The book is what it says it is, avoiding the glut of self-help that plagues the “how-to” market. The Filmmaker’s Handbook is how to how-to. It is intelligently written throughout, and the examples and selections that Pincus and Ascher make are subtly and gracefully chosen; there is brilliance in using a sublime still of Anna Karina in Jean Luc Godard’s Vivre sa Vie to expound on the possible virtue lens flare, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a philosophically dense topic like persistence of vision addressed at all, not to mention so deftly.
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The Pentax 645Z is the most sophisticated medium format camera everreleased. With a new 51 megapixel sensor, live view, and modern DSLR
functionality, it’s an incredibly versatile tool. It’s also the first
medium format camera ever to shoot video! The TCSTV crew went out to
test the stills, and we met up with our friends at Deluxe Design Group
to shoot a movie trailer and test the video capabilities! Is this the
camera that will restore the popularity of medium format digital?
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Sony continues advancing its innovative series of full frame A7 cameras, with the new A7S, which is optimized for low light and video shooters. Is this camera the new king of the low light throne?
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“Lately, I read Stephen Shore’s “The Nature of Photographs” and I foundit hypnotic. I think everyone interested in photography should read it.
Shore is a master educator on the subject of photography, and his
insights on focus and the frame have so much more to do with
mindfulness, and the transmutation of consciousness. I shouldn’t say too
much and blow the magic of it.”
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4K recording, a 1” type sensor camera with a 25-400mm equivalent F2.8-4 lens for under a grand? Panasonic is on a roll. In this episode TCSTV’s Chris Niccolls takes a look at the incredibly powerful Panasonic FZ1000 to see if it can really be as impressive as the specs look on paper.
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Tired of boring seamless paper and speckled muslin patterns? Add some urban edge to your portraits with the Lastolite Urban Background series.
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It seems like every 13 minutes, another mirrorless camera is announced that promises the ‘World’s Fastest Autofocus’. We decided to cut through all the hype and pit the fastest mirrorless cameras against each other, and we threw in a Nikon D4S, just to make it interesting. To really put these cameras through a stress test we went to Wildrose Motocross Park with a Fuji X-T1, Sony A6000, Olympus OMD E-M1 and Panasonic GH4!
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An intensive two-day learning experience that will teach you all youneed to know to start designing and making custom books with your
photographs.
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Nikon Inc. announced the new AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens and AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III, engineered to give professional and passionate photographers optical excellence and exceptional telephoto capabilities.
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The Sony RX100 series are widely considered the most capable compactcameras available. While the RX100 was a ground-breaking camera, the
RX100 Mark II offered only incremental improvements. What can Sony do
to up the ante with the Mark III? Chris Niccolls investigates.
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