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I have AX100, which is similar to AX700. If you want to blur the background, you will have very limited ability (almost none). To do that, consider a full frame camera equipped with a fast lense ...

If you record in a quiet room you can use a boom mic overhead. If you record in a noisier room, then use a lavalier mic. Because it is mounted closer to your mouth, it picks up less noise. You can ...

I wonder if this would work; it's marketed as a window shade and is cheaper: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Phifer-60-in-x-96-in-Charcoal-Super-Solar-Screen-3032232/100538470#overlay

to cut brightness of outside when shooting an indoor video that also has partial view of outside (e.g. through a window or patio door) I can either increase the brightness inside or cut the ...

Why does a scrim net cost so much? Isn't it basically just a piece of see through fabric? $180 for 6x6 feet 1 stop Are there cheaper alternatives? Also, can you fold this up for storage or would it ...

I lost the model number. It's a Tamrac bag bought more than 10 years ago. Right now it weighs about 10 lbs.

One of the snap hook on my bag has broken off. The manufacturer does not sell replacement part so I'm looking at generic parts. If you have replaced these before, what brand/model did you use and ...

I don't have an iphone but I need to instruct a non professional using an iphone to shoot better video during a concert. How do you use iphone to shoot a stage performance without overexposing ...

I have a manfrotto tripod with metal lever that are so brittle they snap and break during normal use. Most metal would bend before breaking but this metal breaks before bending. It is also used to ...

Don't LED color drifts as they age? If so, how long before this light become as inaccurate as cheap LED lights?

Is it possible to extend the video time limit from 30 minutes to unlimited?

While browsing LED video lights for video shoot, I see these subcategories: light panels, monolight, floodlights, fresnels, spotlights, ... I already have the first two types. The monolights are ...

I just learned a new thing. When you use barn doors to narrow the spread of an LED panels built with widely spaced LEDs and very thin diffuser, you get a grid-like pattern at the edges, instead of ...

Premiere pro can sync two tracks using audio. This is mostly used in mult-camera projects when the cameras don't have time-code. Is there a free editor with this feature?

Wow. Thanks for the detail response. Will try the prism method.

I want to put together some color test samples, to test the color capability of my cameras. What objects have the most saturated colors (red, green, blue, yellow, purple, orange...) Or to rephrase, ...

If I produce a video show that interviews people like politicians, local business people, can that be considered an editorial program? In other words, can I use stock photos tagged as "editorial ...

This Company is Giving Away 100,000 AI-Generated Portraits for Free (back to the original question) So if one of these free AI portrait happens to look like you, there is nothing you can do to ...

In that case I can rephrase my question: If you use a person's photo in a commercial and you have the model release, could someone else who looks like the model (e.g. a twin), sue you for using ...

If I take a photo in a public place, and replace people's faces with computer generated random faces, can I then use the photo for commercial purpose without permission (i.e. model release)? What ...