Tag: Cinematography

[En/Fr] Tutorial | Changing the LCD protection of a Sony a7r2

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Close up of the damaged LCD factory protector on a sony a7r2

A small post to talk about the replacement of the factory installed LCD protector on a Sony a7r2 with a GGS Larmor Gen V

Even by taking care of my camera, protecting it as well as I could from humidity, drips of water and impacts, I noticed a rapid degradation of the LCD protection. I originally though that the protection was peeling away from the LCD but after some time searching on the internet, I found that other users had the same issue and that it was in fact the protector itself which was desintegrating.

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[En/Fr] Tutorial : Building a DIY 4 tubes Kino-Flo on the cheap

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Test of the Construction DIY d'un éclairage type Kino-Flo /DIY Kino Flo with 4 tubes lit

This first blog post will be about the construction of a DIY lighting rig.

WHY BUILD MY OWN LIGHTING ?

Like a lot of aspiring filmmakers I’ve been confronted to the difficulty of finding good cheap lights. Even if it’s possible to use natural light up to a certain point, nothing beats dedicated lighting systems for fiability and consistency of light quality.

Some use consumer lightbulbs, other use contruction site spotlights, but even if it’s possible to get good results, a lot of limitations were felt :

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