Russian Arm on Mercedes ML63

by Neill June 11, 2011 Camera Gear

Big boys toys here, a quick walk around video by the guys ar Wide Open Camera of Film Technic’s beautiful ML63 with Russian Arm. Full gyro stabilised arm and capable of 100mph, still nailing a perfect tracking shot……

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Canon Hands on a Nikon Body.

by Neill June 5, 2011 Features

I’ve been shooting Canon cameras for almost a decade, moving to the EOS system at first with an EOS6 35mm SLR to see if I could make the shift, before jumping in with what was then £7,000 worth of EOS 1DS. Since then, Canon 1D series cameras have become and extension of my thoughts when [...]

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Which Way Will You Jump When it Goes Wrong?

by Neill June 1, 2011 News

Race and rally cars can be very, very unpredictable things when they’re in action. People often ask me how on earth I got certain shots, particularly up close and personal action shots of rally cars. The answer of course, is that I never, ever try and get those shots on a live event. Shots like [...]

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Porsche Viral Video – Must be a DSLR in There

by Neill May 25, 2011 Car Photography TV

Porsche are making some superb videos for thier YouTube channel right not and I make no excuse for featuring this one of Walter Rorhl on the recent Targa Tazmania in his original Porsche 911 SC. Car photographer interest? Tale a look at the establishing scenes and B Roll, must have been shot with a HDSKR [...]

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Hollywood DSLR Cage for Canon 5D / 7D

by Neill May 25, 2011 Camera Gear

Looking like good value for money is this DSLR cage for mounting your Canon 5D or 7D and all the essential kit to make it into a real movie camera. Created by Alan Gordon Enterprises, it features multiple 1/4”-20 & 3/8”-16 thread holes for mounting accessories a HDMI cable protector and is finished in matt [...]

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Ayrton Senna – The Home Movie

by Neill May 9, 2011 Features

We’re all looking forward to seeing the Ayrton Senna movie and indeed the anniversary of his death was just this past week, so a blog post I wrote two years ago here still receives traffic and comments. It was about that famous (in the UK) article in the then great Cars and Car Conversions magazine [...]

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Formula One Photographer Interview

by Neill February 11, 2011 Car Photography TV

Smibs TV is a growing resouce of niche market TV shows. The kind of informal chat that you’d like to hear, but you know will never make it onto TV, even at 3.00 am. My favourite channel is Peter Windsor’s The Flying Lap. Thanks to his vast experience of a long career in Formula One, [...]

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BVE Expo in London, UK

by Neill February 10, 2011 News

Last year, I attended BVE Expo at Earls Court in the UK. I was blown away by some of the amazing advances in technology with Canon DSLR video attachments and grip gear sprouting from every trade stand. This year, it’s unlikely that I’ll be able to make it, but I’ll be bugging Graham Fox and [...]

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It’s New Canon Toys Day

by Neill February 7, 2011 Camera Gear

Seems like today is the day that Canon fire out a whole load of press releases. The headlines grabbers are without doubt the new 500mm and 600mm Super Telephoto lenses. They’re both heavily updated with new optics and new IS stability systems. From a car photography viewpoint, I’d be interested to hear all about the [...]

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Lexus TV ad and Behind The Scenes

by Neill January 18, 2011 Car Photography TV

You know I’m a sucker for a creative car advert and I love the BTS reel even more than the advert itself. Here’s a great ad by Lexus USA together with the Behind The Scenes of just how they did it. BTS reels are becoming even more popular these days, not just because of geeks [...]

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