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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Click. Share. Connect. This summer, Look Outside, an exciting new photo contest and initiative launched by Wildsight, invites everyone to grab their cameras (or their cell phones!), head outside and capture their favourite places in the Kootenays.
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Enter your favourite cat or dog photograph in the 2015 Calendar Cover Photo Competition.
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Every Kickstarter project needs an opening video for those behind anidea to communicate their project to potential backers. It can be a
simple talking head, proof of concept or a fully fledged campaign drive
to show off just what the project is all about.
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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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Bring your smart phone or camera to The Camera Store to print off your favourite photo on the Instax Share Smartphone Wirelss Printer for your chance to win your very own Instax Share Smartphone Wireless Printer.
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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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Buy a Canon Pixma Printer from The Camera Store for Big Savings! Save even more if you purchase one with any Compact, DSLR or Mirrorless camera from The Camera Store!
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