'House' DP on Canon 5D MkII

Adam Wilt investigates how the DP used Canon 5D MkIIs on the “House” finale in HDSLR Revolution: Gale Tattersal Talks about “House:

'“Help Me”, the season 6 finale of “House”, was shot with Canon 5D Mk II HDSLRs using off-the-shelf Canon still lenses [similar to the one below from Adam]. This past week, Director of Photography Gale Tattersal quashed a few rumors about how the show was shot, and commented on what he liked about using the Canons as cine cameras.

Mr. Tattersal‘s comments were made on the Cinematography Mailing List, and I reproduce them here by kind permission of Mr. Tattersal and CML’s Geoff Boyle. I’ve made minor edits for formatting and readability, and added some links...'

Adam Wilt: Final Thoughts on NAB

Adam Wilt is hard to ignore, so here's his NAB 2010: Final Thoughts at PVC. He saw three major trends, the 3Ds: video-capable DSLRs everywhere; 3D production kit, ditto; the Democratization of digital cine cams.

There's a long list if his more specific NAB coverage too.

Sony CineAlta event @ Apple

The Digital Cinema Society Northern California Chapter will partner with MacFilmmakers to present a joint meeting covering the Sony CineAlta Camera Line, 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm on Wednesday December 17th, 2008.

The meeting will be held at Apple, on the main campus on Infinite Loop. Register here.

Presenters include Adam Wilt and Art Adams, who with the help of Leigh Blicher from San Francisco rental house VideoFax, will show off the new F35 CineAlta and cover such subjects as Sony S-Log and Hypergammas. They will also present footage, including a spec spot they recently shot with VideoFax's F35.

Representatives from Sony including Shahpour Nosrati-Fard will also give a presentation on the EX3 CineAlta and Bob Lofland will demo Sony Display products including the BVM L230 LCD HD Master Series Monitor which will be used to show off the F35 imagery. Representatives from VMI will also be present to answer questions. And of course there's a raffle.

Wilt discoveries on exporting stills from FCP

Adam Wilt discusses Exporting stills from FCP: Correcting for FCP’s assumption, and a surprising discovery.