BBC Casualty – Behind the Scenes

In September 2017 I was hired to film second unit for BBC Long running Drama, Casualty, during an episode set in London. I did not know that we had a Behind the Scenes crew filming that day. But if you look carefully in the behind the scenes video above, then you will...

BBC Witness – The Beatles

A look back at the Beatles and swinging Sixties! After a long drive to the Wirral for the BBC, we drove up to the house of Mike McCartney, brother to The Beatles Paul McCartney. And what a lovely bloke he was! Mke recounted the Live recording of All you need is love...

Benefits of 4K Recording?

Why Shoot 4K for your film?   4K resolution has become more popular in the last few years with 4K cameras, such as the Sony FS7 becoming increasing cheaper and accessible in price. Even some mobile phones can shoot 4K!   But why should you consider filming...

Sony PXW-FS7 Firmware V4 Update

Sony PXW-FS7 Camera just keeps getting better with the latest V4 Firmware update from Sony. Admittedly the extra features list is not as big a leap that v3 to v3.10 was. Firmware V4 does not offer a huge change but every little does help and some of the features will...

New! Sony FS7 V3 Firmware

Sony have, after a long wait and putting back deadlines, released the new firmware for the Sony FS7 camera. UPDATE – 4TH APRIL 2016 A NEW VERSION 4 IS NOW AVAILABLE WITH MINOR IMPROVEMENTS. VISIT THE LINK BELOW AND FOLLOW TO THE NEW FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD. It was...

New Sony FS7 Camera – First impressions

Just before christmas I got my new Sony PXW-FS7 Camera and accessories! After much deliberation about whether to get the popular C300 Mk2 version or the Sony FS7 the battle was won over price. My fear was that most producers know the C300 and ask for that as they are...