The Canon EOS C300 is a disappointment. There were two big announcements in the world of prosumer cameras yesterday.  Canon announced their Cinema EOS C300 and RED announced the new specs on the Scarlet-X.  The Canon faithful were disappointed in Canon’s new cinema camera. The C300 records a 4k image but it’s output is only [...]

Again, I am embarking on a web series adventure. Project Magehaven started as a short film script and quickly expanded to a full web series. The Writer and Director Chuckie Marshall approached myself and Amy Puzia to work in the Camera Department as Cinemtographer and Camera Operator. After reading the script, the first question I [...]

Sinohui Hinojosa and I have worked on a lot of projects together, from “The Last Job” to the critically acclaimed web series, “EXIT: Stage Left” It’s with great excitement that I am working with Sinohui again, and this time on a feature film, “Dark Harvest”. I will be providing DIT (Digital Imaging Tech) services for [...]

Goodbye Baby, a film I saw at Slamdance in 2009 is finally out on DVD. If you haven’t heard about Goodbye Baby, perhaps you should check out Podcast number 5 on this very site. Get the film at netflix or Amazon.com Goodbye Baby When Melissa Brooks (Christine Evangelista, The Joneses, The Good Guy), discovers she [...]

I recently worked on a short film by Amy Puzia called, “The Gift”.   The shoot was actually just an editing exercise for class at De Anza College, but in order to edit something, you have to shoot something, so we ended up doing this piece.  We had a very minimal crew, and did very minimal [...]

RED has opened up Stage 2 for pre-order.  Those who don’t pay up at May 1 will have their orders canceled.  That seems like we’re are moving quite quickly towards EPIC for all and Scarlet’s release!  Check out the site at http://epic.red.com Why is this site in flash?  Seriously, Jarred, you have an iPad.  Why [...]

Canon has released the Log and Transfer Plugin for Final Cut Pro.  You can download it by going to Canon’s Web Site and choosing Mac OS X from the dropdown menu. If you have ever used the h.264 files from the 5D Mk II, 1D Mk IV or the 7D, you know that it’s not [...]

After being in Vegas for a week shooting over 2000 photos on 2 5D Mk II cameras I thought it was time to upgrade the firmware to add the awesome 24P.  To my surprise the firmware has been pulled from the site. UPDATE:  Canon has put up firmware 2.0.4 on their site which is again [...]

DP review has a press release from Canon indicating new features of 5d mkII firmware. http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10030201canoneos5dmkiifirmware.asp

RED Digital Cinema held a RED DAY on February 13th of 2010. I was in one of three sessions that day. I attended not as a RED ONE owner, but as someone very interested in the new cameras, specifically the Scarlet S35 model, as well as a fan of the RED ONE camera. It was [...]