Notes On Video

Letus has posted a very short video that shows the FOV of their GoPro Anamorphic adapter vs the regular GoPro field of view: This was shot on a GoPro Hero 3+ with and without the Letus Anamorph-X adapter. This is a quick sample straight off the camera showing what the adapter does to the FOV. Shot in 2.7k Protune mode. Trimmed and exported out of GoPro Studio. No other editing done and no stretch applied. The image can be flattened using the de-fish option in GoPro Studio and by tweaking it in post. We are also working with some plugin vendors to build a simple, one click converting option for various post workflows. NOTE: you would of course want to apply a 1.33x stretch to the anamorphic footage to re-establish proper aspect in the image. This is most easily done using the "4x3 to wide" pre-set in GoPro Studio. That applies a 1.33x stretch but does it more intelligently than a standard stretch in post. My personal workflow is to shoot in 2.7k, apply the dynamic s...

Several items from yesterday reappear in today's report. First up, Amira (or is it AMIRA?) prices were sort of leaked yesterday, and today ARRI in Europe confirmed the prices. I was going to link to ARRI's site , but it must be really popular or something, because it wasn't loading while I was writing this, so I have to link to a second source. Now ARRI Officially Announce Amira Camera Prices |  Cinescopophilia Hot on the heels of CVP dropping their ARRI Amira camera and package prices comes the official ARRI announcement that pricing has been set for its new documentary-style camera, AMIRA, and orders have begun to be taken. And Andrew Reid writes a love letter to the Amira. Arri AMIRA priced to compete with Canon C500 – plus, the secret of Arri’s success | EOSHD What’s the secret to Arri’s success? I’m putting my cards on the table straight away… I love the AMIRA. It’s as close to being the perfectly designed single-operator camera as I’ve ever seen. And...

For the past few years Lightworks has been an intriguing dark horse in the editing world. "The King's Speech" was edited on it! And they went and released a -practically - free version of it a few years ago. And promised a Macintosh version (over three years ago.) Nowadays the "free" version costs a little money if you want to be able to output in certain compression formats, and the Mac version is still not released, though they just released an update for Windows and Linux: Major new Lightworks release (Windows and Linux) - and now you can just "buy" it | Red Shark There are some big new features, including background importing, rendering and even exporting. Speaking of which, export to YouTube is now built-in. There's more hardware support with AJA's ioXT now recognised by the software. Subtle changes to the UI make navigation more direct and intuitive, and the screen elements adjust more easily to different screen resolutions inclu...

Drones seem to be "it" at the moment, with lots of different models appearing. This one seems barely larger than the GoPro it carries: AERIAL VIDEOGRAPHY IN YOUR POCKET | Videomaker The Pocket Drone is a multicopter that makes aerial videography possible through the use of an action camera such as the GoPro Hero 3. It's capable of carrying a payload of up to half a pound. Cheap $50 Lens for DSLR Video | DSLR Video Shooter The lens in question is the Olympus 50mm F1.8 fully metal manual lens. I found this lens in EX condition at KEH camera and LOVE IT. The sharpness of this little sucker blew my mind. And the manual focus ring and aperture are perfect for us DSLR video shooters. It also works great with full frame and APS-C sensors. The Kessler Parallax is intended to solve the problem of keeping the camera pointing on a still subject as the camera is moved along a slider. Redrock produced one solution for this; the One Man Crew , but the Kessler product has...

Atomos Samurai ‘Blade’ and ‘Connect’ | James Miller | Philip Bloom One thing to bare in mind is that if recording interviews using external sound into the Blade, for reference or as a master (Audio is not supported over HDMI on Canon 1DC), the sync will be off by a few frames. Luckily if you do clapper tests before your shoot, you have the option to shift sync + or -. This is very handy and will save headaches later in shifting audio layers. One of the problems with CMOS sensor cameras is Rolling Shutter. A global shutter solves that problem, so it would be good seeing that appear on more cameras (though I think the Global Shutter tends to lower the sensitivity of the sensor by a stop or so.) Canon to Offer Global Shutter for 2.5k Video on an Upcoming DSLR? [CR1] | CanonRumors We heard rumour that some folk in the video world are selling off gear in anticipation of a global shutter capable of 2.5k video being made available on an, as of yet, unnamed DSLR. Bad news for Son...

CineAlta Magazine | Sony Welcome to the premiere issue of CineAlta magazine, a periodical dedicated to telling the stories of those using Sony's large sensor digital motion picture cameras in production. Rode VideoMic GO Review | Photography Bay I have one complaint about the VideoMic GO. I wish it was built so that it did not extend behind the camera. If it remained only over the front of the camera (more like the VideoMic Pro), I would probably never take it off when I’m on an outing. Reading a Light Meter: Tips and Tricks | Hurlblog The Sekonic L-758C is the ultimate meter because it is two meters in one. You are able to read the incident light levels with the ball and the spot meter function gives you the ability to read points of light, the wall and buildings in the deep background to make sure there is enough fill level, grey cards, etc. A Film Can be Good, Fast and Cheap But You Can Only Pick Two Out Of The Three | Lights Films School The color palett...