EOS 5D

Prime Time Proliferation

by Dan Ochiva August 30, 2011

This week we share the good news about local production, learn about a filter that can save you from DSLR headaches, and find out that an older, established filmmaker is more experimental than ever…

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Gear & Software

Loving Leica

by Dan Ochiva July 7, 2010

Now, cinematographers are chasing down lenses out of the mainstream, choosing them for the specific looks that they can deliver to a production…

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Gear & Software

HDSLR Info Dump from House DP Gale Tattersal

by Dan Ochiva June 5, 2010

Lots of useful insight here about why the look of the Canon 5D worked so well for this particular show…

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Gear & Software

DSLRs For Filmmakers

by Dan Ochiva June 1, 2010

Mathers points out that although the Canon 5D Mark II has a larger sensor when compared to even Sony’s top F35 camera system, all of that sensor’s resolution doesn’t end up in the image…

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Gear & Software
Shooting with a Canon HDSLR on the Latest Lucas Project
by Dan Ochiva May 12, 2010

UK-based photographer Philip Bloom made himself into one of the go-to guys for shooting video with an HDSLR.

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Gear & Software
HDSLRs for Video: Beyond the Hype
by Dan Ochiva May 11, 2010

Marco does get a little over heated at times (he’s taking us “inside the real world of production with paying clients” by jiminy!), but there is still a good amount of useful info here…

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Gear & Software
Canon HD DSLRs For Cinematography
by Dan Ochiva May 3, 2010

For anyone new or interested in Canon HDSLRs, here’s a useful video just posted by the Digital Cinema Society from a March event at Hollywood’s Birns & Sawyer.

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Gear & Software
Shooting ENG-style with a DSLR?
by Dan Ochiva April 26, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised at how well the 5D MkII worked as a run’n’gun / docco / ENG camera.–Adam Wilt

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Top Stories
Free HDSLR How-to Webcast with Vincent Laforet
by Dan Ochiva April 24, 2010

The website creativeLIVE kicks off its first Weekend Master’s Workshop with a free online three day class to be led by Vincent Laforet.

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Classes & Events
Canon HDSLR Workshops Announced
by Dan Ochiva April 5, 2010

Aimed at the pro EOS HD video user who works with the cameras on a regular basis…

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Gear & Software
Adobe’s Current Woes, Coming Glory
by Dan Ochiva February 26, 2010

If you’ve kept track of the tech details related to Apple’s iPad announcement, it’s been pretty hard to miss Steve Job’s dismissal of Adobe Flash for the new device…

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Gear & Software
Jan Ozer reviews the Canon 7D
by Dan Ochiva February 1, 2010

My colleague at millimeter magazine, Jan Ozer, has posted an in-depth look at Canon’s EOS 7D at his blog…

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