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Will do a video for free

08.21.09 @ 12:37PM Tags : estevanoriol, musicvideo

Here, rock video director/photographer Estevan Oriol (videography) makes the mistake of complaining about those of us “on the come up” when he’s already “put on.” More »

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The future of cinematography; or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the DSLR

08.14.09 @ 7:50PM Tags : cinematography, dslr, photography, red

Let’s get technical.

The human eye is a far superior instrument to the film or video camera. Over the years film stocks have gotten more sensitive, larger negatives and three-strip processes have been developed,  and video cameras have improved immeasurably, but these innovations have not brought the baseline visual fidelity of cameras to the level of our own ojos. It’s been claimed that the resolution of the human eye is equivalent to 576 megapixels; while that claim should be taken with a grain of salt, as should any calculations of dynamic range, sensitivity, and field of view, all such assesments lead to one conclusion: our eyeballs are pretty damn good. For decades, the most common observation for first-time cinematographers has likely been, “wow, this camera needs a lot more light than my eyes.” More »