On the 9th of January at 10:46AM PST a red user noticed a very interesting lens at B and H Photo (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/665583-REG/DigiOptical_DO_18_50F_DO1850F_18_50mm_T3_PL.html)  This lens was labeled DigiOptical, and in every way, this was an identical lens to the RED 18-50 zoom lens.   Only it was $3999.95 compared to $6500 for the original RED 18-50 Zoom.
Two [...]

Tilzy.tv, a website dedicated to web content highlights EXIT: Stage Left in a recent article about Live events on the web.

Sinohui and I discuss the live episode in episode 15 of the Bay Area Filmmakers Podcast.

In this previous entry, I talked about our simple lighting setup. We used Lowel Rifa lights for the actors and some fresnels for enhancing the background. Since I wrote that post, we have added locations to the show and have run into new challenges. When shooting in our original location we were [...]

Panasonic has introduced new E-Series P2 cards. The cards are cheaper and faster than previous generations. The prices are several times lower than their equivalent A-series cards.
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=342748&modelNo=Content04162009020504436&surfModel=Content04162009020504436
Maxell has also announced that it will be creating P2 cards. http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20090420/NY0091020042009-1.html
I remember a new NAB’s ago that Hoodman also made such an announcement [...]

Hello bay area filmmakers.  I’ve spent the last week catching up on the web series “Break a Leg.”
Check it out at Breakaleg.tv
The first thing to note, is that this series was produced and stars a lot of top bay area talent.  I am extremely impressed with the writing of the series as well as the [...]

We’ve run the Bay Area Filmmakers site on a rough system based on a forum database. Now we are going to run it through a real blog engine. We will let anyone post comments, although they will be moderated to keep spam off. You user names and passwords will still work in [...]