Author: Shawn Steiner
Real-time wireless monitoring is a thing these days. And not just for pro film productions. It’s also not just for setting up a fancy director or client monitor where …
DJI replaced the much-loved Mavic Mini with the Mini 2. Not quite sure why the name changed but the DNA is the same along with some amazing improvements. We …
Technology has saved us a lot of time in filmmaking. Unfortunately, it also meant that the demands and expectations increased as well. Now people are shooting and editing so …
Reviews dropped for the Sony Alpha 1! Already shaping up to be one of the top releases of 2021, the a1 generated a ton of questions. Is it good …
Following up on building a budget 4K video editing PC, there is another helpful guide for those who need a little more power to handle 6K or more intense …
As a recent owner of an M1 Mac mini, I will tell you that one of the most agonizing decisions you’ll have to make is what monitor to get. …
Epic car shots are hallmarks of action-packed big-budget Hollywood films. High-speed chases, fast tracking shots, or even just getting outside a moving car all look great. Nowadays life is …
Cameras like the Canon R5 and Sony a1 certainly changed the game for 8K video. Recording 8K is now more than just a dream for your everyday videographer or …
If you are a shooter/editor, you already know that you can often end up spending more time in front of a computer screen than behind your camera. Editing can …
Taking off with a drone and hitting a record isn’t going to guarantee those epic aerial videos you find online. Building on that, many of the auto-tracking options available …
Winter is here and now is the best time to upgrade your editing station. This could mean cleaning up a desk, organizing your data and getting fresh drives, or …
I’ll say it again, one of the best improvements to your workflow is finding ways to speed up common tasks. This could mean learning or programming a couple of …
Sony’s long-awaited a7S III is still capturing the attention of filmmakers today, many months after its initial release. The only thing about the camera that wasn’t too surprising is …
Smartphones are some of the fastest improving cameras on the market – it certainly helps that millions more are sold compared to cinema cameras. The iPhone 12 is actually …
Flicker can easily ruin a take and sometimes there’s nothing you can do about it while you are shooting. If you want to shoot some slow motion and some …
Not too long ago getting raw video was a daunting and expensive proposition. Now there are competing raw formats that work on your average laptop. We’ve come a long …
While cinema cameras have shrunk in size dramatically over the past five or so years, their menu options have only grown. Raw formats, compression, and autofocus are among the …
Color grading is the core that DaVinci Resolve was built on and surprisingly Blackmagic Design is still finding ways to add new tools to make that experience even better …
RED has never been known for their budget-friendly camera systems. Even their early “affordable” models only referred to base costs for the brain and didn’t include all the other …
Apple’s M1 chip is still turning heads when it comes to its performance. Things keep looking better and better for the Macs as more software is natively supporting the …