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Shoot35 CINEfocus Review

Okay, so yesterday I decided to order the new CINEfocus from Shoot35, at £349 it’s one of the more reasonably priced follow focus units on the market with competitive products form the likes of Cinevate, Zacuto and Arri costing way more than the CINEfocus. The CINEfocus seems to be priced...

Open Youth Trust – First EX1 & 5DmkII video

I was hired by the Open Youth Trust in Norwich to produce a short promotional video highlighting their recently opened £12m venue in the heart of Norwich. This was the first project where I used my new Canon 5dmkII alongside my trusty Sony EX1. The images produced by these two...

BBC Voices – Ten Town Tour

I was really pleased to be invited by the BBC to produce a 3 minute video as part of their Ten Town Tour project. The video had to be filmed, edited, written and narrated by the film maker so it was quite a challenge for me as I’ve not written...

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...

European Bike Week 2009 – Austria

The third event that I’ve filmed for Harley Davidson this year is the European Bike Week which takes place in the small village of Faak in Austria. Although this event is likely to be that last this year, it’s by no means the smallest, in fact it is by far...

Steadicam Pilot – broken bearing

I opened my Steadicam case today to find some rather strange looking metal pieces laying loose in the bag. I’d not noticed any issues before but these parts had obviously come from somewhere so I decided to give everything a good check over. It didn’t take me long to notice...