Blackmagic Cinema Camera

In the calm after last week's snow storm, we were able to test out the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera.

We used a 35mm nikon and the Kowa/Bell and Howell 2x anamorphic adapter to make this little edit:


BMCC/Anamorphic/ProRes from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.

Shot in Log ProRes and graded in FCP 7.
Music: Grouper 'Heavy Water/I'd Rather be Sleeping'

I really enjoyed using the camera and both the ProRes and RAW files look incredible.
Can't wait to use the m43 unit with my Hot Rod PL adapter on a production!

I have some DNG shots available for download here.
Enjoy!

winterwalk. GH3 test video.

Got a few minutes to play with the Panasonic GH3.

Here's the obligatory anamorphic test video!


winterwalk. GH3 anamorphic. from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.

50Mbps IPB. ISO 200.
35mm Lomo anamorphic. Hot Rod PL.
Standard all -5 (which gives a surprisingly flat image)

I think the camera is a nice update. Solid build.
Seems a little less noisy overall, and 800 and 1600 look nice.
No weird solid line thing at ISOs 800+. Dynamic range feels a little wider.
Not having the lcd/hdmi gamma change when you hit record is great.
For these few reasons alone I'd be much more comfortable using it on set.


And here's two grabs from a 50mm spherical Lomo. 

Recently...

Here's a look at a pair of short films I DPed this fall!
Both were photographed on the GH2 patched with FlowMotion2.02 and Lomo anamorphic lenses.

"Alice" directed by Giles Greenwood.









"Why Did I Laugh?" directed by Howard Gordon.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

This past July, Krista and I were in Illinois. We were there to help Derek Mungor make his new feature film 'You Are Not Alone.' The film is a thriller as seen from the main character's point of view.

Krista was the lead actress/camera op and I was the film's cinematographer.

Here is the film's first teaser trailer!


You Are Not Alone (2013) - Teaser Trailer from Derek Mungor on Vimeo.

Krista and I just posted a bunch of behind the scenes photos on YELLYFISH.

And to keep up with the film, like us on facebook.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hope everyone has been enjoying fall so far!
Here's a cheesy little mood piece in honour of Halloween.

Watch nice and loud...


HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.


Here's a few shots from the raw footage before I analogged it up!
Shot with my Lomo anamorphic lenses mounted with the Hot Rod PL.
I used the FlowMotion v2 patch.














And a shot of me dubbing out of FCP:

more GH2 anamorphic

My brother Josh finally got his hands on a Kowa 8z 2x anamorphic adapter. He came over at sunset to try it out with my SmallHD DP6 monitor and I shot these on my GH2 with a Lomo 35mm anamorphic Lens at T4 with a +1 diopter:

Anamorphic GH2

Lomo 50mm anamorphic at T4 with +1 diopter on Panasonic GH2 with lpowell's FlowMotion 2.02 patch:

SmallHD DP6 squeezing/zooming for proper 2.40:1 monitoring: