Blackmagic Design founder Grant Petty has sold his home at 39 Cardigan Place for USD $4.5 million after purchasing another AUD $10m Victorian-era home in the same suburb in June.
Grant Petty Sells Home for $4.5 Million
Remote Collaboration
Aaron Hayden, colorist and owner of Color Monkey, a post-production house located in Los Angeles, California, in response to Vincent Theo's comparison of Apple's iPhone 12 Pro to the Sony BVM-X300 reference mastering monitor, adds the following: "No joke, in the current Covid environment and everyone working remotely, Netflix recommends producers review HDR color/online on... Continue Reading →
Camera Reviewers Could Learn a Thing or Two From This DP
The footage we've seen from the DJI 4D looks amazeballs; and that DJI has committed to working with the following DPs on their upcoming works with the 4D is an arrangement unprecedented in our experience: Rodney Charters, ASC, CNSC, NZCS; Takuro Ishizaka, JSC; Rachel Morrison, ASC; XiaoShi Zhao, CNSC; and Academy Award winners for Best... Continue Reading →
Ho Chi Minh Traffic Returning to Pre-pandemic Levels
Busy traffic is seen on Hai Ba Trung Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, October 4, 2021. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre
LED Volumetric Studio
Andrew Lock takes us behind the scenes and guides us through his lighting setup for an LED volumetric studio. https://youtu.be/2B0wAtjxWFI
Canon vs. Sony: Can YouTubers Spot the Difference?
Parker Walbeck offered a $10,000 prize to the one who could guess the camera the most number of times. https://youtu.be/xZjIz8sB2vg
Can Peak Design Backpack Store Entire a7s III Kit?
We'll be moving to Quang Ngai province once lockdown is lifted, so we needed a backpack large enough and rugged enough to accommodate our a7s III kit but small enough to qualify as carry-on luggage. The fabric of version 2 of the backpack has a rubberized coating, presumably to improve weather protection; however, many rubbers... Continue Reading →
John Brawley: No Product Placement on The Morning Show
John Brawley, Director of Photography on season 2 of The Morning Show, in response to the Wall Street Journal's analysis of product placement in over 74 episodes of Apple TV+ shows, including Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Defending Jacob, and Trying, insists that "Apple don’t dictate product placements,” maintaining that there's no product placement whatsoever... Continue Reading →
No More 23.98
A group of industry professionals spearheaded by JD Vandenberg, Director of Post Production at Walt Disney Animation Studios, is calling for the electronic display industry to begin to phase out support for fractional frame rates over time so that content can be displayed at its intended frame rate. According to the people behind the request,... Continue Reading →
Comic Book Superheroes and Villains Overtake YT
If you thought that florid travel and nature clips and garish demos for showroom floors dominated the list of the top ten HDR videos on YouTube, think again! Movie clips featuring popular comic book characters like the Joker, Batman and Shazam and pop culture icon Godzilla are killing it. Scenes from Joker (64M), Justice League... Continue Reading →
Poker
David Silberhorn is doing some rad stuff on YouTube. Maybe you should follow him. https://youtu.be/hDrvZy6i9Bw
Jeromy Young: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
A news.com.au report dated July 13th with the headline 'Millionaire fined after allegedly fleeing covid-ravaged NSW on superyacht' reads: A Melbourne millionaire and his crew have been fined more than $16,000 by police after they used a superyacht to escape to the Gold Coast from covid-ravaged Sydney. Jeromy Young, 44, the founder and director of... Continue Reading →
Just Because
This short filmed with the Red Monstro 8K is just so damn beautiful. https://youtu.be/u4NP8ozjpLw
Fog Machine
Looking forward to sparking this puppy up once lockdown is lifted. 🙂
Ashley III
Colors are more intense as well as more accurate on the iPhone 12 Pro Max than on the LG OLED 55CX and there's also greater separation between the model and background, possibly because the mobile device is tracking the PQ curve more precisely. If the nails look like they're ablaze on your mobile device, it's... Continue Reading →
Best Solution for Mounting Ninja V on a7s III
We used to mount the Ninja V directly on the Tilta camera cage with the SmallRig cold shoe mount, but that solution had several serious drawbacks. (1) It was necessary to tighten the mount to the cage with an Allen key; (2) there was no convenient way to carry the camera; (3) the lack of... Continue Reading →
How a $9.00 Piece of Aluminum Solved All of Life’s Problems
Last night at a quarter to eight, there was a knock at the door. The landlady was standing there smiling, holding out a tiny white envelope; the Arca Swiss quick release plate that attaches to the bottom of my Tilta cage had really arrived! After waiting what seemed like forever, my local dealer suggested ordering... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 