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Visual Impact FS700, PMW-100 and NX30 Hands-On day.

If any of my UK readers fancy a little bit of hands on time with any of Sony’s new small cameras, notably the new Super 35mm sensor equipped FS700, which can shoot at up to 240fps at full 1920 x … Continue reading

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Adobe Creative Cloud Online Now.

Adobe’s creative cloud went online today. If you are a subscriber you can now upload your projects to the cloud as well as get your CS6 apps activated online.

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F65 4K 16 Bit DPX sample.

If you have been following me on Facebook, you’ll know that I have been in Dubai running an F65 and SRMaster workshop. Quite a few people have asked for a sample file to take a look at. The Jpeg shown … Continue reading

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Adobe CS6 available now and Creative Cloud from May 11th.

Adobe’s Creative Suite CS6 is available from today and Creative Cloud will go online on the 11th of May. I’m looking forward to trying out using Premiere CS6 for editing and then SpeedGrade for finishing. I think this will be … Continue reading

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$500 Rebate on Santa Fe Workshops at Seoul 3D Fair.

The organisers of Seoul 3D Fair are offering a $500 rebate for overseas visitors on the Santa Fe workshops. The workshops will cover all aspects of 3D production, cinematography, stereographer, rig technician, RAW and post production. There is an amazing … Continue reading

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PMW-F3 MLUT’s converted to .lut files. Works with most LUT software

Great news. I have managed to create a set of .lut files from the standard MLUT’s included with the PMW-F3. These new files work with most LUT enabled software, like LUT Buddy, Colorista, Resolve etc. The standard Sony files don’t … Continue reading

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Low Light Picture Profile for EX1/EX3

I get asked a lot about settings for shooting in low light with the EX1 and EX3. To be honest there is not much that will make a big difference that can be done, beyond adding in camera gain. There … Continue reading

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NAB S-Log presentation.

You can view my NAB S-log presentation here: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/video/related-home_page_featured/video-F3_S_Log_Stage_Presentation/

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A Month Shooting Effects Shots for Nat Geo and Sky in Slow-Mo 3D. Part 1 of 3.

Since the beginning of March I have been working as 3D supervisor and sterographer for a 3D shoot for Nat Geo and Sky. Working with DoP David Barlow (renowned for his miniature and In-the-womb work) we were the effects unit … Continue reading

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Corfe Castle in Hyperstereo, 3D clip.

This is something that I did with DoP Geoff Boyle and motion control expert Justin Pentecost last year. It involved lugging a giant motion control head and arm up a very big hill overlooking Corfe Castle before dawn and shooting … Continue reading

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