Best Canon Lenses for Video (Updated 2025) | Top 5 EF & RF Picks
Shooting video with a Canon DSLR or mirrorless camera? Here's top 5 lens choices. Plus sample footage.
Cameras & Filmmaking
Hands-on camera reviews, filmmaking tips, and creative workflows. Covers mirrorless, cinema cameras, and AI-powered video tools including Canon EOS R5/R6/R7, Panasonic GH6, Blackmagic, Nikon RED, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Nano Banana—led by filmmaker Clinton Stark.
Cinema 4K: Is Canon dropping the ball?
Maybe Canon will eventually appease the enthusiast, entry pro buyer alike with a (bold!) new camera capable of 4K. Until then the GH4 and A7s…
San Francisco Street Walk, ‘Palo Alto’ SFIFF screening (Video)
Scene in San Francisco, post SFIFF screening of Gia Coppola's PALO ALTO.
Cinema Camera NAB: Panasonic GH4, Sony A7s, but where’s Canon?
The problem with the GH4 and A7s is that both are housed in DSLR-like bodies. They're compromises--again, shooting stills and video. Whereas something like the…
Beautiful Blackmagic visuals and compelling storytelling in short ‘Prospect’ (Video)
Shot with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, sci-fi short 'Prospect' commands attention thanks to a compelling story.
Blackmagic Design is very excited about the Cinema Camera!
Sure enough, when the BMCC first came out last year (it was announced at NAB) I emailed Loni Stark and said, "We need Blackmagic for…
This Blackmagic ad is a two-fer
Though I know Blackmagic, and their three awesome products--Pocket Cinema Camera, Cinema Camera, Cinema 4K Production--I enjoy analyzing how they market them to filmmakers.
Cinematic Lexicon
Maybe I could add a twist, and use the concept of "cinematic journalism" and apply it to the realm of arts and entertainment, and the…
New Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art lens is a real sweetheart (Highly Recommended)
This Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 is a lens that can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Canon's famed L series lenses.
Sound is King (aka the first thing I learned at Loreto Film School)
3 essential pieces of gear that could up-level the audio quality on your DSLR videos.