Reviews
Look through our reviews of different film and video products as well as the occasional movie and album review.
Reviewing the Video Film Slider
Video Production Benefits from Smaller Cameras and Cool Toys With the smaller cameras, come cool toys and tools that can have a great impact on your production value. As of late, there has been a huge boom in sliders. I know I’ve been using them the last year or two– to the point where it goes out on every shoot. Sliders are a simple basic replacement for dollies. Now film and video productions can get great smooth right and left movement for a fraction of the cost and manpower. You can even truck in and out with them and...
read moreReview of the SmallHD DP6 Monitor
When shooting with the DSLR’s, a monitor is probably the first most important accessory you’ll need (other than lenses). Especially with the Canon 5D and 7D, due to the LCD screen being fixed on the back of the camera body. I’ve used Ikan, Marshall and Zacuto. But a friend in the industry recommended SmallHD. What I like is that this monitor is true HD– many of the others are still using a 800x something. And one telling thing– the client the other day, over my shoulder, looked at the image ais that what...
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