Clinton Stark

Culture

Stark Insider: Celebrating 10 years of San Francisco arts, indie film, music and wanderlust (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.20.2016

10 years ago Loni and I started Stark Insider. I opened up a Netscape browser, loaded something called Typepad and “wrote” this piece of profundity. I guess…

Cameras & Filmmaking

Canon EOS 80D video shoot tests and resource guide

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.20.2016

The big news out of Canon when it comes to its mid-range DSLR line-up is the brand new EOS 80D. The follow-up to the 70D…

Independent Film

Neon Demon: High-fashion horror never looked so (bloody) good

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.14.2016

Confirmed. Neon Demon will play Cannes, and, today, the first trailer dropped for director Nicolas Winding Refn’s follow-up to Only God Forgives and Drive. The…

News

Facebook keeps on rolling, gives us ‘chatbots’

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.12.2016

Welcome to the new flesh! We now have yet another reason not to use a phone — and yet another reason not to talk with each other.…

Cameras & Filmmaking

Tips for shooting video with a Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.02.2016

Canon finally unleashed its mighty new 80D DSLR camera on to the world, and, at least in my early tests, it’s a barnbuster. Following up on…

Tesla Model 3 in Red and Silver - Exterior

Tech

Tesla Model 3: One screen to rule (or is that, to distract?) them all

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.01.2016

No one would argue that touchscreens aren’t the way of the future. In most cases. They make user interfaces that much intuitive. Without the ability…

News

Is Tesla CEO Elon Musk the new Steve Jobs?

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.31.2016

That Tesla’s Model 3 will sell like hotcakes seems undeniably obvious. Apple-like line-ups formed early this morning (and overnight), with thousands across the country (and the world)…

Canon EOS 80D Hands-On Test - First Impressions

Cameras & Filmmaking

Canon EOS 80D hands-on and test photos

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.30.2016

A little box showed up today from B&H Photo. Low and behold, the brand-spanking new Canon EOS 80D. Three years later, and Canon finally decided…

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III Digital Camera

Cameras & Filmmaking

Mid-Range DSLR Dilemma: Sony Cyber-shot RX-10 III or Canon EOS 80D?

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.29.2016

Sony just took the wraps off its updated superzoom, and it looks very much a competitive beast. Priced at $1,498 (USD) the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10…

Culture

Unraveling mysterious cult ‘On Clover Road’

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.28.2016

“Children are made of glass. Children shatter.” Maybe their parents do too. On Clover Road could have been a straight-ahead story about cults we’ve seen…