Discovering FCPX Part I
After bitching about the obvious deficiencies of my FCP 7 for a while (getting even more buggy with time) I’ve been playing with FCPX for a few hours now as I need an NLE that works robustly and does...
View ArticleDiscovering FCPX Part II
OK, here’s a checklist I will update, so this is a rather compact resource to follow. Media import Import from SD Cards works OK and is rather efficient. Not so good: Thumbnails etc. don’t seem to be...
View ArticleSony A7S – why it is such a big deal for budget filmmaking
The news have been out there since this year’s NAB but I had been waiting for more meaningful test results and this video by Philip Bloom finally hit it home for me: This camera is a low-light giant....
View ArticleFCPX 2016 – a second look
A while back I posted my first impressions of Final Cut X. Now a while and a few projects later it’s time to see what has changed and what has remained of those first impressions. What has remained...
View ArticlePanasonic Lumix GH2 – still a big one for low budgets
Although both a Panasonic GH4 and an A7S are in my arsenal, I am still a big fan of the good old GH2 (hacked, of course), because it is simply a good camera and an even cheaper one nowadays (you can...
View Articlestartfilmmaking.com at NAB 2016
We will be at the NAB 2016, checking out what’s new for the low-budget filmmaking community. We’re excited to get our hand on some equipment like the Blackmagic Design URSA Mini, follow breaking...
View ArticleLooking forward to the GH5
Just a quick comment on the current rumours regarding the GH5. For me this could give us a camera that is almost 100% of what I have been waiting for since I started playing around with filmmaking:...
View ArticleAnything to look out for at IBC? Has the world become so boring?
I’m going to IBC, mostly for professional reasons, because of my company’s Kyno launch but I am still a filmmaker and always love going to IBC or NAB with the filmmaker hat and simply have fun looking...
View ArticleBreaking rules to deal with light problems
Just some little practical and maybe for beginners non-obvious things that can make your life easier when dealing with too much or too little light. Breaking the shutter angle rule To have filmic look,...
View ArticleMisconceptions regarding how bitrate, framerate and quality interact
I have read statements like this a number of times (simplified): Camera X has a bit rate of 50 MBit and if you record in 60 FPS that is really equivalent to 25 MBit at 30 FPS and that means the quality...
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