Last week, after taking several stills with my 7D and having shot with the 5D Mark II previously, I felt like I was really missing that extra something you can only find with the full frame sensor. To be honest, I felt a little jaded too, as the E2i is essentially the 7D only lighter and 1k less. Some colleagues of mine told me that the resell price would be determined by the shutter count. However, they had no clue [...]
It was Labor Day in 2009 when I became aware of just how bad things have gotten in the US. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think I’ve been naïve. I’ve been a student of free speech and the political landscape of the US since high school, but Labor Day was the first time I have come into contact with a violation of my civil rights in a very real way.
Shopping for someone who shoots video or stills either professionally or on the side, is a daunting task. Buying camera gear for someone is a bit like shopping for a teenage girl. The type of gift is as important as the name brand. Get the wrong thing or the wrong name and you can expect an instant request for a receipt. Most gift givers concede defeat almost immediately and go for a gift card from Best Buy or Walmart. However, [...]
Image by mickiky via Flickr Shallow Depth of Field For the filmmaker, HD camcorders gave us the freedom to shoot without the expense of film and development cost. The drawback was the inability to achieve shallow depth of field. With a fixed lens HD camcorder, everything is in focus down to the smallest detail. In the late 90s, filmmakers using HD video, were forced to use tricks such as lighting in layers with the subject lit the brightest. Without these [...]
In September, I had an opportunity to do some shooting with the 5D for the first time as we had a demo unit in our office for a trade show. I took it for Labor Day weekend and instantly fell in love. I’ve been shooting video since 1990 and have always had some form of video camera in my arsenal mostly for short films. For larger projects I always rented gear.
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