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Director of Photography Timur Civan on How They Made MōVI's Jaw-Dropping Debut Film

04.29.13 @ 9:00AM Tags : freshdv, interview, MōVI, nab, nab2013, nabfreshdv2013, timurcivan

Perhaps the biggest story at NAB this year was Freefly Systems’ steadicam-esque gyro gimbal MōVI, which we’ve covered several times. The Vincent Laforet-directed debut film was DP’d by nofilmschool friend Timur Civan, and at NAB I had a chance to sit down with Timur briefly to chat about how they shot the debut video, how the Canon 1D C behaved, how the MōVI might affect the steadicam market, and what impact it might have on filmmaking in general. More »

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Tiny 100 Year-old Lens Makes Beautiful Images on a Canon DSLR

10.5.10 @ 10:29AM Tags : 5dmarkii, cinematography, dslr, lenses, timurcivan

A couple of weeks ago, DP Timur Civan posted some stills on Cinema5D taken with an ancient 1908 Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat hand cranked cinema camera lens. This diminutive lens produced some wonderfully atmospheric images (sans color correction, even). As someone who shot The West Side through the oldest Nikon lenses I could find, in order to give it the appearance of another time and another place (and by “oldest” I mean “cheapest”), I really appreciated these images. Now Timur has shot a video using the antique lens on his 5D Mark II, and it’s one of the most analog-looking videos I’ve ever seen from a DSLR: More »