David Williams

Sony PMW-300

David — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:30:56 +0000

An EX3 replacement. 4:2:2 50Mbit mpeg2, with 10bit XAVC to come, and the same lens mount system.

Sony PMW-300

Aaton Returns

David — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:26:07 +0000

Good news for Aaton. A day late to the digital age, but now restructuring.

The Cat is Back

Ignorance Abounds

David — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:52:45 +0000

So many people pass themselves off as experts of various flavours on the web. Yet quite often they are simply ignorantly repeating marketing brochures, or worse yet, just repeating another’s error. Trying to increase their web traffic no doubt.

The terms resolution and resolve are in the context camera sensors closely linked. You can’t redefine one without breaking the definition of the other. It’s even in the dictionary.

4K resolves twice the resolution of 2K. 4K therefore has twice the resolution of 2K. Seems pretty simple.

There are of course four times the pixels with 4K versus 2K, but it cannot resolve four time the detail, only twice the detail, ergo, there is twice the resolution. I did have some hopes for RedShark News when it first opened, but when I posted this information about their 4K article it seems they have deleted it. Not even a mention of the need to sit closer than 6 feet to your 50″ TV just to begin to notice it’s 4K.

Straight marketing regurgitation, oh well…

Not Quite Right Article

Resolve 10

David — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:08:21 +0000

One of the best pieces of news out of NAB earlier this year was the upgraded feature list on the next iteration of Resolve 10.

Redshark News has something of a rundown posted.

Resolve 10 Rundown

When White Is Not

David — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:26:18 +0000

Everything put in front of the sensor changes the characteristics of the light recorded. Every lens and filter will change your white point, sometimes quite significantly. The latest blog entry at Negative Spaces shows how to test and adjust for this.

Colour Correction

Some Golden Rules

David — Tue, 28 May 2013 02:42:50 +0000

I never usually post lists of rules, as they are generally far too generic or simply regular common sense.

This list of Danny Boyle’s rules is also fairly generic and common sensical, but I see people in charge on set regularly who have no clear idea of how to go about things. The result is usually chaos on set and a very poor production.

You don’t have to follow these rules to the letter, more use them as guidelines to shape your though processes. They are good targets.

Danny Boyle’s Golden Rules

2013 ACS National Awards

David — Sun, 26 May 2013 00:05:27 +0000

Here are the 2013 ACS National Award Winners, with the event held last night in Canberra.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Clips of all the winning entries – Awards Winners

Cannes

David — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:42 +0000

The Firebird has won Best Short Film and the World Peace Award at the Artisan Festival International at Cannes.

Congratulation all, much hard work coming to fruition for everyone.

NAB 2013

David — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:03:20 +0000

A lot of interesting news and gear came out of NAB 2013. Adam Wilt has compiled a decent rundown.

NAB 2013 Reflections

The Firebird

David — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:46:42 +0000

A short film I shot is doing the rounds at Cannes, with Official Selection at Artisan Festival International, and also on show in the Cannes Court Métrage. Written and Directed by Antonis Tsonis, it has won a few awards already, with more to come no doubt.

The website has more information.

Ficino Films – The Firebird