A rare all-black 6” Matthellini clamp
A great grip deal!
Not only is this 6” Matthellini cheaper than the standard color variant, it’s also all-black which is kind of nice for some sets. Get it here for $38!
A grip head with a fixed baby pin
First grip head I’ve ever seen with an attached baby pin.
Every once in a while, I come across something that I’ve never seen before and I think Man, where was this thing when I needed it last week?!
This is the Kupo Grip Head with fixed baby pin. As far as I know, it’s the only grip head from a major manufacturer to feature this attached baby pin design which makes for mounting a light and a modifier a single-stand ordeal. The modifier can rest on the boom arm while the whole setup can be moved easily up and down. I kind of love it.
What happened to Six Flags New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Sad to see this place go.
After 20 years, the Six Flags New Orleans location that has pretty much been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina is finally coming down. Earlier this year, crews began to dismantle and demolish what was left of the facility. Here’s a trip with VICE to the spot before it was torn down.
Ciro DIT digiplate
Interesting digiplate!
Really intrigued by the number of new companies coming out with digiplates. Ciro is advertising heavily on social media (which can be a good or bad thing!) but their plate looks promising if it can stand up to the rigors of moving around on set. It has a ton of anti-twist connectors (great for arms and such) and its design might make it one of the lightest digiplates around.
I don’t need one, but I would love to see/test one!
The last Kodak DSLR
Kodak’s final DSLR
I have never used a Kodak DSLR, so this throwback “review” of this last DSLR that they produced is quite interesting. It’s mostly a Nikon body with Kodak’s CMOS sensor built-in.
Making a CRT tv wall
If I had the space for this I’d want one of these.
This is pretty cool. This Atlanta-based filmmaker created a CRT tv wall in his studio.
Severance season 2 episode 7 montage
The most beautiful episode of Severance yet!
In the 2nd season of Severance, Canadian DP Jessica Lee Gagné filmed some of the most beautiful flashback scenes in the whole show on film.
Here she is in an interview talking about her process and working with Ben Stiller and other directors in the show about the choices they make to really create visual art.
TTArtisan announces a folding Instax film camera
A new Instax Mini camera from TTArtisan
Wow, I did not expect to see a new Instax film camera announcement, especially one from lens maker TTArtisan. There’s no price announced yet, but TTArtisan is already advertising this beautiful looking camera on their Instagram and it natively accepts Instax Mini (the best Instax format in my opinion). If it is under $150, I may have to pick one of these up as it looks like it has a leaf shutter?!
