Professional Photography is evolving for sure, but it’s not dying. Not by a long shot. “Anyone with any camera can take a picture, but not just anyone can create an image that makes people stop, think, and feel.” Professional photographers … Continue reading →

Nikon says their D700 shutter is rated to 150,000 actuations, but it could certainly crap out early or be some magnificent specimen that lasts far longer. What is the lifespan of a Nikon camera? Pretty much any DSLR on the … Continue reading →

In-camera editing is a technique where, instead of editing the shots in a film into sequence after shooting, the director or cinematographer instead shoots the sequences in strict order. The resulting “edit” is therefore already complete when the film is … Continue reading →

COMMAND DIAL SETTING F S.S. The front command dial controls aperture, the rear command dial shutter speed. S.S. F. The front command dial controls shutter speed, the rear command dial aperture. How do you read the shutter speed on a … Continue reading →

1/125th of a second. One of the numbers will show your aperture, which should be the same number as what you set your aperture to, then it should show your shutter speed, which should be a number such as “125” … Continue reading →

Generally speaking, 5-7 frames per second is a minimum for having a nice strong chance of getting the right timing. Newer DSLRs and mirrorless cameras often have 8 fps or faster capabilities. A faster frame rate would have less gaps … Continue reading →

At present, most smartphone displays have a 60Hz refresh rate, or in other words, even if you are viewing a static image, your display is redrawing the same picture or is pushing the same frame 60 times every second. Is … Continue reading →

There will be no Mark V, report says. Well, after some speculation and even some suggestion that Canon would indeed be releasing a Canon EOS 5D Mark V at some point, but it looks like that won’t be happening. Will … Continue reading →

For example, if you record 60 frames per second, you can slow it down by half; 120 frames can be retimed to 25%, and so on. How Slow Can You Go with 120 fps? So, every second of footage captured … Continue reading →

12 Holiday Gifts for the Screenwriters in Your Life Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard of screenwriting software, used by the pros in Hollywood. Masterclass. TSL 360. Laptop Stand. WeScreenplay Script Coverage. Coffee Shop Gift Card. Screenwriter Swag. … Continue reading →

Press camera varieties 1. Classic press camera by Graflex 2. Minolta’s prewar press camera 3. Mamiya’s press camera 4. Press favorite Nikon SLR 4. Popular SLR equipped as press camera 5. Rugged Leica, capturing wars and protests of the 50s … Continue reading →

The only real “benefits of your fancy [4K] camera are better green screen performance and better color grading” options in post-production. “Up-sampling to 4K for your final export is worth the extra file size and extra rendering time,” says Linus. … Continue reading →

The maximum recording time for a clip is 29 minutes and 59 seconds or 4GB, after which recording stops. Pressing the Live View button lets you record again but a new file will be created. A fully-charged battery should support … Continue reading →

1 closely packed together; dense. 2 neatly fitted into a restricted space. 3 concise; brief. 4 well constructed; solid; firm. What is a compact system? A Compact System Camera – also known as a Mirrorless Camera – is a type … Continue reading →

CSC stands for compact system camera. This term refers to mirrorless camera systems such as Canon’s EOS-M series cameras. The reflex mirror is discarded, allowing the design of smaller cameras. Light from the lens passes straight through to the digital … Continue reading →