Los-Angeles based filmmaker Noam Kroll is founder of the boutique production company Creative Rebellion. In his latest contribution to Indiewire, Kroll helps filmmakers understand which lenses to use ...

What would be your dream "money no object" photographic system? Let's just forget about the actual cameras for a bit. In an ideal world with no mortgages, tax demands or gas bills to contemplate what ...

How to choose the right lens Most standard zoom lenses give a maximum magnification factor of about 0.3x. Zoom lenses, and even some prime lenses with a ‘macro’ badge, give a greater magnification of ...

"Wait...what? An f/1.8? That's incredible! My Canon lenses start at f/3.5 at the best! Hmm... I wonder if there’s a way to use this manual lens on my DSLR..." I had ...

There is a huge range of glass available to filmmakers today – everything from vintage cinema lenses from the 60s to modern stills glass made for DSLRs. How can a DP choose which is right for their ...

In the tutorial, Sheldon shows you how to chose the right lens for the effect you're trying to achieve as well as for the budget you have. "Perhaps you don't have a fast aperture lens but you do own a ...

The best of the zooms with relatively modest ranges deliver highly impressive performance. We'll be looking at wide angles and long toms in the next columns but for now lets look at mid range options.