Sprayoff, not surprisingly a Munich-based company, builds light-weight rain deflectors. Their design is so small, that you can push it - just like a filter - into the front tray of a matte box. Power comes from the camera, so quite a speedy set up. Just over 300 gr.
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Posted in Camera & Eye, Film, Technology tagged 1080p, camera, camera_body, Film, gear, information, links, photography, pro, production, red-camera, shooting, technology, thoughts, video
[photopress:redone_8.jpg,thumb,alignright]A while ago, I wrote about the Red camera project. Now they have not only released some test films, but also a price list. But first a little note on the test films. Our editing station has two 24-inch monitors. Viewing the 1080p (not i!) resolution film fills out the ...
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Posted in Camera & Eye, Cool Sites, Editing, Technology tagged camera, camera-work, cool_site, documentary, editing, Film, final-cut-express, final-cut-pro, Final-Cut-Pro-&-editing, gear, independent_film, inspiration, low_budget, photography, production, shooting, shooting_people, technology, thoughts, visual
Over at the Apple discussion board, I stumbled upon this gem:
I'm a film editor who's had the privilege to work on $100 movies to $100 million movies.
Story is king. If your story is working, and crafted well, and paced properly, you can get away with almost whatever you want. For ...
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Posted in Camera & Eye, Life tagged 1970s, agfa, camera, Film, gear, General-rambling, kodak, technology, thoughts, video, visual, youtube
I took my first photo when I was about 7 years old. Growing up in Germany of the 1970s, it was not a Kodak moment, but an Agfa moment. Anyway, the object in question was a cat on a field that apparently grasped my attention of my new Agfamatic kamera. ...
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Posted in Life, Technology tagged Apple, Fun, future, gadget, gear, General-rambling, humour, iPhone, joke, prada, technology
(Back from the sun. Since 100% of you requested that I should post some pictures from the trip, I will naturally oblige. Just not yet :) )
If you think that the USD 236 to switch to the iPhone is too much, have a look at this iPhone commercial.
...oh, and ...
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[photopress:sillyiphone_1.jpg,thumb,left]The first hypedust has settled. I was amazed at some rather strong reactions. Some commentators flared at the high price tag, seeing a demise in society per se.
Others say it is just another phone. One that does exactly what many other phones already can do.
Only few have actually seen, let ...
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