Category: BLOG

Canon announces the 550D (Rebel T2i)

Today Canon announced another ground breaking HD-DSLR in the form of the 550D, otherwise marketed as the Rebel T2i. What’s amazing about this new sibling in the Canon line-up is that on inspection of the specs it appears to offer all of the video features of it’s bigger brother the...

Canon at the Movies

Canon looks poised to announce something new for film makers in London next week according to canonrumors. Wouldn’t it be great if Canon’s video camera people have put together something new based on their success with DSLR sensors! After all the XH-A1 and H1 have been around a long time...

Must see – The Third & The Seventh

I’ve just seen this video over at vimeo and it left me stunned. I can’t remember the last time I saw such a beautiful film, and this one is made even more special by the fact that most of it’s done in CG!

Zacuto & Genus reviews

I’ve just posted a couple of small reviews for some support gear I’ve been buying lately. Click the links below to read my thoughts… Zacuto mini base-plate Genus matte-box and advanced support rods

Hello 5D mkII – Goodbye brevis!

I’ve been watching with great interest the development of DSLR video over the last year or so and have recently decided to jump onboard myself. For nearly a year now the has Canon 5D mkII has been producing some awesome examples, but the biggest limitation with that camera has been...

Snow Leopard, 2.2 Gamma at last!

After my initial wingeing about snow leopard I’m starting to notice some of the good stuff about the new OS. The first of those things is that Mac OS now sets it’s gamma to 2.2 by default, and not only that but in the display calibration pages it actually lists...