Category: Technical Discussions
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Comparing the Best Ultra Wide Zoom Lenses from Canon, Nikon, Sony & Sigma
Wide angle zoom lenses are a dime-a-dozen but are often seen on crop-frame cameras. When it comes to full-frame cameras, on the other hand, the wide-angle zoom options are few and far between if you want good range, quality, and low distortion. In this comparison, we’ll be looking at four…
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Basic Concepts to Create Incredible Architectural Images Using Light Painting
While I’m most known for my Cinematic Headshots, many don’t know that a large majority of my work is architectural and lifestyle oriented for a wide range of commercial clients. Most of what I shoot is for hotels but recently I’ve had the opportunity to dive into the world of aviation photography,…
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Make Your Videos Better With a Simple Understanding of Video Lighting
Creating videos can be a very complicated and cumbersome process, but can be very rewarded when done correctly. Between framerates, sound, codecs, and color grading, there certainly is a lot of technicals to learn when it comes to video, but one of the most important traditional techniques you can…
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Guide to Getting Started in Concert Photography
Summer is headed right for us, and with that comes Music Festival season, and tours that go straight into fall. With that being said, it sounds like I got a lot of work to do to prepare! Hey guys, my name is Terrence Blanton, a Music Photographer and creative from Spokane, WA up in the PNW. I have…
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Six Future Techs We Hope to See Become the Industry Standard in Photography and Videography
With WPPI, NAB, and the dozen other photo and videography shows going on over the last few months, we’ve been busy engulfed in new cameras, new technology, and new workflows for the coming year and beyond. We’ve certainly done our fair share of coverage on these shows, and we’ll know more when the…
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Breakdown of all the Memory Card Options Available for Photographers and Videographers
Memory cards come in all shapes and sizes, and with many cameras offering multiple options for their camera systems. Mainly when dealing with cameras that provide multiple cards supported, it can be a bit confusing to find which one offers the best options for your camera system. For example,…
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Looking at Cine Lens Color Shifts Using Spectrometry
Please Note: This is brand-new stuff that we’re publicly experimenting with. We post it because it’s fun and interesting and we usually get pertinent comments and criticisms that help us refine what we’re doing. For those of you who don’t science much, please remember we’re still testing and…
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How Videographers Can Avoid Data Catastrophes
Two or three times a week here at Lensrentals.com, we get one of two common support calls. Scenario number one is that someone thought they transferred all of their footage over, but later found that they missed a couple of clips and need us to send them their rental cards back. If we haven’t…
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A Geek of Many Colors – Adventures in Spectrometry
Please Note: _This is a Geek Level 3 Article. It has no useful information about photography or videography. If you’re a lens geek, though, it’s kind of cool. And it will serve as our background and methods for upcoming articles._ ## _Well . . . How did I get here?_ _David Byrne_ One of the nice…
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Veydra Cine Mini Prime MTF Optical Bench Tests
I have my preconceived notions, just like anyone else. A long while back the video techs told me we were stocking Veydra Primes in multiple focal lengths for m4/3 mounts. I just rolled my eyes and passed on by. Another boutique lens that would have poor resolution, ridiculous copy-to-copy…
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Finally, Some More m4/3 MTF Testing: Are the 40s Fabulous?
It took me a bit longer to get back to m4/3 testing than I expected, but we have an interesting set of primes to look at today, the ‘about 45mm’ group, which includes several 42.5mm and a couple of 45mm lenses. Please don’t get all worked up about that small difference in focal lengths; it’s really…
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Hands on with the Panasonic GH5s – The New King of Low Light?
The Panasonic GH5 really forced a change in the way I think about the term “video camera.” For me and the way I’m shooting these days, it bridged a gap existing between the compromise of a lightweight DSLR/mirrorless camera or a cumbersome cinema camera. The GH5 was a camera that looked too good to…
