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  The Great Camera Shootout 2011: Episode 3 – “It’s Not So Black & White”

  September 22, 2011 / Camera Tests, Education, Featured, KUTV, Production, The Great Camera Shootout 2011

  The third and final episode of The Great Camera Shootout 2011 is finally here!  On September 27th, 2011 The Great Camera Shootout 2011 was nominated for two Emmy awards (Midwest Chapter). One nomination was for Outstanding Achievement in Informational Programming and the other was for Zacuto Senior Editor Karen Abad’s, skillful editing work. Episode 3, It’s Not So Black & White, completes the three part Great Camera Shootout 2011 series but also has an unexpected announcement that will leave you

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  The Great Camera Shootout 2011: SCCE ~ Episode 2 ~ Sensors & Sensitivity

  July 28, 2011 / Camera Tests, Education, KUTV, Production, The Great Camera Shootout 2011

  Episode 2:  “Sensors & Sensitivity”     Kessler and Zacuto are proud to present the second episode in our three part web series The Great Camera Shootout 2011.  In this episode you’ll see for the first time as Robert Primes, ASC administers tests measuring the sensitivity, resolution, and compression the top cameras of 2011. According to the film’s director, Steve Weiss, they used a state of the art chart with twenty various grey patches.  As each camera shoots the chart,

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  On The Road With The Red Epic: Tom Guilmette’s First Impressions

  July 19, 2011 / Camera Tests, Education, Kessler Shooter News, Production, Red Epic On The Road

  The Kessler RED Epic’s next stop is Boston to spend some time with Kessler Shooter Tom Guilmette. In this preliminary video, Tom will take you through the basics of shooting with the RED Epic, including menus and operation. Tom is shooting on the Kessler CineSlider with the ElektraDRIVE 500 series motor and basic controller, as seen below: Here’s a little bit from Tom on his shoot: “Working with friend and first A.C. Nick Keating, I shot and edited a video blog

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  The Slanted Lens – Episode 2

  July 13, 2011 / Camera Tests, Education, KUTV, Production, The Slanted Lens

  Creating Time Lapse Photography: A Lighting Lesson Time Lapse photography is a striking and stylish way to create powerful imagery. Combine that with stellar  equipment that makes shooting it a breeze, and you’ve got a recipie for greatness. But how do you shoot a time lapse video? How do you light such a production correctly? Well here’s the third episode of The Slanted Lens to show you how to do exactly that! Watch Jay P. Morgan as he instructs you

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  The Great Camera Shootout 2011: SCCE ~ Episode One “The Tipping Point”

  June 17, 2011 / Camera Tests, Education, News, Production

  Watch Episode 1 Now: www.zacuto.com In the most scientific camera comparison to date, “The Great Camera Shootout 2011: a documentary of the Single Chip Camera Evaluation (SCCE)” premieres with Episode 1: “The Tipping Point.” The first episode of the 3-part web series examines three SCCE Tests: The Dynamic Range Test, The Under Exposure Test and The Over Exposure Test. Robert Primes, ASC, designed and administered the full series of tests. “That’s right,” says Web Series Director Steve Weiss, “We didn’t

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  The Great Camera Shootout – Coming Soon!

  May 10, 2011 / Camera Tests, News

  For those salivating for the next edition of Zacuto’s Emmy Award Winning web series The Great Camera Shootout, you’re in luck. Just released is the trailer for the next shootout, and it is spectacular. Not a contest so much as an evaluation of camera capabilities, The Great Camera Shootout 2011 produced by Zacuto and Kessler will evaluate latest cameras on the market. Cameras will come from all across the board, including Sony, Canon, Panasonic, Phantom, Weisscam, Nikon, Arri, RED, as

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