Clinton Stark
Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
Digital Stills Camera (DSC) sales are down sharply so far in 2019
Canon and Nikon move up-market with full-frame mirrorless cameras. Could this be a way to avoid the inevitable smartphone takeover of the lower end segment?
Trendspotting: Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera remains popular, at least according to Google Trends
Lately I've been so caught up with the beast that is the Panasonic Lumix GH5 for shooting videos here on Stark Insider that it's easy to assume no other camera in the world matters... or even exists. Silly me!
Interest in the venerable Canon EOS 80D, for instance, remains relatively...
Canon Sales Report: Management lowers outlook, looks to full-size mirrorless cameras, lenses to bounce back
The smartphone is devouring the stagnant DSLR camera market. Can mirrorless models save the day for Canon and others?
Trendspotting: Only 27% of consumers have purchased wine online, but here’s some ways to increase that number (Report)
I try to buy just about everything I can online. It's just too convenient. Saving time is hugely important, especially here in the San Francisco Bay Area where traffic all but eliminates the idea of a "quick run" to the store or mall. So, yes, I've seen my share...
Premiere Pro Update: Some good news for Panasonic GH5 video shooters
Premiere Pro 2019 playback of GH5 files is "significantly smoother"
Trendspotting: Canon EOS RP full-frame mirrorless camera appears to be selling well… at least in Japan that is
It's just one source, but still the data is worth considering if you enjoy or have a vested interest in tracking the digital camera market.
The Map Times, a large Japanese retailer, has released its March report. There you'll find a top 10 ranking of cameras sold during that time...
‘3 Days in Paris’ by Atelier Stark Films: Look Book
It was just an art class. Or... was it?
The cycle continues. Some days and weeks we're on location shooting footage for Stark Insider videos. That's typically followed by a long edit stage. It seems over the years the edit process for getting these things finished gets longer and longer.
With...
Trendspotting: California grape crush up 7% y/y in 2018 (Wine Industry Report)
According to a new report which covers 17 districts across the state, California crushed approximately 4.28 million tones of wine grapes in 2018.
Red varieties once again led the way, accounting for over 50% of the crush, or 2,446,930 tons. Try to picture that sitting in your bathtub.
Whites came next...
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K gets energy boost, could lure GH5 video shooters
Blackmagic Design announced a battery grip for its Pocket Cinema Camera 4K that could make it more enticing for video shooters looking for a compact setup.
Priced at $245 (USD) the grip connects to the bottom of the Pocket 4K -- similar in design to other grips we've seen before...
Refn’s ‘Too Old to Die Young’ Trailer: ‘Neon Demon’ meets ‘Lost Highway’
Those wondering what Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn has been up to for the past few years, a new purple-y and pink-y trailer has landed today to give us most welcome evidence. (which shares the slight misfortune of having to fight for attention on the same day as...
