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The Zen of Focusing Written by Jack Anderson On the surface focusing seems simple enough. During a blocking rehearsal, marks are laid (that’s the job of the second) to indicate the places on the set where the actors will be stopping and standing during a scene. The first assistant measures...

First off, hello! I'm the treasurer of a film club at my college, and we are starting to get into producing our own videos. None of us have any in-depth experience with gear, but we've all tried to learn as much as we can through the FST classes offered and other sources like YouTube. Since...

<p><img src="http://www.hdproguide.com/images/hdproguide_sigma_1.jpg" width="770" height="472"></p><p><a href="http://www.sigmaphoto.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hdproguide.com/images/hdproguide_sigma_2.jpg" alt="Rick Booth from Sigma shows us their 20mm F1.4 lens and 150-600mm...

<strong>Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 with Interchangeable Mount</strong><p><img src="http://www.studentfilmmakersforums.com/images/forums/Carl-Zeiss_LWZ.2.jpg" width="250" height="469" align="right">The new Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 is the first on the market to combine outstanding optical image quality...

I'm using a Canon HF20, and recently I realized a significant difference between shooting from close up, completely zoomed out, and shooting from far away and zoomed in. The subject is the same size in both cases but the amount of detail in the background is different. In the first case, it...

I have been collecting any eos lens I can get my hands on, some are cheap none are great but is does add a lot of variety to my films.. What is your favorite cheap lens? So I can keep my eyes open. http://hardymagz.com/March%202010/jeremy/JeremyUVU.html

i saw a Canon XL2 at soniccameras.com for $1,149.99 and this seems quite cheap. is this the price for just the body or do you think it comes with a lens?