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New Lomography Kickstarter Makes Your Smartphone a Mobile Film Scanner
Though I understand where these things come from, calling something like Lomography “the analog Instagram” is like calling Kodak’s new Super 8 stock “the chemical MiniDV,” or even better, “the new...
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Speaking of Apple's Prices... Why Are They So Damn High?
More than anything, users appreciate the undeniable consistency (and therefore, customer confidence) that comes with any Apple machine or app. This applies to both consumers and professionals, though...
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Your iPhone is a Light Meter, Waveform Monitor, and False-Color Display with...
Talk about your digital leatherman: The number of ridiculously handy — and practical, and portable, all in one — apps for filmmaking on mobile devices is probably one of the greatest tech-vantages...
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Can't Afford a GoPro? You Already Own One. Just Add G-Form's G90...
The iLeatherman* for filmmakers is very real. Case in point: let’s say you can’t afford the $400 GoPro HERO3 (or justify the purchase for whatever reason), but you still need a tiny HD rig that laughs...
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Twitter Launches Vine, the 'Instagram of Video' (in Lieu of Owning the...
Twitter is “the internet’s SMS.” Instagram is the Twitter of pictures. Some app somewhere is prophesied to be “the Instagram of Video.” I’ve used epic words for social media’s ‘cinemaminigram’ before,...
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Help Airbnb Make the First Vine Feature Film (6 Seconds at a Time)
Airbnb is primarily known as a company and website that connects hosts with travellers who looking for accommodations that aren’t hotels or hostels. Now they seem to be branching out into the indie...
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4K Video Recording in Your Pocket: Acer Introduces the 4K-Capable Liquid S2...
The smartphone market is getting pretty crowded these days. Each manufacturer is trying to outdo each other with bigger screens, more resolution, higher CPU and GPU speeds, and anything else...
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Short Film Shows How Well the iPhone 5s Performs in Slow Motion
When the iPhone 5s came out, one of the first questions, at least I had, was, “How’s the video?” Smartphones have been providing filmmakers a quick and easy outlet for making videos on the fly, but the...
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Apple Matches GoPro HERO3: New iPhone 5S Will Record 120FPS at 720P
Apple released new versions of their cellular device today: the flagship iPhone 5S, and a lower-cost plastic phone they are calling the 5C (the C stands for color, as the device will have a few...
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Don't Laugh, You Could Probably Use This: RØDE Turns iPhones into Field...
Any time you mention the use of a smartphone on a serious professional filmmaking project, you’re bound to get a few looks. However, this new tool from RØDE might be something that could really be...
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Moondog Labs Has Brought Anamorphic Filmmaking to the iPhone
Though shooting with anamorphic lenses isn’t anything new, the aesthetic it produces, the dimentionality and oval bokeh, has become more and more popular among independent filmmakers. Unfortunately,...
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An iPhone Case That is Also a Ring Light? Introducing Lightstrap
The iPhone 5s is slowly becoming one beast of a tool when it comes to smartphone filmmaking, and it’s not just because it now records 120fps. All of the accessories and extras, from anamorphic lens...
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