Category: REVIEWS

Playing with Premiere Pro CS5

Over the last few days I’ve been giving the 30 day demo of Adobe’s Premiere Pro CS5 a few workouts and I have to admit to being very impressed. The 30 day demo doesn’t come with many codecs so I could only work in DVCPRO HD sequences but that just...

Lightpanels 1×1 Review

The UK isn’t well known for it’s fabulous weather and scorching summers but we’ve been fairly lucky over the last couple of weeks and had some absolutely gorgeous weather. As nice as this heat is when working outside or chilling at the beach though it can also cause a lot...

Canon EF 24-105mm F4 IS USM Lens Review

In the time that I ‘ve been shooting video on the Canon 5D mkII and 7D I ‘ve amassed a nice collection of Canon L series lenses. I have a 24mm 1.4, a 35mm 1.4, a 50mm 1.2 and the 70-200 2.8 IS. Until recently if I wanted to take...

Buying the Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM Lens

When it comes to lenses for my DSLR’s I’ve invested in some lovely primes, my Canon 50mm 1.2, 24mm 1.4 & 35mm 1.4 L series lenses are all low light wonders and produce gorgeous looking footage from the 5D and 7D. When I was purchasing these lenses I did consider...

Delkin Dual Universal Battery Chargers

Update: I now prefer the Pearstone Dual Charger, read my full review of it here. When you start doing any kind of serious shooting with Canon DSLR’s you have to invest a decent supply of batteries, on an average 7hr day shooting with two DSLR’s I usually go through around...

Choosing an HDMI monitor – Marshall vs SmallHD

I get a lot of questions about HDMI monitors so thought it was about time I posted something on the subject. Around a year ago I was on the hunt for a monitor in the 7 – 10″ range that I could use with my EX1. After some research I’d...