The great Photokina HDSLR-Meetup in Cologne!

Photo Credit: Spanier.eu UPDATE: Please read my tweets on twitter for latest News of my Photokina HDSLR Meetup in Cologne. We will meet at Brauhaus Sion, because it’s raining in Cologne today! I’m organizing the first HDSLR Meetup in Germany. We will have a big meetup in Cologne while the well known fair trade Photokina takes place in town. The meetup will happen in front of the impressive Cathredral of Cologne on September 24th at 6:30 PM MESZ. Please bring some of your gear with you, we will share our knowledge and experiences with different products each other. I will bring many stuff to this meetup, you’ll be able to test it and ask me everything you want to know about HDSLR filmmaking! But the most important part of this meetup: We will get to know each other and have fun! After meetup we will go into a bar and have a few drinks and great conversations together. Hope we meet each other there dude! If you are on twitter please tweet this line to inform all your followers: Come to the great Photokina HDSLR Meetup in Cologne on September 24th. Please RT! http://tinyurl.com/38vn5lb Facebook: If you are on facebook…

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5.000 Follower big prizes competition

UPDATE: Here are the Winners! CONGRATULATION!! Hangrip Nighthawk Rig: @veras126; Genus Loupe Viewfinder: @salvus77; Jag35 Field Runner Rig: SunnySideDown; Letus Viewfinder: Oliver Walker; Zacuto Z-Finder Jr: Björn Jahn; Kessler 500$ Coupon: F Scott Kennedy; Carl Zeiss Lens Cleaning Kit: Adi Soffer, Manus Sweeney, Ben Hamilton, Ryan Jamison; Easom Solo Cage: Rob Peanut Janson; Glidetrack Shooter: Laurend de Vries; HDSLR-Workshop: Lukas Hirschfelder. —— In about one week I will reach my 5.000th Follower on Twitter. I will celebrate this great moment with many prizes. Thanks to all these great companies, which support my competition! I have decided to create a contest on my Weblog, Facebook and Twitter. Weblog Contest: Only make a comment on this blog-entry and write some words, why you want to win this gear! 😉 You can win on my weblog great gear from Jag35, Letus Direct and Genus! Genus have donated one Loupe Viewfinder for your DSLR! Thank you guys! Jag35 have donated one of their brand new DSLR Field Runner Shoulder Rigs! Thank you so much! Letus Direct have donated one of their Hawk VF DSLR Viewfinder! Thanks guys! How to win? Just make a comment on this blog-entry. Every comment will be entered into a…

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BTS: Documentary shoot for broadcast with DSLRs

Last week I shot a documentary for broadcast in Austria. It was a great experience to be part on this set, because it will be one of the first documentaries for broadcast shot with DSLR’s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Thanks to Director Frank Suffert, who made this possible! Big thanks to this wonderful crew: Frank, Matt and Christopher! Here are some pictures of the shoot! I will update this blog-entry soon, because I’m waiting for some more pictures! Timelapse with Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 7D Canon 100-400 mm Macbook Pro i7 Workstation with Apple Cinema Display Zoom H4N for Audio Three Cameras for documentary shoot Kino Flo light system Glidetrack HD on set Director Frank Suffert My favorite shot! Timelapse Timelapse The alps in Austria are great

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A great week on set of Lucasfilm’s RED TAILS

I’m not allowed to write about this week in detail, but I can describe these seven days in a few words:  It was a really great experience to be intern / assistant of Philip Bloom together with Nino Leitner on set of Lucasfilm’s upcoming feature “RED TAILS”. Subtitle: I’m on Lucasfilm set with pimped Canon 7D Rig. Philip Bloom was DP of the 2nd Unit and used DSLR’s (a modified Canon 7D with PL-Mount) to shoot parts of the “RED TAILS” pick ups. Philip Bloom, me, Nino Leitner and “Star Wars” producer Rick McCallum. On set he shot a few timelapses with Canon 1D MK IV and Nikon D3s. He published the whole short film and many descriptions about gear he used on his weblog. You can find more information about RED TAILS on Philip Bloom’s weblog! Big thanks to Philip Bloom, Nino Leitner and Rick McCallum!

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