Knowledge is power
I have read that many users can’t find the EOS Utility 3.9.0 download for the Canon EOS R while running macOS Mojave 10.14, the official Canon EOS R download list doesn’t show support for the latest Apple OS, but the software for the previous macOS software works just fine. Here are the direct links to […]
There is a lot of controversy around this camera about the 4K-UHD video crop factor and other specs, nonetheless, I believe it is one of the best vlogging cameras out there, but you have to understand the meaning of certain specs. 4K is a marketing name, there are two main 4K specs, 4K-DCI (Digital Cinema […]
Yes, 4K (and UHD) looks beautiful, if you have a huge expensive screen, a recent Blue-ray player, and a good movie that was recorded and mastered in at least, 4K-DCI. But If you are looking forward to create online videos in 4K, you are wasting valuable resources into nothing, ande here is why. Most users […]
One of the many things that I am passionate about is digital video, and one of the factors that many seem not to be understand is the famous chroma subsampling, a process by which the amount of color information in the images that produce a video are reduced in order to make it easy transfer […]
Ok, this is the third time I’m writing about aperture values trying to figure out something that is puzzling, I reviewed the concept of aperture in lenses and why the Micro Fourth Thirds System has a hard time trying to emulate a full frame result in the two lasts posts: The Micro Four Thirds System […]
In my previous post I reviewed the Micro Four Thirds System and why isn’t worth it if you want to achieve the full frame look, but it is easier to understand with some graphics. So, the Micro Four Thirds System has a crop factor of 2x and if you want to have the same look […]
Photography and movie recording is about capturing light, and it is way easier to cut out excess of light than trying to get more light, for that, you’ll need fast lenses, or wider aperture lenses. Nowadays most full frame lenses get results almost comparable to the ones used by Hollywood, the shallow depth of field […]
UPDATE July 15, 2017: I have tried two H.265/HEVC uploads today and it is working now 🎉 This is going to be a very technical post, so bear with me for a couple of minutes because this information could help you make up your mind on which resolution, compression and quality to use when you […]
