Pay me now, or pay me later

Back in the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties, Fram had a series of ads for their oil filters that always used some variation on the tag line, “You can pay me now, or pay me later.” It’s a catchy little slogan, that illustrates what folks in business...

Film history: The origins of 35mm

Some of you may know I ‘m a bit of a history buff, so the other day I was looking at the Kodak site and found out a bit of interesting information on the story of how 35 mm was selected for the first motion picture film. It seems that back in 1887 Reverend Hannaibal...

Why shoot in 4K?

With the production hype machines rolling out the next big thing i.e. 4 K – a lot of people are asking why? We just got used to HD, what the heck do we need 4K for?  There are no 4k displays to show it on anyway! What a stupid idea! “Au contraire mon frère.”...

Highlights from NAB 2013

Well another NAB show has come and gone, and we have seen a whole new batch of cameras from manufacturers, some old and some new. With the industry ‘s push to 4K, I think it might be time to slow down and take a little pause to let the rest of the business catch up....

Hogan’s Heroes and the Future of 4K

Back in my Junior High days, I had the occasion to visit the house of a friend who lived in a small town in rural Illinois. We weren’t particularly good friends. All these years later I can’t say I remember his name, or even what he looked like. What was...