Understanding Camera Lenses

Lens names often include long lists of letters and numbers, which certainly sound impressive but can also, be thoroughly confusing not only to newcomer but regular users too. Accord Equips Camera Rental Mumbai being India’s Leading Camera and Lens Rental Company has to keep investing in equipment and lenses to keep up with the latest…

Camera Lens Maintenance & Cleaning

Let’s start with some facts: Dirty optics can and will affect your image quality. There are correct & incorrect methods and tools to clean lens and filter optics. There’s a great deal of information available on the topic of lens cleaning—some of it conflicting. So, let’s try to keep things simple, and find the best…

Sony A7s ii – Our take

  Sony A7s II is great for shooting documentaries (due to its low light capability) and for films (due to its 4k capability with Slog 3) It is markedly improved over the A7S. The newer version adds – Built-in 5-axis image stabilization – Records 4K video internally with full pixel readout (on SDXC memory cards) –…

Blackmagic – 4K : Our Take

Light weight Versatile Super 35 sensor Global professional shutter Precision EF mount flexibility Built in touchscreen Built-in uncompressed audio recording capacity Please note Blackmagic 4K raw is not as powerful in low light conditions Built-in battery and its relatively short runtime. Overall For any sort of professional 4K raw video production you could possibly want…

TIPS ON FILM MAKING – Simplified

Most Indians have a story to tell. They love watching movies and given a   chance would love to make movies. The advent of internet video channels made that happen. User generated content on popular channels. Over 100 hours of videos are uploaded on youtube every minute! The arrival of video on DSLRs and evolution of…

Foreign Faces Behind The Scenes

Circa 1993.  Shekhar Kapur started shooting BANDIT QUEEN with an international cinematographer. Within the first days itself the international cinematographer was shown the door and replaced by our very own Late Ashok Mehta. Indian technicians are geared to deliver in the toughest of conditions and tons of compromises. Circa 2013: NAMESTE LONDON has a cinematographer…