Fujifilm 10-24mm F/4 WR review for filmmakers

The 10-24mm F/4 R OIS WR is an updated version of the ultra-wide angle lens from Fujifilm with weather sealing. The weather sealing is useful to have to ensure the camera’s safety when shooting in the rain, snow or maybe in the dessert. I have tested it during heavy snowfall and moderate rain for each […]

Frankfurt Skyline Views – Timelapse & Hyperlapse Film

Our latest time lapse production is a combination of fast motion shots and static beauty shots. The hyperlapse technique is something that is not often done: Hand-held with a tele-photo lens (70-300mm). The sequences in which the camera constantly moves, is a topic I recently covered in a tutorial. Most of the other scenes were […]

Tutorial: Minimalistic Lower Thirds

Learn how to quickly create and design minimalistic lower thirds in Adobe After Effects CC in our video editing tutorial. Lower Thirds are essential graphics in corporate videos, documentaries , tv news or even for social media content. Moritz shows you how to quickly set up and animate such name titles in After Effects CC. […]

Sirui 24mm F/2.8 review – anamorphic cine lens

The Sirui 24mm F/2.8 is an anamorphic cinema lens that is available for a variety of camera mounts such as Canon EF-M, Nikon Z, Fujifilm X Micro Four Thirds and others. You can watch our review featuring sample footage below. The talking-to-camera shots were recorded with the Fujifilm X-H1 and the Sirui 50mm F/1.8 which […]

Camera stabilization – IBIS: When to use it & when NOT to!

Fujifilm X-H1 mirrorless camera rigged for video shooting

I like using fast prime lenses when shooting video hand-held on mirrorless cameras. But that is only possible because of IBIS: In-body image stabilization. Just a few years ago this seemed impossible and shooting hand-held either required a heavy rig to avoid shakes and micro-jitter or a lens with optical image stabilization. While IBIS seems […]

Controller for video editing – TourBox review

A controller for film cutting and video editing with buttons, keys and wheels.

I’ve never been a big fan of video editing keyboards. Sure, they have some nicely colored keys. Except for the visuals I’ve never had the feeling that I edited any faster or more productively. But I decided to take a look at a controller instead. You can watch the video review below: It’s certainly interesting […]

Telephoto hyperlapse tutorial (hand-held)

In this tutorial I will you how to get to the next level in timelapse photography. Learn how to shoot hand-held hyperlapses with a tele-photo zoom lens (70-300mm). No slider, motorized gear or tripod necessary! Something you don’t see often are telephoto hyperlapses: It’s actually easier to shoot than you might think. What is a […]

3 Film Title Animations – Fast & Easy After Effects Tutorial

Learn how to quickly make animated motion titles in Adobe After Effects CC. This tutorial doesn’t require any expert knowledge and is explained step-by-step. Below are the written instruction of the video tutorial above: The first one is minimalistic but a classic one. It animates the spacing between the characters and words. First select the […]

PowerDirector365 overview and tutorial

Most video editing software aren’t exactly cheap or if they are cheap, they lack features and are slow to use. We teamed up with Cyberlink to give an overview of their latest version of PowerDirector, which is an affordable editing program. It offers features such as color correction, motion graphics, green screen keying, motion tracking […]

Affordable wireless microphone system: SYNCO WAir-G1 (A2) review

Wireless cip-on microphones used to be very expensive. When they finally become affordable a few years ago, the transmitters were bulky and often too big to hide. Luckily these days there are much smaller and compact wireless solutions. The Synco WAir-G1 (A2) is such a system. It consists of two transmitters and one receiver with […]