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Shoot a Film on Your iPhone, Control Canon DSLRs with an Android Tablet Monitor Rig

12.5.12 @ 11:28AM Tags : android, app, apps, controller, dlsr, externalmonitor, iphone, monitor, monitoring, remotecontrol, rigs, tablet, weaponsofmassproduction, womp

There’s no doubt that modern mobile technology has the capacity to streamline or benefit many aspects of filmmaking. Whether it’s the micro-video art emerging in social media, script supervision capabilities, lighting-fast previsualization softwares, or the surprisingly high-resolution video some phones and tablets can shoot (given what they are), there’s something to be said for their place in the industry. For goodness sake, modern smartphones are better at giving directions than my GPS navigator and shoot higher quality video than my first camcorder. With all that said, though, how far can things like the Apple iPhone or an Android tablet be taken down-and-dirty in the trenches of shooting? More »