****UPDATE**** to hear a recent podcast on the making of this short check out Caleb Pike's website: http://dslrvideoshooter.com/episode-007-interview-with-ken-simpson-and-alex-dacev/ Directed / Produced & Edited by Ken Simpson Cinematography by: Alex Dacev BACKGROUND INFO: This was my entry to the third Viewpoint Film Challenge. It's also a prequel to the feature film I directed, "Headcase". PRODUCTION NOTES Shot over nine days, most days…

# vimeo.com/12705618 Uploaded 1 year ago 4,207 Plays / 94 Likes / 36 Comments

This is a lens review of the new Sony 11-16mm T3 PL zoom and Sony 18-252mm zoom lenses. This was all done in 3 hours yesterday afternoon in Tokyo. I was lucky enough to get Sony Japan (through System 5) to lend me these lenses to test. I do not have any commercial arrangement with Sony or System 5 and nor do I receive any of these products for free. If I want them I have to buy them like everyone else. I'm not normally in front of the camera…

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# vimeo.com/37207952 Uploaded 3 months ago 3,236 Plays / 101 Likes / 56 Comments

REMEMBER to turn HD ON on Vimeo. Of course, its still much better downloaded (mp4 or the full contents.zip) A general showreel of clips put together by INTRA fans on personal-view.com. This puts together many of the Driftwood developed INTRA patches for the Panasonic Lumix GH2 camera which was hacked by Vitaliy Kiselev in 2011. It is the first of many showreels by actual personal view members acting as a team - whether it be shooting, editing,…

# vimeo.com/32563119 Uploaded 6 months ago 9,832 Plays / 163 Likes / 70 Comments

UPDATE: I am now working again with the Nikon D4 on a long project. (might get the D800 for that project too), Many people including me were very concerned about the "picture softens". My conclusion is, that all but the 2.7 crop factor are causing the picture to be very soft. As far as I am concern non of the other full frame/crop modes is delivering a picture which is usable for broadcast. The 2.7 crop on the other hand is sharp and producing a…

# vimeo.com/35858905 Uploaded 4 months ago 15.9K Plays / 72 Likes / 83 Comments