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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 […]

One Light Portrait: What Lens to Choose?

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Hi, this is Jay P! We’re starting a new series on The Slanted Lens called “One Light Portraits” where I take my black background out on location and capture portraits of real people while teaching a single principle at a time, so you can understand the portrait process. Today our principle is the lens! We shot […]

Sensor Size Comparison for Photography

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan and Kenneth Merrill. Our model for today is Lezl Gonzales (@lezlkoe)! We are going to be taking a look at four different sensor sizes and see how they compare with one another. First, we have the Hasselblad X1D, which is a Medium format camera, it’s the largest digital sensor […]

Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k vs. GH5

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This is Jay P. here coming to you with a camera comparison on two hot  cameras on the market. To compare the BMPCC4K with the GH5, we tested the dynamic range, stabilization, color science, ease of use, and ergonomics of both! Check out Borrow Lenses for any lenses, cameras, or equipment you need to rent […]

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