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MEM Advanced Cinematography Tips

Why does The Revenant look so 3D and Life-like? What makes the 65mm format Special?

Here’s a simple explanation of why 65mm cinema looks so life-like and three dimensional.

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MEM Advanced Cinematography Tips

Why are there Four Crop Factors, and Do we need all of them?

What is the crop factor and why are there four of them? This article helps you sort out the mess.

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Sony A7s Guide

The Sony A7s 4K Guide (Part Two): Still Prime Lenses

A detailed guide to the Sony A7s – from lenses and accessories to post production. Part Two covers still prime lenses.

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HOLD Photography workflows

A Look at Still Camera Systems

  This is an article intended for those who are absolutely new to photography, and want to know what options they have. Still camera systems are broadly divided by two classes: Film or digital Size of the medium The biggest decision a photographer has to take is whether to shoot on film or digital. The […]

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MEM Driving Miss Digital

Notes by Dr. Optoglass: The Megapixel Counts of the Human Eye

Topics Covered: The Megapixel Count of the Human Eye Rule of Thirds? Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be. When I was moving around with the lens, I discovered things that the naked eye would not have – Pedro […]

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MEM Driving Miss Digital

Notes by Dr. Optoglass: Airy Disk and Pixel Density of the Human Eye

Topics Covered: The Airy Disk Diffraction Pixel size of the Eye Pixel density or resolution of the Eye Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in […]

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MEM Driving Miss Digital

Notes by Dr. Optoglass: The Resolution of the Human Eye

Topics Covered: The average and maximum resolutions of the human eye PPI and DPI at various distances Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? – George Bernard Shaw As we have seen earlier, the average visual acuity of the […]

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MEM Driving Miss Digital

Notes by Dr. Optoglass: Focal Lengths of the Human Eye

Topics Covered: The many focal lengths of the eye The focal length of the eye in photographical terms Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain – Henry David Thoreau Before you get the wrong impression, let’s […]