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The Canon 1DC and Kinotehnik EVF

I was recently lucky enough to be able to shoot with Canons number one DSLR, the 1dc. Canon Norway lent me their beast for a shoot in Ecuador, where we were to shoot short commercials for a TBA project (secret, will post when ready :). When the 1dc was announced last year, it was the first camera, DSLR and non-DSLR, to offer a viable 4k onboard recording solution for documentarist and run&gun shooters. RED and C500 and Sonys solutions (until recently) are all dependent on quite heavy and power-hungry setups. On the 1dc, I was able to stay shooting-ready on three batteries a day (normal…

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Quick test: Sigma 18-35 f1.8

Brand new lens getting a taste of the Norwegian weather I recently got a chance to play with the yet-to-be-released Sigma 18-35 f1.8. Stein Erik at Fotovideo.no called me up and told me that he had one sample unit for testing purposes. This is not even an actual selling unit, its pre-production. But judging by the quality we saw during tests on set, its ready for "add to cart" allready. When it comes to new gear, I usually just throw it right into production. I shot the first Norwegian commercial on 5d mrk2, and we used DSLR on a two seasons of a episodic dark-comedy…

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2012 done.

Big shoot scheduled to premiere in january Its been quite a while since last update. If I tried to make any money of this blog, I would be in deep trouble. November - december has been crazy busy, as the traditional Eurovision/Nobel productions clash together. Ive also done some commercials this year, making the schedule into christmas pretty unhealty. Blogging is therefore not my top priority. I cant imagine how some of the top DoP/Bloggers can keep it up. Three of the four boys (girls, whatever) I used to shoot Nobel. Norways first c500! I got my hands on the very first c500 (Thanks to…

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Cinematography showreel 2012

Cinematography showreel 2012 - Håvar Karlsen from Håvar Karlsen on Vimeo. My latest showreel. Consists of some of the documentary and feature work I have done between 2009-2012. PRODUCERS: Eyeworks Dinamo, Øyafestivalen and Kamerakameratene DIRECTORS: Magnus Rye, Geir Fredriksen & Øystein Karlsen,  CINEMATOGRAPHY&EDIT: Håvar Karlsen MUSIC: Audionetwork

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