Magic Lantern – rgbFilter

Cyber-Steam Punk Magic Scanner Lantern

September 21, 2010September 23, 2010 Pete Chapman Branchage Film Festival, Magic Lantern, Robin Rimbaud, steampunk1 Comment

If you’re not tired of film festivals and you happen to be on the Isle of Jersey between September 23 to 26 you may want to check out the Branchage Film Festival. A lively event that uses the island’s single Cineworld cineplex and 17 other venues (churches, nightclubs, the Opera House, the Polytunnel (a greenhouse), a “horse-box” trailer and a Sushi bar) as screening/performance venues for a variety of feature films, shorts, documentaries and live music soundtracks. That last item appears to be one of the specialties of the festival….

Panasonic GH1 HD-DSLR hacked into awesomeness?

June 11, 2010June 12, 2010 kingpinlei EOS HD, GH1, HD DSLR, Magic Lantern, micro four-thirds, Panasonic, Philip Bloom, Tester135 Comments

This bit of news via DP (director of photography) and filmmaker Philip Bloom’s website is pretty impressive! With all the fanfare the Canon HD-DSLRs have been getting lately about their astounding HD video capabilities, it’s left other less capable HD-DSLRs out in the cold. Such is the case for Panasonic’s Micro Four-Thirds HD-DSLR, the GH1. Although a solid still camera, with some great Lumix lenses available for it – even the mighty Leica makes lenses for the Micro Four-Thirds format – it just doesn’t have the chops for HD video. …