Category Archives: Technical

Where we discuss “stuff” from camera’s to technique

Scalextric Top Trumps

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew

After hearing Jeff’s Christmas stories of gambling (and losing!) over Scalextric racing I found this. Wow! Make sure you watch in HD!

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…Film-making with DSLR’s isn’t really that new afterall

Posted on February 14, 2011 by jeff

In case your inner geek doesn’t recognize that set up, that is ILM’s POV of mine car sequence in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. A Nikon F3 with a custom magazine was mounted on a mini gimbal trailing … Continue reading →

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In honour of the 3D images of the Sun dominating

Posted on February 7, 2011 by jeff

… the press today … I thought I’d *NAME DROP ALERT* recount a conversation Richard from Dolby, and I had about the time we were working on a 3D film for O2 — It seems James Dean and I were … Continue reading →

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Toys for Kit Junkies

Posted on January 26, 2011 by jeff

We’ve just been told we ‘ll get a play on the new Panasonic 3DA1 stereoscopic camera which is very exciting. With a fixed ratio inter-ocular offset it will be interesting to compare and contrast it’s results with the various side-by-side … Continue reading →

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and for my canon buddies…..

Posted on January 20, 2011 by jeff

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/01/20/what-others-are-saying-nikon-d800-and-pro-mirrorless-in-marchapril-of-2011.aspx see you all in round two those 24 megapixels, varible frame rates and 1920x1080p may feel big and clever but I have a fiver that says stacked RAW .tifs…or an H.264 equiv will be in this one –and nikkor … Continue reading →

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*geek alert*- The last rolls of Kodachrome

Posted on January 11, 2011 by jeff

If you are interested in Photography from the geek perspective, you will know that Kodachrome (1935-2009 RIP) has ceased to exist. No more beautifully saturated reds, no more lovely k-grain. (ed note. wipe those tears– you shoot 90% digital these … Continue reading →

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