There have always been fads, in cinema like in everything else. Among the more irritating fads from a decade ago - whisker-thin depth of field and uncoated optics producing massive…
To be sure, it’s a tantalizing idea. Directors don’t like it. Talent doesn’t like it. And most DOPs like me with more than a few years under our battery belts…
Bad sound happens. New AI-enabled tools can help salvage it
by Barry Braverman
For cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, and others involved in creating content, the question inevitably arises: What will become of…
With the advent of camera-to-Cloud recording, will in-camera recording media be relegated to the dust bin of history alongside the Jaz Drive and the Sony Memory Stick?
One way or…
With the advances in artificial intelligence, post-production rotoscope tools are now so good that some DPs are asking if we still need to use green screen at all, or at…
For the last decade, in the halcyon years before COVID, documentary, corporate, and other non-fiction DPs, were already assuming a greater role in post-production. Whereas frame rates, f-stops, and the…
The elimination of the mirror box from DSLRs brings significant benefits to shooters, as evidenced by the raft of new full-frame cameras around, like the Panasonic Lumix S1, Sony Alpha…
Increasingly, major players like Netflix and Amazon are demanding high-quality HDR masters, and DPs must respond accordingly.
High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (i.e.BT.2020) is all about managing a much wider…
With the introduction of Apple’s iPhone XR and XS models, the mobile do-everything wünderdeviceis are again drawing attention as a viable alternative to a traditional video camera. In feature films, the…
The advent of the continuously variable neutral density filter (VND) raises an interesting issue: Do we still need a lens iris at all? The iris ring and underlying mechanism fitted…