JVC GY-HM700U Review By D.W. Leitner
Ordinarily I review cameras, not press releases. But JVC’s February press release announcing the “Compact Shoulder” GY-HM700U ProHD camcorder caught my eye in a number of ways...
JVC GY-HM100U Review By D.W. Leitner
Recently, a filmmaker friend of mine confided to me on the eve of her trip to Baghdad that her 5lb. Sony HVR-Z1U would be too heavy for all-day use in the wilting temperatures of Mesopotamia...
Fade to Black: Thomas Winston By Kristinha M. Anding
Thomas Winston might get relatively close to bears in the wild, but he’s careful never to get personal. “When we go out, we don’t want the bears to acknowledge us,” he says of himself and his collaborators at Montana-based Grizzly Creek Films...
Shooting Enemies By Michael Goldman
Racing from one Hollywood postproduction facility to the next in the wee hours one night in early June, director Michael Mann and his colleagues wrangled the last major chore related to the theatrical release of Mann’s new gangster picture, Public Enemies...
Beta Sight: Sonnet Technologies Fusion F2 By A.J. Del Cueto, producer at Offhollywood
Offhollywood has built a reputation as a leader in 4K digital cinema services, with major studios and independent producers coming to us for solutions to challenging projects and workflows...
Beta Sight: Zaxcom TRX992 By Tom Williams, C.A.S.
Being a Zaxcom power user, I've eagerly anticipated the opportunity to put the new TRX992 digital wireless transmitter through its paces...
Fade to Black: Sergei Franklin
Back in New York, fresh from a journey to Kazakhstan, veteran cinematographer/Steadicam operator Sergei Franklin offered his perspective on the changes roiling his profession...
Dream Job: Homegrown Video By Kristinha M. Anding
Frank Melli spent most of the last two decades working for New York-based broadcast operations, but he is now focusing his lens on Virginia’s communities and rural scene...
The iPhone on Set By Barry Braverman
More and more of us have an Apple iPhone on our belts and in our purses...
Review: Panasonic AG-HPX300 By Barry Braverman
This is not a $30,000 camera. You might want to repeat that to yourself as you consider Panasonic's latest P2 offering. At a street price of less than $10,000, the AG-HPX300 camcorder...