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Blackmagic URSA Mini G2 vs ARRI Amira!

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Today we are taking a look at the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2 vs the ARRI Amira. It’s like $6000 vs $45,000! Both of these cameras have been out for a while now and we’re going to finally put them to the test, looking at picture quality, looking at it in RAW. There are some […]

How to Shoot a Timelapse of the Milky Way

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I am out in the Mojave National Preserve in this beautiful area between Vegas and Los Angeles. It’s full of Joshua trees and amazing rock formations, but I decided to come here to shoot the Milky Way! In June the Milky Way comes up and sits right on the horizon for almost 8 hours. It’s […]

Canon EOS R vs Sony A7 iii: Which One Should You Buy?!

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Time to put both a Canon EOS R and a Sony A7 iii to the test! Which one will come out on top in this ultimate camera comparison?! Watch the whole video by CLICKING HERE!  Today on The Slanted Lens I’ve got Danielle Maddox with me. She’s going to help me look at these 2 […]

Panasonic S1 vs Sony A7iii: Is it Time to Switch?

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Today we bring you an in-depth comparison of the Panasonic S1 vs Sony A7iii, to see if the new kid on the block (Panasonic S1) beats out the classic, Sony A7iii. Let’s check out the specs. Click HERE to watch the video! Picture Quality Test The color looks very different between the two. The Sony […]

One Light Portrait: Creating Contrast

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Today’s lesson is creating contrast and depth with values in one light portraits. It’s interesting because lights and darks are opposites. Whites come forward in the image, whereas blacks will recede in the back. Now we have Michael here and his hair is white so if I put him on a white background, his hair […]

8 Cinematic Gimbal Moves

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Gimbals are slowly taking the place of many large, heavy dollies, sliders, and other cinematic tools. So we are going to show you 8 cinematic gimbal moves to use in your narrative or doc-style videos! The gimbal is a fast, simple, inexpensive tool for you to get a wide variety of different angles for your […]

How to Push and Pull Film

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We are here today to learn how to push and pull film. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term, it’s really simple! Let’s take a Portra 800, and set the box speed at 1600 instead, we are underexposing the film by 1 stop. So when we are processing the film, we have […]

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