Film lens vs. digital lens: what are the differences?
Review: PhotoDirector 10, a photo editor with tethered shooting and DAM library
More than a decade since the first version was introduced, PhotoDirector 10 gains features as tethered shooting or complex...
ART OF THE SHOT: Claudia Raschke, DP for Oscar Nominated “RBG”
Now that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have nominated the documentary “RBG” for an Oscar for...
Lens dynamic range: coatings, contrast and color
There was a time in the distant past when I thought of lenses as transparent glass. Film and digital...
Quick Look: Tokina Cinema Vista 50mm T1.5
Cinema Vistas are Tokina’s line of no-compromise, full-frame cine lenses. Five T1.5 primes from 18mm to 85mm are currently...
Review: The Canon XF705 4K Camcorder
The Canon XF705 is the flagship XF camcorder for Canon and it deserves the placement admirably. The 1″ sensor...
Review: BenQ PD2700U Monitor
I’ve been working on a lot of coloring projects recently, and at Adobe MAX the subject came up when...
Review: Canon C700 FF Cine Camera, Part 2
Operation For the most part, operating the...
Bohemian Rhapsody: Cooke Speed Panchros lenses used for the first act
To capture the idealistic energy of Freddie Mercury and his future bandmates, Tom Sigel, ASC, used mostly a 40mm...
Review: Canon C700 FF Cine Camera, Part 1
Canon’s C700 FF is a full-frame version of the C700, Canon’s first “conventional” Cinema EOS camera. Unlike the C100,...
Review: Simply Sound SS-1 pre-preamp, like elevator shoes for dynamic mics
This is a review of the SS-1 pre-preamp from The Simply Sound Company from Salt Lake City (Utah, United...
ART OF THE SHOT: “Free Solo” Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
There are times when you watch a film or a documentary and you cannot pull your gaze away. This...
RØDECaster Pro: How to broadcast live without any computer
Updated article, January 13, 2019. After my second article about the RØDECaster Pro, a series of tweets initiated by Rob...
Manou the Swift: first animated film from LUXX Studios relies on AMD power
Manou the Swift features Kate Winslet, Willem Dafoe as the seagull “parents” of an adopted swift. It’s the first...
The Best of ProVideo Coalition: 2018
Important updates to existing software, new cameras and popular products reaching their end of life were just some of...
