March 2011
I get the white lens thing now...
I always thought the Canon white lenses were stupid. Yesterday the insurance thing (insisted I needed business insurance) and today the waiter was like “nice camera”. I have sat in the same restaurant for years with a Nikon with black lenses and no one noticed. But that white lens… people pick up on it being different and different somehow brings respect. Weird. (it was LA so...
White Lens, Red Flag
Today I went by my insurance company to add some news lenses to my policy. This is a ritual I have gone thru for years but today I plopped a white Canon L lens onto the desk and was told they only insure personal equipment, not business. After much discussion about how to make that determination I left to get a business quote. Now, there in nothing I can do with the media produced by that camera...
Use your iPad to see live video from HDMI port on a camera like the 7D/5D.
Rough HDRx test shot →
Mike Seymour has posted amazing footage shot with the new RED Epic camera in HDRx mode. This is from some beautiful helicopter footage shot in New Zealand for an upcoming term at fxphd.com. I am posting the link to vimeo rather than embedding here because you will want to click the full screen button.
Jon Cryer responds to being called a Troll
listening to "Santana - Winning" →
Song means so much more when listened to with Tigerblood and Adonis DNA
Jimmy Fallon & Brian Williams Slow Jam the Wisconsin Protests