Blog of short film shot with Canon 7D

Jeremy Ian Thomas of HDI RAW Works shot a two-day, low-budget film titled “The Chrysalis” using a Canon 7D, Red Rock Micro rig and Zeiss ZE primes lenses. And they video blogged about it; late at night when they were pretty exhausted and/or punchy.

You'll learn a few things from this; it's really hot in the desert, they were obviously exhausted, they really liked the Zeiss ZE lenses and the H4N Zoom, and there aren't many people in the desert.

The blog starts here:

• Day one: Interested? Well stay tuned (he's half asleep)
• Chrysalis Day Two Check Dave's (the DP) Blog
• Day Three
• Another update as we get ready to leave...
• Last Day in Death Valley Check Dave's (the DP) blog. He shows the Red Rock eyeSpy rig that's been converted/enhanced, and a Zeiss ZE 100mm lens. It looks like they had five lenses on hand. Note that the focal length multiplier of the Canon 7D is 1.6, so (it's my understanding) that the 100mm performs like a 160mm, not "a little over 200mm" as he says (though it's close!) In his defense, I think he's pretty out of it!