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What are anamorphic lenses and how do they work?

Anamorphic lenses squeeze an image horizontally while leaving the vertical aspect unaffected. Let's explore what's happening.

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Here’s how to keep focus on a gimbal without a follow focus

Sean Berry

If you want to manually focus your camera while its on a gimbal and not have to reply on follow focus, you need to watch this video.

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The Essential Video Shooter’s Toolkit

Russ Fairley

The big day has finally arrived — a video shoot for the biggest client to ever darken your door. You’re nervous, but excited and...

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How to Buy an Interchangeable Lens Camera

Chris Monlux

While we have more options and more technology than ever before; buying a new camera has never been more difficult. It’s not just that...

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How to Prevent Your Sony Camera From Overheating

Susan Schmierer

If you are a Sony mirrorless camera owner, you know that continuous high-quality video recording is not its strongest side because of the temperature limit issue.

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Camera Shopping? Don’t Be Fooled by Clever Marketing

Kyle Cassidy

There are many, many camcorders on the market today — and not only that, the Digital SLR market has collided with the existing camcorder...

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Video Gear: Finding and Accessing Equipment

JohnMcCabe1

A long time ago, in an industry that now seems a lifetime away, accessing gear to make films was a very expensive proposition, and...

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Essential Gear for a Let’s Play Production

Weland Bourne

The most important thing for a Let's Play is the gear. The first thing is obviously a good internet connection. This is especially important...

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How Lens Adapters and Speedboosters Work

Kyle Cassidy

Your camera is basically just a light-tight box. The lens is where a lot of the magic happens. From a fisheye with a 180...

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How to Build a Camera Rig

Morgan Paar

Let’s get the tech side of this out of the way. There are three types of rail systems. The size of most prosumer rail...