The last Kodak DSLR
Kodak’s final DSLR
I have never used a Kodak DSLR, so this throwback “review” of this last DSLR that they produced is quite interesting. It’s mostly a Nikon body with Kodak’s CMOS sensor built-in.
Making a CRT tv wall
If I had the space for this I’d want one of these.
This is pretty cool. This Atlanta-based filmmaker created a CRT tv wall in his studio.
Severance season 2 episode 7 montage
The most beautiful episode of Severance yet!
In the 2nd season of Severance, Canadian DP Jessica Lee Gagné filmed some of the most beautiful flashback scenes in the whole show on film.
Here she is in an interview talking about her process and working with Ben Stiller and other directors in the show about the choices they make to really create visual art.
TTArtisan announces a folding Instax film camera
A new Instax Mini camera from TTArtisan
Wow, I did not expect to see a new Instax film camera announcement, especially one from lens maker TTArtisan. There’s no price announced yet, but TTArtisan is already advertising this beautiful looking camera on their Instagram and it natively accepts Instax Mini (the best Instax format in my opinion). If it is under $150, I may have to pick one of these up as it looks like it has a leaf shutter?!
Shooting with the Plaubel Makina 67
I love this camera.
A lovely little video showing the photos you can get from a Plaubel Makina 67.
Fading Smile by Wes Knoll
Photographer Wes Knoll walking around in NYC.
Photographer Wes Knoll talks about a new book called Fading Smile in which he documents New York, the people of the streets, and his overall philosophy of life. I really admire photographers like him because of their ability to talk to strangers and really get a good enough conversation going to eventually leave with a photograph.
Unfortunately, his book is currently sold out at Printed Matter.
SHAPE introduces the 40” WAGON cart
Another cart to take a look at.
SHAPE is entering the production, camera, and DIT cart game with the introduction of their 40” WAGON. The most obvious comparison to this cart would be Inovativ’s own offerings such as their Voyager or Apollo carts.
The SHAPE camera cart weighs 116-pounds unloaded and can fold for transport (but honestly, this thing is way too heavy for me). I haven’t seen one in person but it looks to be a near-copy of the Apollo cart at a fraction of the price ($1899 at pre-order). You get what you pay for though as the SHAPE cart only comes with a 3-year warranty.
Have you used one? Let me know what you think below!
Braided USB-C tether cable
A test of a braided USB-C tether cable for extreme durability on set.
One of the most common issues I encounter as a tech is having my very expensive USB-C tether cables go kaput because of extreme bending due to the use of a cable lock or tether block. Sometimes, there isn’t much I can do as the cable is just a tool to complete a job (there’s no way I’d be telling a photographer to stop holding a camera a certain way or anything), so in the end, I end up trashing way more cables than I’d like. Of course, on big jobs, this just ends up being seen as a consumable good and that’s fine considering all the other things rented on a shoot.
However, I still don’t like the waste of it all so I’ve been testing my own braided USB-C tether cables and so far they are really preventing the extreme bending through the design of the cable itself. It’s the best case scenario! The braided cables are a lot more durable and actually physically cannot be bend backwards onto a tether block due to the construction of the braided fabric sleeve. It’s designed this way for durability and no photographer I’ve used it with lately has even noticed the change in cable. It’s invisible design at work!
I’ll do some further testing before opening it up to the masses but honestly, this looks like the solution I’ve been searching for for over 5+ years.
