London tests shot by John de Borman of the new Cooke anamorphics. Unlike the Paris tests, this footage includes the 40 mm. watch on Vimeo Link +++
Feb 242014
Feb 232014
Cooke has posted a video of anamorphic tests shot in Paris by cinematographer Patrick Blossier. The video starts with an introduction by Cooke CEO Les Zellan, followed by Paris footage shot with the new Cooke 50 and 75 mm anamorphic lenses. The tests were organized by our friend Danys Bruyère and his team at TSF [...]
Oct 102013
— I wrote an article on 4K and better pixels for my blog on theasc.com I discuss: – 4K and UHD – 6 factors for better pixels – Arri’s 2.8K – Sony’s 4K and UHD – futures – the challenge to theaters – compression & Rec 2020 – upconversion – image quality +++
Oct 102013
This video is a wonderful example of on-set special effects. The reaction shots of the bystanders are priceless. A very innovative promo for the movie Carrie made on YouTube +++
Oct 032013
Kris Prygrocki of Red US gave me a nice demo of the brand-new Red Dragon camera at IBC. ___ Here are my notes: Dragon sensor is 10% larger than the Mysterium-X Dragon sensor diagonal is 34.5mm versus 29 mm for the Mysterium-X (35mm full frame is 40.5mm) – This means there will less cropping if [...]
Sep 242013
Here are some photos I took of Sony’s new $6500 4K camera, the PXW-Z100 Sony PXW-Z100 4K camcorder features: – 20x zoom lens – 1/2.3 inch sensor – 422 10-bit 4K (4096×2160) or UHD – 50 or 60P – up to 600 Mbps (at 60P) – XAVC format (like the F55) – XQD cards – [...]
Sep 202013
Total Recall was shot in 5K with a Red Epic camera & Panavision anamorphic lenses. It is interesting to see what anamorphic lensing looks like with the Epic. I love flares, I love anamorphic & I love the characteristic horizontal flares from lenses with front anamorph elements. This blue-green streak has become part of the [...]
Sep 152013
At the IBC conference, I appreciated the simplicity of this powerpoint slide presented by Martin Faehnrich illustrating the recent history of television formats: ___ +++
Sep 152013
This post has been updated with photos I took of the camera here: http://bit.ly/sonyz100photos +++
Sep 132013
At IBC Arri introduced a new variation on the Alexa, a 2K documentary camera using the same sensor as the Alexa. The Amira features include: – PL mount – designed for shoulder shooting – ProRes recording on CFast 2.0 cards – up to 444 HD or 2K quality – recording in Rec709 Log-C or preloaded [...]