Monthly Archives: November 2009
JVC GY-HM700U Demo at Dartmouth
Bill Phillips is a filmmaker and teaches screenwriting at Dartmouth. He writes: In 1979, I was a freelance cameraman in L.A. and had to make a decision after taking the IATSE Camera Test… go to the major Hollywood studios and schmooze department heads to get into the Camera Trainee Program, or return to my home on Cape Cod and watch… read more…
Tags: JVC
Hanging Lights
Here’s a clever piece of Gripology. Instead of Condors or Parallels, suspend your lights from the roof or an upstairs window with a Matthews Max. The “boom-like” stand positions lights up to 75 pounds, extending 16 feet from the base. More often seen to position a back-light, this is an innovative application by key grip John Janusek on the 2010 Liongate… read more…
Tags: Lighting
FDTimes December 2009 Issue 29 Now Online
The December 2009 Issue of Film and Digital Times has gone to press in LA and should be in the mail soon. Our online edition is now ready to download (PDF files) for all Subscribers and Members. We end the year in low light, with articles on: Forgetting Three-Point Lighting; Lighting with Paint at one footcandle; ISO 12,800 to 102,400; Game-Changing Hybrid Cameras;… read more…
Inter BEE 2009 Tokyo
Our man in Tokyo, Dorian Weber, reports from The International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition: Sony EX1R XDCAM EX, Premiere of Fujinon 75-400/2.8, 3D everywhere, oh and a Japanese company introduced the world’s first 4K recorder. Here are some of Dorian’s photos, including a beautiful view of Mt. Fuji behind Tokyo. Click on a thumbnail for larger view, and click on the navigation arrows, lower right… read more…
Tags: Trade Shows
Design your own Kata Bag
Can’t find that perfect camera bag or backpack to hold your new HDSLR, lenses, tripod, laptop and lunch? KATA’s Dream Bag Challenge invites you to design and submit it online. The winner will receive the bag of their dreams, hand made by Kata, along with a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR body, 2 Canon lenses, Gitzo tripod kit and a… read more…
102,400 ISO and Canon White Papers
Although the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV isn’t available until December 18, you can start reading its Instruction Manual by downloading the PDF. ISO 102,400 (H3) sensitivity is on page 64. read more…
Dedo Weigert Lighting Seminar at Abel
Dedo Weigert captivated a standing-room only crowd of filmmakers at Abel Cine Tech with an illuminating lecture and demo of his vast line of dedolight lighting equipment. The two-day seminar (Thursday and Friday, Nov 5 and 6) confirmed a long-standing mantra, and Dedo said it himself: “no matter how long you’ve been lighting, you can always learn more.”
Tags: Abel, Dedo Weigert, Lighting
Laszlo and Vilmos Nov 17 on PBS
Cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs, ASC and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC star in this fabulous buddy movie, airing on PBS Independent Lens, Thursday, November 17 at 10pm EST. (check your local listings). The documentary is a seat-of-pants great escape movie, as film students Kovacs and Zsigmond film the Russian invasion of Hungary, and get to the West with the smuggled footage. It’s also… read more…
