Recent content by Godfrey Kirby

'Seven Lucky Gods' has just won the Grand Prize for the Best Feature Film at the Tirana International Film Festival. The picture was shot, by me, on a AF101, apart from a couple of clips on a GH2. I just thought I would let you all know because, (A) it's a shameless puff for the film and (B) it...

Just been to see 'The Raid' which was shot on a 100/101. Taught, action packed thriller - never lets up! Dark, downbeat lighting and chreographed within an inch of it's life. If you want to see what this camera can turn out, then try to catch it. Me - I'm a bit of a 'Jayne Eyre meets the...

Tokina's wide angle zoom (11 - 16 f2.8) is well regarded but one seems to hear little about the mid-range zoom, 16mm - 50mm. Does anybody have an opinion on this lens?

We have just been shooting a theatrical piece using the AF101 with the Nikon 17- 55/f2.8, via a MTF adaptor, along with other Nikkors (vintage) and the Voigtlander 25mm/ f0.95. (Love that lens at f1.2). All gave great results - but we had a a problem with the Nikon zoom. When the focus puller...

We have just been working with an AF101, sending the HD-SDI signal to an Analogue Way 'Pulse' switcher. There was a considerable delay in the video image, post switcher, which would cause problems with audio sync at a 'live event'. (Audio being sent directly to the P.A. mixer) We put up a Sony...