“Why We Fight” contains never before Released footage of the Afghanistan Special Forces, Strike Force Lion, who describe their own personal reasons why they continue to fight the war against terrorist threats within their country. All footage was filmed entirely on the Canon 5DMKII by Spc. Matthew Freire…
I’ve received a lot of emails after posting my “How to Setup Your 7D” video tutorial asking what the 180 degree shutter rule is and why it’s so important. To be completely honest, before these Video DSLRs came around I didn’t really understand the principles of the 180 degree shutter rule myself. Video cameras I’ve used in the past always defaulted to a 180 degree shutter automatically so unless I went into the settings to change my shutter speed or frame rate, I was always good to go! However, this all changes with Video DSLRs hitting the market because they have no preset shutter speeds to rely on and most of the manufacturers of these DSLRs don’t find this rule important enough to make it a primary feature…
I was lucky enough to get my hands on a 1DMKIV from Canon. Just in time for our Night Combat Equipment Airborne Jump too! I however was already scheduled to jump on this mission so I had to train up a few of my high speed Soldiers on how to operate the camera. Once again, Canon placed the buttons in different locations
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions lately on how to setup the Canon 7D so I put together a quick tutorial on how to create custom photo and video presets.
A lot of thanks goes to Stu Maschwitz for the tips on how to flatten your picture profile in the camera. You can read about his settings in more detail here: Flatten Your 5D.
In addition to the custom picture settings…
I want to start out by thanking everyone in the community for providing these awesome educational sensor size references. Director Jason Wingrove sent this collection along to me and I feel it must be shared with everyone in one centralized location. Now, that being said, please give 100 percent credit to the following people including Stu Maschwitz, Philip Bloom, and Panavision.
