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Trade shows are hard to photograph well and easy to photograph badly. The halls are crowded, the light is mixed, the stands are designed to be seen from five meters away, and nobody stands still. Most exhibitors and organizers end up with hundreds of frames of …
Most camera buyers now pick a body from reviews and spec tables, then order it online. It’s quick and usually cheaper. It also skips the one …
A cinema camera out of the box is a small, bare block. By the time it’s on set it has grown a cage, a top handle, a monitor, a battery …
Every hybrid camera made in the last five years can shoot excellent stills and excellent video. So clients ask the obvious question: why pay …
Viewers forgive soft video. They don’t forgive bad sound. A slightly out-of-focus clip of a speech is still watchable. A sharp 6K clip where …
Most photographers spend their money in the wrong order. A new body, then a faster lens, then another lens. The pictures get sharper and …
Look at the cameras on a store’s cinema counter and the lenses look different from photo lenses. They’re bigger, with chunky geared rings, …
Camera gear is expensive, and much of it gets used a few times a year. A 600mm lens for a safari, a cinema camera for one commercial job, a …
Camera gear holds up well. Bodies are built for hundreds of thousands of shutter cycles, and good lenses last decades. That makes the used …
A long lens gets you closer. It doesn’t get you good pictures on its own. Most disappointing wildlife photos from a new 600mm zoom share the …
