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Art Adams

Art Adams is a cinema lens specialist at ARRI, Inc. Before that, he was a freelance cinematographer for 26 years. You can see his work at http://www.artadamsdp.com.

Art has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Australian Cinematographer and Camera Operator magazines, and has written for ProVideo Coalition since its inception. He is an active member of the International Cinematographers Guild and a former member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC).

ARRI Signature Prime

Events

This week: ARRI at Koerner Camera in Seattle and Portland

Posted on October 8, 2019

Technical Sales Rep Chase Hagen and I will be showing off the Alexa Mini LF and ARRI Signature Primes...

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Focus ramping: when T-stops go bad

Posted on August 12, 2019

Years ago, while assisting on a sitcom, I helped the director of photography shoot exposure tests on all of...

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Experts

The secret life of behind-the-lens nets

Posted on August 5, 2019

“What’s with the pattern in the headlights?” I asked the first camera assistant, as I looked through “B” camera...

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Experts

ARRI Signature Prime and Mini LF Event: Sim Video, Vancouver

Posted on May 30, 2019

Come see me on June 6th at Sim Video in Vancouver, B.C., where I’ll co-present a session on ARRI...

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Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 2

Posted on May 15, 2019

It’s time to name names. I’m going to tell you what lenses you’ve been looking at for the last...

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Experts

Four lenses: a visual comparison, part 1

Posted on May 10, 2019

We live in an age of lens choice. Because of this, we also live in an age of lens...

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Quantifying the Large Format Look

Posted on March 29, 2019

Large format is no longer out of reach of the average filmmaker, but the look is difficult to quantify....

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Experts

Behind-the-lens nets: a lost art makes a comeback

Posted on February 11, 2019

I’ve always been a little different. That’s the only explanation I have for cutting gels out of Rosco and...

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Production

An interview with moi, now at Production Hub

Posted on February 8, 2019

Not to give away any of PVC’s thunder, but Production Hub interviewed me a few weeks ago and the...

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Chromatic aberration: hard edges, hue shifts, and storytelling

Posted on February 1, 2019

Accidents yield interesting truths. This is especially true in lens and camera tests, where it’s hard to know what...