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Proper Film Making tips for Photographers

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If you're a photographer, chances are you have a DSLR or Mirrorless camera, and as is common these days, if your camera was manufactured anytime within the last 9 years, there's a good chance it has video capability built in. Interchangeable Lens Cameras have largely replaced camcorders in the video market place, because of their affordability and much larger sensors. Think about it, if you have a Full frame DSLR, your image sensor is larger than Super 35 format, which most cinema cameras use, and roughly as big as a RED Helium sensor or the one you'll find in Arri Alexa cameras. Here's a sensor/film size comparison chart for several stills and cinema formats. Sensor/Film Format size comparison for Cinema and Stills
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How is Photography Profitable? Good Question

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lets address this Everyone is interested in money talk In a perfect world, a world that is perfect, you’d be able to charge whatever you wanted for your services, people would also be willing to pay it, and you’d have all the clients you could ever want - only if we lived in a perfect world. 
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See how a Canon 5DIII holds up against an axe

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after filming some strippers In the endless pursuit of knowledge, the folks at Crisis Lab compared the Video and stills performance of the old Canon 5D mark III against an, also old Nikon D800 in several usability scenarios like, Image Resolution, Rolling Shutter, Video Resolution, Low Light performance and the like.
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HOW did this helicopter lift off without spinning it's rotors?

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never trust a video on the internet What the video doesn't show is this chopper actually spinning it's rotors the entire time. Photoshop? (Videoshop?) possibly, or if by some weird coincidence, the movement of the rotor blades coincide with the capture of every frame of the video, at a very narrow shutter angle, or a very fast shutter speed in the case of video cameras, this could happen.
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These Nikon DSLRs will be rarer than Bugatti Veyrons

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but not nearly as expensive Last week at the CP+ show, Nikon revealed their limited edition 100th Anniversary DSLR kit, that left hard core "Nikonians" like myself drooling for a bit (you can't drool too long, it's embarrassing).
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Welcome to Lightsfoundry

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what to expect Lightsfoundry is a site devoted to information about photography and videography. Occasionally, we'll reveal the intricacies of the arts to help bolster the creative community.  We’ll discuss camera tutorials, lens choices and performance, camera accessories, lighting, and much more. We’ll do our best to provide real-world examples of how we achieve certain looks through post-processing and in-camera, and maybe even reveal some secrets of how we make certain shots, you'll be surprised at what you can achieve with sheer will power... and a little bit of money or good friends.   Got a question? Drop us a line – we look forward to growing the site and creative community with your help.
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