HD Today Stories Archive
Hemingway’s car restoration in Cuba. Canon C300
Category: Large Sensor
I returned last night from Havana and a week filming with acting-singing legend David Soul (most famously Hutch from the 1970s cult TV show Starsky & Hutch). What a fabulous experience as we followed the trail...
Hippy and The Holistics Campaign, White Label Management. Sony FS700
Category: Large Sensor
Hippy And The Holistics - a natural hair care and shampoo brand – commissioned White Label Management to create its latest web advertising campaign. Targeting the luxury end of the market, the director Ben Galster and crew headed for the...
Poetry in Motion, The Bespoke Film Company for C4. Canon C300
Category: Large Sensor
The rhythm and thrill of language, and the drama of life are explored in a new commission for Channel 4 by The Bespoke Film Company. Shot with a pair of Canon C300s hired from VMI, the short film was inspired by an epitaph on a London park...
Toast Fashion Shoot. Canon C300
Category: Large Sensor
“All the old 5D problems are gone. The quality of the pictures goes way beyond what you'd expect from a camera at this price.” Says Nick Seaton, fashion photographer and film maker who hired a C300 from VMI. Shooting for the...
The Other Side, Feature. Sony F3
Category: Large Sensor
Nick Moran of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels fame recently starred in a slick new short horror film directed by The Santoro Brothers. The production was shot on a variety of cameras, including four Sony PMW-F3s hired from London hire house...
When Ronnie met Mark
Category: Large Sensor
The Panasonic AF101 Multicam Broadcast Shoot The images feeding through onto the monitors are sharp, detailed and clean. However, it's the subjects that first grab the attention: Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood and music producer Mark...
F3 used in Reebok Short Films
Category: Large Sensor
Mark Jenkinson, Director at Production Company Superglue, found the PMW-F3 the ideal camera for his series of docs for sports brand Reebok. Combining a Super35 sensor with PL mount adapter, it enabled him to choose his own glass and create...
The Dark Art. Sony PMW F3
Category: Large Sensor
"Capturing the beauty of a Leonardo painting requires a particular type of camera. Not just because of the subtlety and deftness of the pictures, but also because the delicacy of late 15th century art means that lighting on and the around...
Hewlett Packard commercial shot with AF-101
Category: Large Sensor
Independent production company Delinquent's commercial for Hewlett Packard's ePrint system is an example of a new emerging TV format. Their latest production was created with TV production values. It was filmed and edited...
Skeletons
Category: Large Sensor
The stars of Skeletons, the film that won best new British feature at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival, have recently been shooting tests of a new TV comedy series, called "Kenny Diamond." Using a Sony F3, hired from VMI, DOP Gary...
The Sound of Silence: Sony PMW-F3
Category: Large Sensor
Director Georgia Oakley's new short film, Hush, was shot on location on the South Oxfordshire downs in the early summer. Relating the story of a deaf child, the piece is an exploration of non-verbal communication. "A beautiful...
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Panasonic AF-101 in Congo Documentary
Category: Large Sensor
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the largest, poorest and most beautiful countries on the planet. Tragically, its landscape of rainforest, jungle, savannah and mountains have been scarred by years of fierce conflict and decades of...
Studio 9 Films in Congo with Panasonic AG-AF101/NanoFlash
Category: Large Sensor
A recent broadcast production commissioned by Al Jazeera is the first to adopt the new Panasonic AG-AF101 Four Thirds camera. The production was filmed on location in The Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the largest and poorest countries...
