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Do Blondes Have More Fun? A Review of Portrait Professional 11

by Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) Media is blending. Years ago the camera operator was a separate job description from video editor. Now the freelance videographer is expected to do both, as well as motion...

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Redrock Micro’s Black Series Line of Camera Accessories

Concierge Service to provide tune-ups and support By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Redrock Micro is blacking out its trademark colorful knob fringes and announcing their new Black Series of cinema rigs and...

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Camera Firmware Hacks – Can they Void Your Warranty?

Turns out, it depends on what camera you own By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) We’ve heard a lot about hacking a camera’s firmware lately, thanks to Magic Lantern unlocking RAW recording for Canon DSLRs....

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doddleTALKS Tech With Cinematographer Vincent Laforet

By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) “We’re going to a world where you can’t hide behind expensive toys, that you’ll have to be able to tell a story.” That’s a peek into this month’s doddleTALKS Tech, with my...

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Finding A Rental House Near You With the DoddlePRO App

By Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) Find out how to use the doddlePRO app to locate a rental house near you, especially when you travel across the country. If you’re a large producer, it happens all the...

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Best Rental Houses In Canada

By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Oh Canada, eh! We’ll be talking aboot some great places to rent film equipment across my home nation, the great white north of Canada! A land of toques and serviettes...

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Is Sandisk Loosening Counterfeit Protections on SD Cards?

Media cards vulnerable to counterfeit By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) There’s two things that low budget shooters have to guard against when trying to score a quick deal on eBay or other film equipment...

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NAB 2014: ARRI Begins Shipping AMIRA

By Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) The ARRI Group says they have started shipping their new documentary-style camera, the AMIRA. The AMIRA uses the same Super 35 sensor as the ALEXA and features 14 stops of...

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FilmConvert Releases Updates and Camera Profiles

Including profiles for the Panasonic GH4 By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Looks like this is update Tuesday, for sure. FilmConvert has announced new updates for their plug-ins that provide, among other...

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Footage from ARRI AMIRA Shows Up in Short Video

2K Camera Uses Same Sensor as Alexa By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Footage from the $40,000 ARRI AMIRA has been leaked on the Internet, and I have to say the quality is most impressive. The lower budget...

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Resellers Offering Instant Rebate On Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

by Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) Interested in Blackmagic Design‘s 4K Production camera? From now until Sept. 5, 2014, there is a $500 instant rebate. This effectively drops the price from $2995 down to...

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Shooter Suite Review, Part 1: BulletProof

By Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) Red Giant has released their new version of Shooter Suite, a software bundle for videographers. We’re going to look at each app in the suite, starting with BulletProof. A...

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Apple Patent Reveals Protruding iPhone Camera Allows Interchangeable Lenses

Patent reveals interchangeable lenses on the horizon By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When the iPhone 6 came out on Friday, the first thing millions of users noticed was a little bump where the camera is…...

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Shoot For The Edit Now, Save Time In Post Later

By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When you’re filming your project, it always helps to keep in mind that you’ll eventually be editing the project together into a finished piece. And there are a few tips...

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Website Offers 3D Printable Camera Accessories

By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) 3D printers are rapidly become a required prop making accessory, thanks in large part to Bre Pettis over at MakerBot who made them incredibly affordable. Now you can not...

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NAB 2015: AJA Offers To Lend Filmmakers CION Camera For Free

By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) AJA made the leap to cinema cameras last year at NAB 2014 with its CION camera, a solid 4K camera, whose firmware was updated for this year’s conference. One of my...

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Panasonic Adds More 4K Cameras To With The GX8 & FZ300

By Kevin P. McAuliffe (doddleNEWS) With technology getting cheaper and cheaper, more people are looking to make the jump to larger than HD cameras, as their computers and editing applications can...

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Panasonic’s GH4 YAGH Pro Audio & Video Interface Gets A Price Cut

By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When it was first announced, I have to admit, I was stunned by the price of the Panasonic GH4‘s optional YAGH pro audio and video interface. At $2100, it was nearly $500...

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Cinematography 101: How To Read A Histogram

By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The Histogram is a mystery to some of us, and that’s OK. Like a camera’s zebras and false color (that’s another blogpost), the Histogram is part of a mysterious features...

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doddleREVIEWS: FiLMiC Pro

By Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) Let’s take a look at FiLMiC Pro, a video camera app for iPhones. Consumer cameras annoy me. Auto-focus and auto-exposure software code can turn what would be a good shot...

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