Recent content by FrankC

Eight Sony engineers at NAB said it couldn't be done, but we found a way to retrieve deleted clips off an SDHC card in an MxR reader from my EX1. Obviously it occurred by my own "operator error" that the EX1 workflow makes too easy to do. Doug Jensen comments on this in latest EX Manual...

Article in American Cinematographer (Mar.09) highlighted the "Cutting Edge Camerawork" of four pro Directors of Photography on episodic television shows such as Dexter, The Usuals, etc. Two shows still shot in 35mm with Panavision cameras, but two were now shooting with the $200,000 Sony...

Be aware the EX1 runs hot. Feel the back of the camera sometime after shooting about an hour....real hot to the touch! I just returned from a week in South Padre Island, Texas, shooting a flyfishing movie. 98 degree heat with 95 percent humidity. After shooting all morning in an open boat (tryng...

I'm asking this question from the "business" stand point of independent moviemaking. Hollywood is now in a boom cycle of the business. Happens all the time during a Economic downswing. The Question is, does this Hollywood boom mean anything at all to the independent filmmaking community... or is...

That's one thing I miss from by bigger pro cameras. They all came with a "quick release" mechanism that mounts on the tripod and interfaces with the camera. Using these Quick Release mechanisims, one can quickly move the camera from the tripod to a shoulder brace or a jib arm without unscrewing...