SLR Live: Canon 5D MKII On Tour with Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails have been on tour around Australia with the Soundwave festival, and their artistic director Rob Sheridan has been along for the ride, and took his Canon 5D MKII on stage at various venues. Full HD Version from Nine Inch Nails. Screw resolution charts and slow focus pulls on flora, ... read more.
More Pro Video Coming to Consumers: Canon and Nikon Digital SLRs Shoot HD
Low depth of field, high frame rate, high resolution. These are the technical hurdles which have traditionally separated consumers from creating film-quality video. HD video has been within consumer reach for quite a while now. 2008 has already seen high frame rates fall to Casio, and in the last couple ... read more.
Time Lapse Work in Progress: Stencil Cutting and Spray
This is something I've been working on for quite a while, but I've realised that there are too many new things on the horizon which will take up my time (and my computers' CPU cycles) so I've decided to release it as a draft rather than sitting on it until ... read more.
Projection Surface Maintenance: Draper Cinefold Screen Repair
I've had 2 rented Draper Cinefold screens with me on the tour. These are relatively expensive collapsible screens which we got a good deal on for a 3ish month rental. Unfortunately their former life at dance parties outside in the elements had left them with some pretty serious battle scars. ... read more.
Still More Timelapse: Ice to Water Shot With Digital SLR
Peter keeps pestering me to post this video, so here you go: Red Iceblock Melting Outside Timelapse. This was shot in my Pentax *ist DS, with an old, beat-up, 50mm F1.4 lens I picked up in Vietnam. The "intervalometer" in this case is even more ghetto than the electronics kit I put ... read more.
More Paper Animated Timelapse: Switchfoot’s “Awakening”
While we're on the subject of animated pieces of paper: Switchfoot's "Awakening" has been treated to a similar workflow (frames printed and photographed) with a very different result. StudioDaily has an interview with Brandon Dickerson, on the workflow required to put this piece together. read more.
More Paper Animated Timelapse: Switchfoot's "Awakening"
While we're on the subject of animated pieces of paper: Switchfoot's "Awakening" has been treated to a similar workflow (frames printed and photographed) with a very different result. StudioDaily has an interview with Brandon Dickerson, on the workflow required to put this piece together. read more.
Animating Paper: Modest Mouse Video, a Kinko’s Timelapse
Ways of adding a second layer of animation to a video: 1. Composite them digitally. Use lots of tricks, like match moves, to line everything up. 2. Print each individual frame onto paper (4,133 in this case), tack them up to stuff, and video the results into a time-lapse video. Max Tyrie chose ... read more.
Animating Paper: Modest Mouse Video, a Kinko's Timelapse
Ways of adding a second layer of animation to a video: 1. Composite them digitally. Use lots of tricks, like match moves, to line everything up. 2. Print each individual frame onto paper (4,133 in this case), tack them up to stuff, and video the results into a time-lapse video. Max Tyrie chose ... read more.
Pocket Review: Zenitar 16mm Fisheye Lens, from Russia with Love
Exciting things are afoot. As hinted, I'll be Visualisting my way around the country soon. Touring Australia = Large chunks of time sitting on a bus, so when that hits I expect to be a veritable fountain of CDMotion content (including some of that hot new NAMM gear, stay tuned), ... read more.
