NASA’s Apollo Program was an audacious mission to send astronauts to the moon – a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy’s in a bold speech in 1961 that was an ongoing part of the Cold War. NASA’s use of photography aboard spacecraft originated during the Mercury Program when John Glenn carried two cameras during his Mercury-Atlas 6 program: 1) a Leica 1g for ultraviolet spectrascopic photos, and 2) a modified Ansco Autoset (which was a rebadged Minolta Hi-Matic by the Ansco Company) which took the first human-shot, color still photos....

About a month ago, we announced that Zenit is making a comeback with a full frame digital mirrorless camera. According to the latest information, the upcoming camera from Zenit could be based on the pricey Leica SL. According to USSRPhoto, the new Zenit’s camera will have the innards of the Leica SL, but with some modifications from Zenit. Russia-based company KMZ will produce the lens for the new camera. As PetaPixel reports, KMZ is a mechanical and optical factory, so they’re dedicated to producing the lenses....

When you set up to shoot an interview, the angles and frames you choose can make or break the video. In this post, we will go over ten different angles that you can use when shooting interviews. You can think of it as a personal cheat sheet for interviews. Some of the ideas are for your A-camera, and some are for B-cam. We used a RED Dragon on a Manfrotto 645 FAST and 504x head as our A-cam, and a BMPCC 4K on a Manfrotto 635 FAST and an old MVH500AH head....

Advertisements Anyway, before I could visit the zone, I had to agree to a number of behavioral rules. One of them was not to put anything on the ground and if I would do so, that stuff would be examined and confiscated if it was contaminated. So, in the worst case, I had to leave my tripod there. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is actually made of two zones with two check points....

DJI have had a hard time filling orders for the wildly popular Mavic Pro. Since its announcement shortly after Photokina, they’ve just not been able to keep up. Now, though, they finally seem to be getting there, and the Mavic Pro is in a lot of hands. Every day I’m seeing a ton of new footage shot by them, and while some of it is excellent, there’s a lot out there that needs some work....