Hollywood and the Nonprofit Cinematographer Merge

Man Photographing Himself

Have you seen “Act of Valor,” the 2012 feature film starring a cast of real Navy SEALs? The interesting thing about this movie is that it was the first feature film to be shot primarily with a DSLR camera. A typical digital cinema camera used in Hollywood today starts at about $90,000. But the DSLR (the Canon 5D Mark II) used in “Act of Valor” can be purchased from Best Buy for less than $2,000. As a video professional, I can actually see a big difference between a $90,000 cinema camera and a DSLR. I’m not even all that excited [...] Read more »