We are spring-cleaning out the gear room, and have some gear that we just don’t use anymore. Please email Richard with questions and offers: rcrook@crookedpathfilms.com Gini DSLR Rig – $300 Adjustable baseplate, rods, mattebox, 5 donuts, 2 4×4 trays, 16×9 and 4×3 ratio plates, side and top French flags. Minor signs of use cosmetically. Perfect [...]
New “LOG” type flat gamma profile perfects for grading, with in-camera look-up-table. After rigorous testing, the battle-hardened “CPF-LOG Picture Profile for the Sony NEX-FS100″ is ready for the public. We have done quite a bit of research on what exactly each menu item in the picture profile settings do and what how we can manipulate [...]
It’s been awhile since I made a reel, so I figured what better time than at the start of the new year? I’ve seen what feels like thousands of demo reels. There’s a lot of differing opinions on what should be in a reel or how inclusive of different titles/jobs it should entail. I guess [...]
I had the chance to try out the Atomos Ninja with the Sony NEX FS-100. It seems the jury is out as to whether adding the near $1000 device to the camera kit is worth the purchase or not. There are three areas I wanted to test with the FS100: Is recording [...]
Oh my. Canon announced that it will be announcing something historic on November 3rd. What could it be? The announcement is in Hollywood, so no doubt it’ll be a new camera. Perhaps the 5dMkIII? Wide open camera is betting it will be a 4k 35mm CMOS camera around $15k. Any thoughts as to what it [...]
We filmmakers sometimes get caught up in what cameras were used to shoot various things. What it was edited on. What was used to color it. There are several high-exposure people/companies with well-done camera comparisons on the internet…some of the asking us to guess which camera was used to shoot the material. I make comparisons [...]
6 months ago I was turned onto Leica lenses and decided to give them a try. Bump forward 1 month, and I had sold all my Canon and Zeiss glass for a full set of Leicas. I use them on Canon DSLRs and our new Sony NEX-FS100, and they can also be used on other [...]
Red Giant just released the newest version of their awesome color grading software, Magic Bullet Looks II. Naturally I nabbed it up right away, and have been color grading the short western “Courage” with it. So far me likey… but with newer redesigns comes some bugs. But first, let’s go over what’s new: What’s New [...]
A Little Background… As a DSLR user and author of the Online Guide to 5dMkII Cinematography, I’ve been waiting for video camera companies to adopt the large sensor and interchangeable lens into a fully functional cinema camera based on the overwhelming popularity of DSLRs. I went to NAB and spent hours researching the large sensor cameras. The [...]
Shot (of course) in an authentic western town in the heart of Texas. This story chronicles the ironic twist of heart that some go through to rove the courage within…even if against all odds. Starring Bob Fanucchi and Zach Rose, this film also features Texas country music stars like Stephanie Urbina Jones, Guy Forsyth, and [...]
