Sigma fp West Coast Launch
Sigma Burbank recently hosted the West Coast launch of their new fp (lowercase) camera, the world’s smallest Full-Frame mirrorless camera aimed at the cinema industry with…
Day 1 from Adobe MAX 2019
Last year, I was invited to attend Adobe MAX and to say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement. You expect a conference and get a summer camp. As someone…
Filmtools Event Recap: Workflow for Original Streaming Content
Thursday October 3rd, Filmtools Filmtools in Burbank hosted noted filmmaker Phil Holland for an afternoon of education. Billed as a “Workflow for Original Streaming Content Workshop” but covering much more…
New Zylight F8-200 // Tool Talk
The new bi-color Zylight F8 200w LED Fresnel is a very thin, single-chip fixture with a CRI of up to 97 and the output of a traditional…
Review: Blackmagic Pocket 6K
The new Super35 6K Pocket Cinema Camera from Blackmagic was delivered into a few lucky people’s hands last week, and my friends at Stray Angel Films were one of…
Review: BenQ SW270C 27″ Photographer Monitor
The BenQ SW270C is a color-accurate monitor aimed at photographers and web-based filmmakers (sRGB types). BenQ sent me it to review, so here’s that with some extra…
An interview with “This is America” editor Ernie Gilbert
Recently, the music video for Childish Gambino’s This is America won one of two Grand Prix prizes in the Entertainment for Music category at Cannes. Jury president Paulette Long…
Nanguang 4′ Pavolite Tubes // Tool Talk
This article marks the beginning of a venture between PVC and Filmtools, a series I’m calling Tool Talk. In it I will spend a few minutes talking about a…
Don’t get the Mac Pro, Get a Puget System
There are going to be, roughly, two types of people reading this: pros and builders. As detailed in my colleague Damian’s article, the Pros are people who just…
Exploring Ultrawide Workspaces – A Review of the Samsung CJ791
For editing, the size and layout of your workspace is nontrivial. Most would argue doing so on a 17” laptop is an enormous pain and having an external monitor is…
