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I make about 90% of my income making music videos, mostly with independent labels, PR and unsigned acts and I know a lot of bands... the effort these guys go to is absolutely immense and many of the tracks are much better than that chart nonsense the big labels stuff into our ears and brain until we are hypnotised or get into an almost violent, rebellious state of mind. This completely sucks. I'm fed up of this bullying in the music industry. Some band members I know are geniuses, but have to make do stacking shelves 8 hours a week in a pound shop. They get bit by the money men and get nothing in return. They either waste talent or steal their worth for their own greed. My music video was up for Best Music Video at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2014 (it didn't win), and the quality of the entertainment was incredible. The energy and desire form the playing bands was unreal - bands who have toured constantly, slept in the car boot and lived on instant noodles just to play and get noticed. But the way things are going, genuine bands/artists won't get this chance and we will forever be presented with the conveyer belt of manufactured, soulless rubbish designed to make the big wigs fat and the most promising musicians with nothing but their 8 hour shift in the local pound shop. This says it all.... my brother is a singer and auditioned for X Factor 'for a laugh.' He got through 3 rounds, but was then turned down as they couldn't see how he would benefit from the competition. We received sad news that his wife (my sister in law) was diagnosed with a life threatening illness. X Factor representatives called him regarding auditions for Britains Got Talent...he said he couldn't attend as he needs to look after his wife because of her illness. At the instance he mentioned it, they said he could go back in the process because 'he would get far and have great appeal.' My brother sniffed a rotten fish...and told them where to go. This situation with my brother was quite sick, and sums the music industry in a nutshell. The power of the talent shows is immense and they dominate so much of the industry. But they are soulless sods who are only interested in exploiting vulnerable people and trying to dominate the industry with diluted brain warping rubbish. Independent music needs protection and must find a way to triumph over this diabolical situation.

I have had no problems with the several 64gb cards I have purchased. I believe the 128gb ones do have problems though

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Photo by EOSHD The relationship between record labels and the internet is in a tense state of affairs. On one hand large record companies such as EMI are suing Vimeo for copyright infringement, hence we have Copyright Match. YouTube on the other hand pays a minuscule royalty fee to record labels where uploaded content contains their music. YouTube plans to launch a new subscription based music service to rival Apple iTunes where content can be downloaded and played on a mobile device with no internet connection. It goes directly head to head with iTunes. The problem is, smaller record labels feel they are being bullied and the very survival of smaller artists is at stake here... Read the full article here

Hi guys ! Yes I have just received the GH4 this morning :) 1st test : why not put my 60’s baby Hypergonar anamorphic 1.75X lens in the 4K cinema mode ? :) Fast filming, run and gun documentary style, focusing improvisation Doing 4K is for me like in 2006 when I went from SD to HDV. A huge orgasm ! Viva GH4 ! :) Baby Hypergonar anamorphic 1.75X lens on Qioptiq LINOS Mevis-C C-mount lens 35mm f1.6 (most of the shot were taken at f2) No diopter, no CC, variable Cokin ND filter EOSHD guide cineV preset settings 4KC mode 1080P streaming version on Vimeo, 4K version available for download 180° shutter speed 200 ASA

That's shit, though. Part of the reason I got into filmmaking is so I can make videos for my band without having to worry about some flakey videographer/filmmaker (and I'm shooting one tonight and another in the morning). I want to make music, not promote. I want to perform, not worry about distribution. I want to get in the van and ride to bumfuck Indiana so I can play in front of 8 people for no money, because it's what I enjoy doing, not play phone tag with the venue or two dudes putting on the show with a couple local bands that no one locally cares about. Same thing with films, right? Do you want to make films, or do you want to spend all your time trying to sell them? It's like that dude with the script. He's so busy trying to sell it, he forgets to write another one. If your band is already well-established, like trent reznor, for example, going the full monty direct distribution route is feasible. If you're joe blow just trying to make it, having a good label behind you can be the difference between going "somewhere" or just spinning your wheels. There's an art to it. From a consumer perspective, I like labels because they curate their music collection. I can be assured that music coming from a specific label, while I'm not guaranteed to like it, at least is in the general ballpark of the stuff I do like. That's the value of the label to me as a consumer: They listen to 10,000 shitty bands and pick out the couple that have potential, so I don't have to. From a band perspective, the label gives us good/reliable contacts in other towns to help set up shows. They handle the pressing and distribution of the recorded product and I don't have to have 100 boxes of 7" records laying around my tiny apartment. The label sends out the records to the various fanzines and college radio stations, and all we had to do was get in the van and drive. We sold a lot of merch, but with gas at $4.50/gallon, that was a break-even proposition. I don't know what the actual answer is other than to try and weather the storm and see how it shakes out on the other side, but direct distribution isn't the 100% answer 100% of the time. EDIT: I will add that we also don't pay to record our music because our singer is an audio engineer in his day job (I'm a software dev). He has a nice recording studio built in his backyard, but that wasn't free to build or maintain. It doesn't cost the band anything to record, but it's far from free and is typically subsidized by charging other bands to record there, as well.

Time to reveal...   RX100 III is the first shot number 1, second is Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.   Surprising hey!

Just wanted to follow up on this. Apparently there are 2 versions of the Tamron, one with a gold ring (black letters) that was made in Japan, and another one that is black with gold letters, made in China. Don't get the black one!

I have 5 (well, 4 now, since I sold one) KB, and had problems with some of them. Their guys told me to format them using a USB3 reader, on a USB3 port, and they should come back to normal. And it did work, flawlessly, in more than one occasion. None of mine had speed issues, though. So I can't advise you on that matter. Lexars are way too expensive.

I love the Oatmeal by the way but in this instance they are far off the mark in terms of reality. If you completely remove the record label from the picture then who is going to invest in finding upcoming talent and paying for them to record?   If we all give our money direct to the artists, the artists will not do the fostering of other talent. Some record label of some kind is still needed to run the music industry. The artists on their own cannot do it.

ru asking me that? 16bit kills banding for CG and 10bit is good enough for film/video. largely because of, you guessed it, grain.

Peters is wrong, it definitely goes from top to bottom in the inspector window, ie all effects first, then colour board. http://www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/3882-effects-before-color-correction http://www.larryjordan.biz/fcp-x-stacking-multiple-effects/

chris i dont want to freak you out completely but the komputerbays are a bit of a russian roulette! check them because they fail, and when i mean fail they dont reach the required speeds or fail alltogether, check the 1 star reviews in amazon hence the cheap price...if you have money to spare try to get at least one propper 1000x true lexar, since this is a professional gig best of luck

All companies should study the owl's head behaviour to build an efficient stabilization system

Jc, your parents look so young. just kidding. I could see why they achieved the million plus views. She's a babe and he's a hunk. Brad and Angelina better watch out as there is a new Mr. and Mrs. Smith around the corner. Cheers.

First Outdoors Test - MiniCyclops - 14x14 inches "sensor" size camera.

I removed/unscrewed the spiral for projection use which reveals a 50mm thread, then its a 52-50 step down ring then into a helicoid which you can buy here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M52-to-M42-Adjustable-Focusing-Helicoid-35mm-90mm-35-90mm-35mm-to-90mm-Adapter-/170840812847?pt=UK_Photography_CameraLenses_Lens_caps_hoods_adaptors_ET&hash=item27c6e7ed2f Then just add some M42 extension tubes depending on the camera, for mirrorless you will need size 1 + 2. The tripod mount ring is padded with some rubber strips cut from a sheet so its nice and sturdy.for this 4 inch front optic This lens is part of a family which mount the same way, the set is 1 ISCO Ultra AV F3.5 200-300mm purchased in England for £20 2 ISCO Cinelux AV F3.5 110-200mm purchased in Germany for €14 3 ISCO AV F3.5 60-110mm purchased in US for $11 so the helicoid gets a lot of use as well as for other lenses.... The lenses suffer from PF in high contrast areas which is easy to remove in post, see the 1:1 pixel below. The image is pretty good at 1080p

Someone I know was hired to shoot a video for SONY using the F55. He used a GH4 for B-Roll and said when the whole thing was down scaled to HD it was freeking amazing. Said both he and SONY were very pleased. Said that the GH4 when the in camera 4k gets downscaled to HD 1920x1080, it makes by far the best looking HD he has ever shot using an affordable camera. Even better he says then the BMCC 2.5k. Since most of us wont actually deliver much of anything to clients in actual 4k. Sounds like a prretty good deal to me.

Went home for Father's day yesterday and took some footage whilst we were out. I didn't really mean to make this into a piece, but I started doing colour grading tests with the footage and ended up obsessing until it became this. I'm currently writing/directing a series, so this was good editing practice. Feedback welcome!