Equipment Reviews

My Panasonic GH4 Has Arrived. My First Impressions
I was lucky to have my pre ordered GH4 arrive today from Texas Media Systems much sooner than I expected. It wasn’t supposed to be here until the end of April. To my surprise Texas Media Systems emailed me with a tracking number and the next day it arrived. So cool! I love new cameras! I […]

GenusTech Mini Jib Pre Review And First Impressions
I finally was able to get out and set up the GenusTech Mini Jib. I have been on the mend from shoulder surgery and it has taken a little longer than I expected to get back to shooting. Big thanks for all the help I got today from Andy and the mystery shooter. LOL! As […]

Building A Zacuto Recoil Rig. My Hands On Review
I’ve been on a quest to build the perfect camera rig for some time now. In fact I wrote a blog post on just that! Using several different bits and pieces to create a well balanced shoulder mounted rig. I got so close but just never had one system that absolutely worked. I basically quit […]

Canon 70D With Dual Pixel CMOS AF. My Two Part Review
I decided to break this up into two parts. This first part will cover my thoughts on the camera and shooting stills primarily. I have a few tests on the video side done but haven’t gone out to really shoot yet. Please come back for the review that will cover the video side of the […]

Tiffen 82mm Variable ND Filter Test
I wanted to get one variable ND filter to fit all my lenses, so I went for this massive Tiffen 82mm Variable ND Filter. It is BIG but for a reason. The wider outer optic helps reduce vignetting at wide angles. I have several step down rings so I can use the filter with all my […]

Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Monitor Packs A Punch In A Small Box
I recently bought a new Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15″ with Thunderbolt 2. I needed a better laptop for editing with Premiere Pro. Since my mid 2010 did not have a CUDA enabled GPU I wasn’t getting the performance I wanted. Another reason to upgrade is for the new and really fast USB 3 and […]

LaCie eSATA Hub. The Thunderbolt Bridge For eSATA Drives
I recently bought a mighty sweet 15″ 2013 Retina MacBook Pro. It came preloaded with Mavericks and for the most part I like it a lot! Mavericks is a little different and gave me some issues installing CUDA drivers. Apple hasn’t certified a lot of drivers yet so Mavericks didn’t want to install updates I […]

GH3 Battery Grip For Only $70 & It’s Awesome!
I love it when you find a great deal. I love it even more when it’s also a great product! That happened when I found this GH3 battery grip on eBay. I usually have low expectations when I find after market products and no offense but some of the Chinese stuff can be iffy, but not […]

Fhugen Honu GH3 Video Cage Hands On Review
The Photography and Cinema Fhugen Hono (pronounced as Fusion) is a custom designed GH3 cage. Yes it’s made specifically for the GH3. This is great because it fits the GH3 like a glove. You have access to all the features and all the compartments of the GH3 without any issues. Universal cages could have issues […]

Think Tank Photo TurnStyle 10. Hands On Review
Is it a backpack? Fanny pack? or a messenger bag. Well, the TurnStyle bag takes some of the features from all three, When you need to go light and move fast the TurnStyle 10 delivers. I used it for several days and it was a joy to work with. The first time I slipped it over […]
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