Camera Lenses Part 5: Perspective October 7^th 2015 - 07:00 AM

In everyday speech, perspective is another word for having a point of view. In the image forming sense, the same is literally true, because perspective depends on the position of the point from which the image is captured and nothing else.

The Technology that Recreated the Period Feel of Wolf Hall September 29^th 2015 - 04:00 PM

Historical dramas rely heavily on the buildings where the events portrayed took place to give authenticity to the production. Wolf Hall is among the highest profile television events of 2015, pulling in big audiences and glowing reviews for its depiction of the political and personal machinations at the court of Henry

Field Report: Canon’s Impossible 50-1000mm 4K S35mm Zoom August 10^th 2015 - 12:05 PM

The migration of documentary, sports, and wildlife shooters, including myself, to large-format single-sensor cameras has created a powerful demand for optics that can re-create the versatile can-do-everything 2/3-type experience that many of us love. This has posed an almost impossible challenge for lens manufacturers like Canon who’ve never had i

BT UHD Rides With Timeline 4K truck June 12^th 2015 - 08:04 AM

Timeline, a relatively new entrant into the UK’s outside broadcast supply scene, has been commissioned to build and run a 4K scanner by BT for the telco’s August launch of BT Sport Ultra HD. The truck is kitted with an array of the latest 4K production gear including

I-MOVIX Delivers 10x Super Slo-Mo For The 2015 Paris-Roubaix Race May 29^th 2015 - 01:55 PM

The 113th running of the Paris-Roubaix stage race, the tenth race of the 2015 International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour, provided the perfect opportunity to test the new I-Movix X10 UHD 10x slow-motion camera system.

Fujinon Lenses Give Gyro-Stabilized Systems Focus May 25^th 2015 - 12:02 PM

When Grass Valley, CA-based Gyro-Stabilized Systems (GSS) makes its popular pre-assembled aerial camera systems, it often includes lenses from Fujinon. GSS sells its gimbals for aerial video production surpassing 4K/UltraHD for broadcast and feature productions, utilities inspection, and surveillance applications.

HBO’s Billie Holliday Biopic Shot With Ikegami-ARRI Single-Sensor Camera May 6^th 2015 - 01:06 PM

HBO and production company Two Hands Entertainment used three Ikegami HDK-97ARRI cameras to capture a multi-camera performance of the Billie Holliday musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” shot at New Orleans’ Café Brasil” before a live audience. Jointly developed by ARRI and Ikegami, the HDK-97ARRI is a broad

The Blacklist Short Lists Anton/Bauer, Litepanels and OConnor April 30^th 2015 - 05:14 PM

Cinematographers Eric Moynier and Michael Caracciolo shoot NBC’s hit series, The Blacklist, with support from Anton/Bauer batteries, Litepanels fixtures, and OConnor fluid heads. Mostly shot on location – including Manhattan, the outer boroughs, Long Island, New York’s Rockland and Westchester counties and the stages of Chelsea Piers – the show’s