The big difference between good LED lights and poor quality LED lights is their ability to render colour – the colorimetry. The robustness, the built-in features, focusing, the life expectancy, the heat management all play a part too, but who cares if a luminaire puts out crappy light to...

TV3 insists that new prime time show Underbelly New Zealand (The Land of the Long Green Cloud) will be delivered in HD but says they are fairly relaxed with their HD technical requirements. In this case, relaxed means employing an acquisition workflow that would not qualify for broadcast HD...

Like a ring master’s flourish cued to a drum roll, Sony has announced its new large sensor camera. But if you were hanging off purchasing a Canon 5D, a Panasonic AF100 or indeed an Sony F3  just  in case this camera turned out to be better value, then this announcement won’t help...

Shooting video with a DSLR means you are stuck with operating from the small low-resolution screen to judge critical focus and exposure.  The other option is to use the HDMI output which, although it blanks the camera’s LCD, at least let you use a professional monitor to assess ...

If you are a producer or director working in commercials or drama you almost certainly would like to get the 35mm film look on screen. Until now, the only way to afford it on a low budget was to use a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) stills camera like the Canon 5D. They are a cheap way to...

Cameraman want to shoot stuff that looks good, but that wasn’t Yves Simard’s assignment. His job was to test the Sony PMW-F3 pre-production sample. With lush images from the camera already up on this site among others,  it was time to get out on the street and see what would...

The F-3 is Sony‘s first Super 35 CMOS camera destined for the Professional Market. Sony say it does not compete head to head with DSLRs, because of its price point but advocates an HD 2K workflow for high end production. Here is a quick report compiled for CREWS.TV members and...

Finally, its Christmas for shallow depth of field creatives. Here’s what Sony is putting under the tree – with comments from Jason Wingrove. * * * http://www.vimeo.com/16937523 * * * This is a teaser for a longer test shoot shot entirely with the Sony PMW-F3. It will also become...

It was at NAB earlier this year that  Sony first officially announced their intention to enter the small-form-factor large-sensor video camera market but with no firm info or dates, interest in the camera soon tailed off. Fast-forward to October and the large-sensor Panasonic AF100 was...

Hans LaCour, a great member of the NZCREWS team passed away last year and was remembered by his friends and peers on Saturday afternoon. At the end of a row of hundred year old trees on Pohutaka drive, in historic Cromwell Park a young tree sporting brand new buds of the indigenous New Zealand...