Just like Arri’s hand built cameras, lenses rely on significant manpower working in tandem with machines to deliver a crystal clear image. A quality lens is no small feat to manufacture and here’s a video showing how lenses are made to prove it. If you don’t appreciate the precision optics of lenses already, this video should convince you otherwise.
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How to Clean a Camera Lens Without Damaging the Glass
One of the questions I get a lot from readers is how to clean a camera lens properly. While I can’t claim my method is “the way” to clean a lens, it has served me well in my career so I decided to share it with you in my first ever video post.
How ARRI Film Cameras Are Built (Video)
Believe it or not, ARRI makes more than the Alexa and cool internet web-apps. The company built its reputation on precision film cameras and even though most their press comes in the way of digital offerings, celluloid is still ingrained in ARRI. Now you can watch a cool video about how one of their cameras, the Arri 435 Xtreme, is built courtesy of “How It’s Made” and YouTube.
Natalie Portman Thanks Camera Operators in Best Actress Oscar Speech
Last night at the 83rd Academy Awards, Natalie Portman gave one of the more sincere speeches after winning Best Actress. In that speech she took the time to thank the camera operators of Black Swan among the usual “Thank You’s.” That kind of recognition is rare for below the line crew members and was a classy move on her part.
Reverse Angle: Camera Operators in the Movies (Video)
The Society of Camera Operators and editor Bob Joyce teamed together to create a great little montage of camera operators throughout Hollywood films.
RED Epic Finds Itself in a Pillow Fight (Video/Footage)
Mark Pederson of OFFHOLLYWOOD has been busy putting his RED Epic # 007 – Bond – to work this week and just posted some Epic footage and R3D stills last night for salivating readers of REDuser.net.
Doug Hart on the Job of the 1st Assistant Camera (Video)
Douglas Hart is one the most respected names within camera assisting / operating / cinematography circles. That’s because he spent a good while as a camera assistant for Gordon Willis and is also the author of one of two essential books on camera assisting. This is a guy who has seen it all, done it all and despite his humble claims, probably knows it all too.
Terry O’Quinn Speaks About the LOST Camera Crew (Video)
Part of the enjoyment of watching LOST, for myself, was the cinematography and production value that went into the show. I recently found a video online of Terry O’Quinn, who plays John Locke in the show, talking about the crew behind the camera and how their technical abilities helped enable the art of LOST.
A Salute to 2nd AC’s Everywhere (Video)
Remember that old series of Bud Light commercials that saluted “real men of genius?” Where they would pick someone who is almost always relatively unknown but that everyone is aware of and sing a song to/about them? Well, it turns out that Bud Light was willing to shine a light on the usually invisible camera assistants in one of these ads.
Behind the Scenes of the Virginia Lottery “Holiday Dog” Commercial (Video)
A couple of weeks ago I worked as a camera assistant/swing on a behind-the-scenes shoot for a Virginia lottery commercial. The commercial, which centered around a dog wrapping lottery tickets as gifts for his owners, was shot in Richmond, VA.