Carl Zeiss introduces the Compact Prime CP.2 series of cinema lenses for DSLR cameras, featuring interchangeable mounts, longer focus rotation and a 14-blade iris that stays round over the entire focal range. Available from June.
Intricate, beautiful visuals by Carlos Lascano accompany this music video for Gabi. Entirely shot with a Canon 7D.
This photo by Alex Alexander has a timeless quality about it that I really like. It could have been taken 40 years ago, or just yesterday.
Longboarding at Goat Hill filmed by Mammoth Media using a Nikon D90. The vintage grading is perfect.
Khalid Mohtaseb shot and graded this footage in his spare time while on assignment in Haiti following last month’s earthquake. He used a Canon 5D2 and Kessler Pocket Dolly, and all footage was shot in natural light. Stunning. (via Zach Klein)
This promotional film by Charles and Ray Eames includes a detailed look at the internals of Polaroid’s SX-70 camera, including its lens assembly and the mechanical operation that follows each shutter press. The style, framing and voiceover are all impeccable. (via Pat Dryburgh)
Xiangyang Du, shot with Rolleiflex 3.5F. (via Jarred Bishop)
Like these colours: “Your nostalgia is showing” by Colin Hill. (via Audrey Hepburn Complex)
Saman Keshavarz directs this visually arresting if bleak video for Cinnamon Chasers’ “Luv Deluxe”. It’s shot in the first-person, like that famous Prodigy video, using a face-mounted Canon 5D2.
Ckck:
This is a Canon Demi C, a half-frame viewfinder camera from 1965. In addition to shooting 35mm at half-frame (giving you 72 shots from a 36-shot roll), it is an uncommon camera in that it comes with two interchangeable lenses unique to this camera. There’s a 28mm ƒ/2.8 lens, and a 50mm ƒ/2.8 (attached), which behave as 50mm and 75mm lenses, respectively, on this camera. The lightmeter on it works, but I haven’t tried it out yet.
