Clinton Stark

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
Red Raven Cost and Thoughts

RED Raven and Stark Insider: The Cost of RED

When I think of RED, the camera company, there are several thoughts that come to mind. Lust, is one. Cinematic, another. But historically, the first thing that pops up when I hear or see the valhalla cinema camera brand known as RED is: out of my price range. Queue...
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The pitfalls of parenting summed up perfectly in this video

The Talk is "not for young children unless you want an awkward talk with them." Indeed. The pitfalls of parenting. Sugar-coating be damned. The 8-minute short is coming to Cinequest next month and I was able to watch it today. About all I can tell you about the film is that it concerns...
Samsung "Unpacked" Galaxy S7/S7 Edge Presentation at MWC

3 Takeaways from Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphone presentation at MWC

Smartphones are now about incrementalism. Will VR become tech's new Wow factor?
Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera announced

Canon EOS 80D: Is Canon’s new 24MP DSLR the one to get?

Canon ups the resolution thanks to a new sensor, improves auto-focus system, and adds faster processor. How good is the successor to the epic EOS 70D?
Millennial Wine Report - 2016 Wine Market Council

Millennials drinking more wine than expected

Yes, they've done it. According to a new report, Millennials last year managed to out-drink every other age group -- at least, when it comes to wine. That according to the Wine Market Council (WMC). Quick summary: Millennials drank 159.6 million cases of wine in 2015 (average of two cases per person). Perhaps...
Google Nexus 6

Google: Please give Nexus devices removable storage!

For the love of portable movie and music collections everywhere, just do it... pretty please.
Huawei Watch - 2015 Sales

Android Wear has surprise leader according to latest smartwatch report

The top maker of Android Wear watches is not Motorola, LG, Fossil or even discount player Asus...
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Only Art Forgives: Because. Refn Red LEDs.

Somewhere in Sonoma, under tall redwoods, I test the Canon C100 Mark II camera. Loni dons the goth. I push record. And here's what happens...
Pebble Time Review

Pebble doubles down on fitness tracking with latest update

Fitbit is still the king of fitness wearables, but Pebble has been slowly, but surely inching its way up the health monitoring food chain. Today, the Palo Alto-based start-up announced an update to its software that helps users get more useful fitness data to their wrists. And hopefully, in...
All These Sleepless Nights

Blackmagic cameras enamor Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, other film directors

The life of an indie manufacturer is not easy: It's one thing to produce relatively low cost cameras, but it's entirely another thing to get big name directors to use them on their projects. For Blackmagic Design, it would seem the tide is slowly turning in their favor... The Australian cinema...