Everything I’ve read, and seen for myself of the Alexa has been very impressive so far. Art Adams has posted a great article of the Alexa in production use.

Alexa and Art

The Substation Media website has gone live. The short One Moment is their most recent project, which I shot for writer/director Rob Innes.

The A.C.S. AGM held at Lemac tonight was somewhat under attended due to work commitments of many members. A new executive was voted in, and we are ready for another good year.

Malcolm Richards from Cameraquip brought his nice new Alexa which he kindly allowed me to play with. It really is a very nice system, able to produce an amazingly clean image from very low little ambient light.

Cameraquip received their ARRI Alexa this morning. Looking very good.

The Annual General Meeting for the Victorian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society will be held 7pm, Tuesday 10th August at Lemac. There will also be screening the Shots reel, which is a round up of the worlds best TVCs.

This is the time to get yourself onto the General Committee and help us keep the Society rolling.

Red has had a decent improvement in dynamic range with it’s recent MX upgrade. Still, 11 actual stops is a far cry from the claimed 13.5 it’s marketed as having.

Art Adams tests the MX