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Metabones Speed Booster video test with Sony FS700 vs Canon 5d mk ll

Posted by Paul on Feb 3, 2013 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 0 comments

Using the Metabones Speed Booster on the Sony FS700 Last week I took delivery on a new adaptor from Metabones – the Speed Booster. It’s a great new piece of kit that promises to bring new opportunities to shooting on APS-C (and soon to be micro four thirds) sized sensor cameras. More more info on how the speed booster works click here to view a post from last week. A few days ago, I went down to the coast in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs with Roman Mongin to shoot a few clips with the new adaptor and also a new lens i recently bought – the Rokinon 35mm T1.5. Roman...

Lens decisions with the Metabones – ‘Speedbooster’

Posted by Paul on Jan 17, 2013 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 1 comment

Metabones Speed booster Canon to NEX adaptor… I have been using A-mount lenses on the FS700 since I purchased the camera 3 months ago. The Sony alpha lenses work great with Lea-2 lens adaptor giving electronic support and quick autofocus with the E-mount camera. Owning a Sony a77 DSLR also allows me to use the same lenses on both cameras giving great freedom when using the DSLR as a second camera during interviews. There is a problem though with using Alpha lenses and this adaptor system… Hardly anyone uses A-mount lenses! Well I haven’t met many at least. This...

Building the FS700 Camera rig.

Posted by Paul on Dec 2, 2012 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 0 comments

Sony FS700 Shoulder mount camera rig. ** Click here for an updated version of this post ** Anyone who has ever used the FS700 would know that it’s not exactly blessed with great ergonomics out of the box, some people do like the way it’s designed but unfortunately, i’m not one of them. After only a few days shooting with this camera i couldn’t wait to find a way to use this camera in a way i’m a bit more used to and that’s shoulder mounted or semi-shoulder mounted. Shooting an interview handheld for 5-10 minutes really tested my ability to keep the camera...

New Sony camera announcement 30th october?

Posted by Paul on Oct 17, 2012 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 0 comments

Possible new sony camera on it’s way… The above picture advertisement has recently shown up on sony’s UK website suggesting that a new sony camera announcement is coming on the 30th October. While it isn’t certain that it will be a new camera, it is looking very likely. Personally i am hoping that along with this new camera announcement, the RAW upgrade for the FS700 will be released. 🙂 “TheNewF” could be a new successor to the wonderful F3 super 35mm camera released a couple of years ago. The specs are obviously hush hush at the...

Using the Alphatron EVF

Posted by Paul on Oct 13, 2012 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 3 comments

The Alphatron EVF – great retina display viewfinder from TV Logic. I am currently in my hotel room in Kuala Lumpur failing miserably to beat jet lag from my flight from London yesterday. So I thought i’d write down some initial thoughts I had from using the Alphatron EVF for the first time on a shoot last week. It beats staring at the fan on the ceiling anyway! I have been wanting to test out this EVF for a while now since it was announced back in NAB 2012, the specs really stood out and as I am looking to get an extra monitor for my FS700 soon and I was...

New camera kit!

Posted by Paul on Sep 27, 2012 in Equipment, Featured Articles | 0 comments

After many hours of research, reading reviews and trying to get my hands on as many of the hundreds of cameras currently on the market, i have finally settled on my cameras of choice for the next couple of years at leased. Sony PMW-200 First up is the newly released (September 2012) Sony PMW-200. This camera is a very welcome and long awaited addition to the XDCAM family of Sony cameras. Building on the success of the very popular Sony EX1R, the PMW-200 features a very similar body size, shape and weight. The lens is the same as the Ex1r as far as i can tell which will come in...