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The Arizona Memorial
On this day of remembrance of the lives lost in Pearl Harbor I have a story to tell. As part of the coverage for AFL China was our visit to Honolulu for the first of 2 games being played by the AFL All-Stars. In preparations for the game on Dec 2nd in Honolulu, we traveled to historic sites. One of them being the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. A shot done with my GH3 was used in the video that evening. First of all I must warn you it is not as easy one might think to shoot there. When … Continue reading
The Last Days of the DSLR
I have already written how I have converted to mirrorless. It is nice when others are realizing the same thing. A recent article on this is featured on Gizmodo called “The Last Days of the DSLR”. But, one of the points of this article misses the mark. The author seems to get excited by Sony’s new entry – the A7. “The final step for mirrorless hegemony is tackling the high end. Sony will soon ship its milestone A7 series, two compact mirrorless bodies with full-frame sensors, the lynchpin of top-tier camera bodies and the harbingers of the DSLR’s doom. They are, … Continue reading
Four Types of Final Cut Pro X People
I have taken a pause from this blog to focus on work and some upgrades to my gear including a new computer. During this time I have done a lot of traveling and will be blogging about my adventures. To get things started I am reposting an article close to my heart from FCP.co As many of you know I love Final Cut Pro X and do most of my work now in it. For me it is the fastest and best editor out there. I do fall into the first catagory of FCPX people. “1) THE PEOPLE WHO GET … Continue reading
Giulio Sciorio Visits Kenmore Camera
Lumix Luminary Giulio Sciorio was at Kenmore Camera on Thursday, Aug. 28th, 2013. He brought along the new Lumix GX-7 as part of a tour of the northwest. He is the owner of Small Camera Big Picture, a blog about mirrorless cameras of which I am a guest blogger from time to time. Fellow SCBP blogger Paula Thomas was there as well. It was great to meet them and chat about all things photography. Later that evening he gave a course at Glazers Camera in Seattle on Hybrid Photography.
The GH3 does Kickstarter – Update: Funded!
I was approached by a long time friend and brilliant artist to help with his Kickstarter campaign. Ross Matteson has created a sculpture dedicated to 9/11/2001. He asked me to create a video for the project to be used on the Kickstarter page. I worked very closely with him to tell a story that he wanted to tell. My interview with him was shot in his studio with my Lumix GH3 and the Lumix G X 35-100mm f2.8 lens. I used my F&V R-300 LED Ringlights for the lighting with umbrellas. I shot the interview with the 72 All-I .mov … Continue reading
GH3
Amazon has a deal on the GH3. Click here for details. The GH3 is the camera that I use and are very pleased with. It is small, and lightweight. This camera was redesigned with a Magnesium Alloy Frame along with Dust and Splash Proof seals. It is very clean at high ISO and does an excellent job in low light. The media is SDHC allows you to work with cheaper media. The camera shoots in 72Mbps [All-Intra] MOV for high quality footage to grade in post and AVCHD when high quality compressed footage is wanted. There is built in Wi-Fi to be … Continue reading
NAB2013 – Redrock Booth
We stopped by the Redrock Micro booth and talked with Rachel Howard about some of their new products. www.redrockmicro.com
NAB2013 – F&V Report
As many of you know Frugal has been using F&V Lighting R-300 LED Light for sometime. (Here is the report.) Frugalfillmmakers.com is an affiliate of F&V Lighting because they make very good equipment for the frugal filmmaker. It was great to see them at NAB. We stopped by the F&V Lighting booth and talked with Connor Hartnett. The new Camera Slider is now available. Also is the new F3 LCD Monitor is coming soon.
21st Century Camera?
Two years ago I ditched the mirror for a mirrorless camera. I sold all my Canon gear and bought into Panasonic. I did it at first for the video capabilities. Not anymore. There have been predictions from the beginning that Micro Four Thirds and mirrorless cameras would never really catch on. The latest comes from The New York Times, the USAToday and Dan Carr at the ProPhoto Coalition. In the article Nikon Cuts Full-Year Profit Target as Mirrorless Cameras Lose Their Shine, it misses the point. The Nikon 1 series of cameras don’t have the advantage of the larger sensors of Micro Four … Continue reading
We Must Go Fourth!
Normally this blog does not go into political matters but it is based in the United States. Today we celebrate our independence. But lately this has been challenged by unlimited snooping of our federal government. The Fourth Amendment clearly outlaws warrantless surveillance. AMENDMENT IV to the Constitution of the United States: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or … Continue reading
