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Friday Night Dinner for Celere primes

The latest series of long running Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner for Big Talk productions was filmed by DoP Matt Wicks using Celere primes. Each series has been distinguished … Read more

Area 51 Incident delivers horror thrills from the Abyss

Horror fans will devour Area 51 Incident.  The new movie from genre specialists Dark Abyss Productions imagines an alien species landing on earth to make it their new home and to commit … Read more

Owl Short Film shot with Phantom VEO – “More Efficient and More Productive”

It’s part of the job description of every natural history filmmaker to travel, often overseas, typically to remote locations or extreme environments – or both – and without the luxury … Read more

Wacky Races: Rogue Films jumps aboard The Grand Tour Rally

In celebration of Season 2 of Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour, social media stars took to roads across the world in The Grand Tour Rally cars. To fuel their favourite … Read more

In Fear revives the thriller

A couple are lost on a deserted, maze-like country road. Surrounded by thick woods and with night closing in, the scene of terror is set. In Fear, funded by Studio … Read more

Sigma Cine Primes and Zooms – all you need to know

This article seeks to introduce the range of Sigma Cine Primes, Classic Primes and Film Zooms and to explain why we like them as much as we do.

The Creative and Technical Differences between Full Frame and S-35

Fully Updated Article, April 2023:  To shoot Full-Frame or S-35? Are there really artistic reasons for shooting on FF?

What are the advantages and what gear will I need?

VMI Guide to Film Lenses

Article introducing the differences between film lenses and explaining the terms and factors which distinguish them.

Shooting Anamorphic in Full Frame and S-35

Everyone appreciates the cinematic quality of shooting anamorphic.

With the popularity of Full Frame, it made sense for VMI to make more options available for capturing in both anamorphic and Frame. This is a new article to explore these options.

Mid-range cameras don’t mean compromise

At VMI we’ve noticed a recent trend among filmmakers and wondered if you agree? We’ve spotted that a significant number of productions are ‘trading down’ from using traditional top of the range cine-cameras…

New generation of Auto Focus lenses now available with E and EF Mounts

Auto Focus is here to stay and whilst this is not a panacea to force all focus-pullers to retrain, the increased adoption of Full Frame (which necessarily makes focussing more critical than S-35 or APSC formats) and the enhanced development of the technology, makes this functionality more useful and as a result, we are noticing an increased interest in it.

E-Mount Lenses – perfect for the Sony FX9, FS7, AS7 & FS5

Article introducing the native E-Mount lenses

Slow Motion – What you REALLY need to know | Phantom VEO 4K | Phantom FLEX 4K

VMI guide to shooting super slow motion on the Phantom VEO 4K camera.

Wireless Lens Control Systems – all you need to know (updated Sep 19)

THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE CURRENT RANGE OF WIRELESS LENS CONTROL SYSTEMS WHICH VMI CONSIDERS THE BEST IN THEIR FIELD AND EXPLAIN WHY WE THINK THAT THEY WORK VERY WELL IN GIVEN SCENARIOS.

Achieving More From Your Production Budget

A guide to answering questions of How to compare rental prices from competing rental companies? What equipment to use? Whether to buy or hire? Or, if buying is considered, then when is the right time to buy?

Ronin & MōVI Gimbals – all you need to know

This article explains the benefits and limitations of using these Gimbal systems and provides essential information if you want to use one in production. Revised June 2021. Introduction This is … Read more

The Canon C300 Mk II vs C300 – What’s the fuss about?

Article exploring the differences between the Mk I and Mk II C300 camera.