS Moving Image Workshop – Beyond the Still
Canon is running a series of hands-on workshops on using their DSLR cameras to ‘capture the moving image’. This series of 3-day workshops are only available in the USA for now (Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and New York) and cost $1,399 for the 3 days.
What you will learn:
Camera set up and gear options for both stills and...
