Jonathan Hall

CAMERA Camera Accessories Cool Rigs Lenses Uncategorized August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 by Jonathan Hall

Arri Alexa 35 vertical shooting… handheld

It’s been a few years since I was tasked with shooting a vertical spot, especially one that was just a vertical spot, with no need to also save for delivering in 1:1 for social or 16:9 for broadcast. Shooting for all these formats simultaneously presents significant challenges and tends to make your images appear more …

CAMERA Lenses January 22, 2023March 25, 2023 by Jonathan Hall

CALDWELL Chameleon 1:79X Anamorphics

I was recently given the opportunity to shoot a film with the S35 Caldwell Chameleon 1.79x anamorphic primes and my first thought was; Why haven’t we had lenses like this sooner?We shot them in front of the Arri Alexa 35 camera system. And since we were using the new Arri system I wanted to be …