EnCinema SLR lens adapter for iPhone review

So you’d like that DSLR shallow depth of field look to your iPhone videos? Well the folks at Vid Atlantic have got you covered with their EnCinema SLR lens adapter for the iPhone!  I’ve had one of these for almost a year and have been meaning to do a review on it….and here it finally [...]

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6 tips for shooting great holiday videos

Vimeo is a great source of inspiration when looking for ideas for your next shoot or edit.  There’s some really clever people out there shooting some amazing video on all sorts of cameras. Vimeo have just posted a great article on tips for shooting better holiday videos. You can see the full article here.

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I want one of these!

These folks pitched a Kickstarter project and succeeded in getting their funding.  What is it I hear you ask? Is it an adjustable phone holder that transforms your iPhone into a mirror for putting on make-up?…No, its a Galileo is an iOS-controlled, robotic motion platform for iPhones and iPod Touches. and I want one.  You [...]

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mCAMLite now fits iPhone 5

The popular mCAMLITE iPhone metal cases for taking video and stills have updated their product range to accommodate the iPhone 5.  They also have a body upgrade kit for owners of the previous versions of their mCAM iPhone camera cases pre the iPhone 5 so you can buy just the metal case and not have [...]

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Wellington Ukulele Orchestra

My favourite Ukulele band…the Wellington Ukulele Orchestra with their latest release “shot by themselves on their telephones” their youtube description reads! I don’t know if any of their telephones were iphones but there had to be at least one involved I’d bet!

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Click Sci-Fi short movie made on iPhone 4S

Some clever people at the BBC got together and pushed the bounds of smart phone movie making to make a short sci-fi movie called “Click”. To make the movie they got together an impressive range of iPhone movie making accessories including the following; iPhone 4S (of course) interestingly they discuss how they also look at [...]

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Build an iPhone mount

Here’s a good wee video from an Italian fella on how to build a relatively inexpensive iPhone mount. He covers all the essential elements that will help you shoot better iPhone video clips being stabilization, audio and light.

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Low-Tech meets Hi-Tech with The Love Box

With a slightly pornographic sounding name, the Love Box is a handmade wooden box which enables you to record two-sided videos at the same time acting as a type of video mixer for your iPhone.  It has been dreamed up and sold by an Ad Agency based in Barcelona, Spain going by the name of [...]

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iPhone vs Professional Video Cameras

I’ve just come off a stint of work where I did 4 days shooting a conference group on a Sony HVR-V1, 2 days video assist (where you record the output of the main camera and play it back for the director and agency on-set) for a pharmaceutical commercial where they were shooting on a Arri [...]

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Behind the scenes with Park Chan-Wook

Acclaimed South-Korean film director Park Chan-Wook shot his last film entirely on an iPhone 4.  Below is an interesting behind the scenes interview with how he did it.  Interesting to see how many OWLE Bubo iPhone cases are used with the 35mm lens adapters.  

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