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There’s an interesting cut price zoom/focus lever come onto the market. But why would you want one? One of the reasons for shooting with a HDSLR is the cinematic narrow depth of field, which replicates the look of a 35mm… Continue Reading…

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One of my earliest students was Andy Portch, whose gone on to have a distinguished career as a news cameraman for Sky. He’s recently taken to using the Panasonic GH2 and has written a really interesting report on using it… Continue Reading…

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Those nice people at Lovecases recently sent me one of their new camera case to review. This was the Capdase 180A MKeeper SLR Camera Bag. Wow that’s a bit of a mouthful!  I wonder why they need such complicated names? … Continue Reading…

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Now the following information will be totally incomprehensible and useless to anyone who doesn’t own a Panasonic GH2. So if you are unfortunate enough not to have one of these gorgeous cameras, stop reading now. For those who do own… Continue Reading…

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Panasonic has introduced a new firmware upgrade for the GH2 compact system camera and the PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.0 BD Edition software which is bundled with the GH2.   The new firmware sees the introduction of a new video mode which is… Continue Reading…

equipmentThe Film Industry

ARRI, Panavision and Aaton have quietly ceased production of film cameras within the last year to focus exclusively on design and manufacture of digital cameras. That’s right: someone, somewhere in the world is now holding the last film camera ever… Continue Reading…

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