I’m not interested in turning my little blog into a news website, but I do sometimes mention things that are relevant to what my site is all about: me and my creative and personal interests, one of which is independent film-making. Earlier this week Panasonic announced a new camcorder: the AG-AF100 to be released sometime [...]

According to engadget the Canon EOS 5D MkII was used to shoot the entire season finale episode of my favorite TV show: House. Director Greg Yaitanes talked about cinematographer (and my personal hero) Gale Tattersall and the crew’s use of the DSLR on Twitter. All I know is I’m glad I was able to go [...]

For some reason I can’t get my Canon T2i’s RAW files to open in Photoshop CS3 or 4 and I don’t particularly care for Canon’s DPP software. It’s a shame, though I’m forced to shoot in RAW plus JPG mode (which really isn’t a problem), however I’d like my RAW processing capability back. I guess [...]

Shooting my short film Estilo Romantico is well underway and I chose the Canon EOS T2i to be the exclusive production camera. Not for stills, mind you, but to take advantage of the camera’s 1080/24P HD movie mode to shoot the actual film upon! So far, I’ve been very pleased at the camera’s output as [...]

I haven’t purchased a digital SLR since my 20D in early 2006. This past Saturday I made the 30 minute trip to Harlingen to pick up the only Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) in the area. I’m going to shoot my next short film with it. It’s awesome. Check out this video clip I shot [...]

Introducing my next camera. The 7D is pretty much what I’ve been looking for: an upgrade from my 20D with a 100% viewfinder, larger Polaroid, 1080/24P capability with full manual control and be less expensive than the 5D Mark II. The 7D has an APS-C sensor, but I’ve been used to them since the 300D. [...]

So I’ve gotten really tired of stumbling through the different websites to look at my favorite web comics on my iPhone when some of those sites don’t translate well to the little device (cough, Cyanide and Happiness, cough). So I look through the App Store and try to find something simple, cheap and effective and [...]

Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 17 September 2008: Canon announces the full frame, 21.1 Megapixel EOS 5D Mark II: the first EOS with full High Definition video capability. I’ve been holding out on an upgrade to my four year old Canon EOS 20D this year in calculated anticipation of the 5D Mark II. I knew that if [...]

And here’s the best birthday present of all: Apple today releases the iPhone 2.0 software update, the iTunes App Store and, of course, iPhone 3G. I won’t be getting the 3G anytime soon as I am more than happy with my first generation iPhone, however the 2.0 update will serve me well. I already have [...]

I shoot digital, so having a light meter isn’t really all that necessary since I can just pop a few test shots and eyeball the exposure off the polaroid back. Of course the results are absolutely hit-and-miss. So I’ve decided to become properly scientific and get a damn light meter. The Sekonic L-358 Flash Master [...]