Cameras: Is that new camera in the window oh so last week already?

Erika Addis, DoP and teacher, contemplates some tasty offerings and the whirlwind of change that engulfs them. Enter some mysterious coincidences and a bit of black magic.
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Erika Addis, DoP and teacher, contemplates some tasty offerings and the whirlwind of change that engulfs them. Enter some mysterious coincidences and a bit of black magic.

Faster, lighter, bigger, smaller, cheaper, the pool of digital cine cameras available today is like a constantly flowing spring where research, development and design jostle up against price point, where something you see today will shortly become oh so last week .

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Erika Addis
About the Author
Erika Addis has worked in the film and television industry for over 25 years. Her work as a cinematographer and director of photography includes a broad range of documentaries, feature films and television series. She has many awards, including AFIs, and an ACS Golden Tripod, and an MA (Hons) in Film and Television specialising in Documentary and Screen Studies from the AFTRS.