Good things
keep their place.

Notes & experiments

Eyepatch — original studio profile

The original studio background and equipment profile, preserved as a historical document.

Cameras & tutorials

Canon 7D vs Hacked GH1 full series of tests

Videos comparing the Canon 7D 1080P video mode to the hacked Panasonic GH1’s video mode.

Cameras & tutorials

Digicam

This page has a comparison tool for hundreds of images of digital cameras going back to 1995 through the presentLink to full screen comparison

Cameras & tutorials

DSLR Tutorials

Canon 7D, 5D, t2i and 60D Panasonic GH1 Nikon D90 Full series of Panasonic GH1 vs Canon 7D tests

Lenses & anamorphics

Hollyland Mars 400S Pro Review

A hands-on review of the Hollyland Mars 400S Pro wireless video transmission system.

Sound & studio

Korg Poly61 – Free Patches – The dead battery collection

This is a set of patches that I’ve created while fixing Poly61 over the years. Some are similar to the factory patches, some are crazy, and some are very unique.…

Lenses & anamorphics

LA7200 anamorphic lens tutorial series #1

Here is the first video in a new series of tutorials for the Panasonic LA7200G anamorphic adapter. We’ll be diving into its flaws at multiple focal lengths and…

Lenses & anamorphics

SLR Magic Anamorphic 1.33x Anamorphic Adapter

I had a chance to play with a near final version of the new SLR Magic 1.33x Anamorphic Adapter today with Andrew Chan. This adapter is a completely new design from…

Films & stories

The Milkman – A story about a true man

Super 16mm production notes, synopsis, cast references, and images for The Milkman.

Cameras & tutorials

132mb GOP3 Hacked GH2 stable

Test the setting, click to download I’ve been testing multiple GH2 settings for weeks, and I’ve wanted to reach the highest stable bitrate. I think 132mb GOP 3 is…

Cameras & tutorials

176mb with the hacked GH2

I’ve hit a new benchmark While testing for max bitrate, I’ve been able to hit a very very unstable 176mb which, while not useful right now, may be stable in the…

Cameras & tutorials

30fps Hacked GH2 176mb footage- peaks of 186mb with color footage

I need to find an SD card that can actually write 25MB per second across the card. I don’t think any of the current Class 10 cards will, maybe one of the UHS-1…

Lenses & anamorphics

3200FPS?! Getting the most from the Nikon 1 Series cameras

The new Nikon 1 series has the distinction of being the only camera in its price range that can shoot 400FPS at 640×240. Now that doesn’t sound like much…

Notes & experiments

3D Plasma as a Computer Monitor

You can get the 42″ Panasonic GT25 at Fry’s for $598 You can also get it at B&H for a little more money Outside of the Video, here are the Pros and Cons of using a…

Lenses & anamorphics

4. Hacked Panasonic GH2 Tutorial Series | Testing Footage | ISO Bug

Inspecting GH2 test footage and investigating the ISO bug.

Lenses & anamorphics

4K Anamorphic with the Hacked GH2

Technically this isn’t 4k. It’s not even 2k, but it is the best way to upload your footage to youtube or Vimeo for the absolute best quality and for future-proofing…

Cameras & tutorials

7D ISO 12800, GH2 ISO 12800, GH1 ISO 3200

What this short video is about is taking all three cameras to the extreme. Is this a particularly useful test? Probably not. But there are always a few people out…

Instrument galleries

Akai AX60

Photographs of the Akai AX60 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Akai AX80

Photographs of the Akai AX80 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Akai SG01v

Photographs of the Akai SG01v from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Akai VX600

Photographs of the Akai VX600 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

All Panasonic GH1 bodies soon to be hackable!

Vitality announced on his website today that he is able to downgrade unhackable gh1s to version 1.32. This will allow any GH1 to run the GH13 bitrate and battery…

Cameras & tutorials

All Panasonic GH1s hackable!

GH1/GF1 1.34 hack Click here and read the instructions for the new version of ptool. Vitality did it! All GH1 and GF1 cameras are once again hackable!

Lenses & anamorphics

Anamorphic Options for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera

One of the advantages of anamorphic lenses and adapters is a wider FOV. Since they are basically just horizontal-only wide angle adapters they certainly are a help…

Instrument galleries

ARP Quadra – Factory Customized

Photographs of the ARP Quadra – Factory Customized from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Arturia Drumbrute

Photographs of the Arturia Drumbrute from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Behringer DeepMind 12

Photographs of the Behringer DeepMind 12 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Cineform RAW Software

This is my first trial for making a scripted GUI conversion tool for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and converting the output to Cineform RAW. Why do this? Cineform…

Lenses & anamorphics

Bolex Anamorphot Compatibility Chart

Bolex Anamorphot 8/19/1.5x Compatibility chart Before we get into Bolex tutorials, here’s a chart showing basic compatibility with different cameras. Canon DSLRs…

Cameras & tutorials

Burst Mode vs Hacked GH2 at 132mbs – How do they compare?

The GH2 offers a burst JPEG mode @ 40fps for 1 second. With the new release of Ptool 3.62, I wanted to test how it held up to 132mb with the hacked GH2. While 132mb…

Notes & experiments

Cannon to the face

What do you get when you shoot a golf ball over 400MPH? Pure Win is the only correct answer. We wanted to try something new, something that has never been done…

Lenses & anamorphics

Canon 7D Moire Fix – Anamorphic Adapter + Removable OLPF

Here are the preliminary samples of this filter. After leaving the prototype alone for several months, I tested again with the anamorphic adapter attached and found…

Cameras & tutorials

Canon DSLR zoom lenses — original field notes

Going back to October 2009, I released a recommended zoom list for the Canon 7D. Here is the 2010 Update for all of the Canon crop cameras Wide: Tokina 11-16 f/2.8…

Cameras & tutorials

Canon EOS 1D X – Improved Video Mode!

We’ve been waiting for a video mode upgrade since the release of the Canon 7D in 2009. It looks like we will finally get it in the new full frame EOS 1D X! From…

Instrument galleries

Casio CZ1

Photographs of the Casio CZ1 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Casio HT-6000

Photographs of the Casio HT-6000 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Cheap DSLR Audio – The Azden WLX-PRO

Opening the box for this thing was like swirling in a Hot Tub Time Machine. I was directly taken back to Radio Shack of the 1990’s. Plastic, large sliding buttons…

Cameras & tutorials

Cheap m4/3 lens adapter – Permanently attached to lens!

$7.98 m4/3 lens adapter drawbacks

Instrument galleries

Crumar Bit One SSM

Photographs of the Crumar Bit One SSM from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Digicam Archive — 30 Years of Digital Camera Image Quality

I’ve been repairing and shooting with digital cameras that have come out since the mid-90s, and over the years I’ve accumulated images from nearly 250 different…

Cameras & tutorials

Electronic Lenses for your GH1 / GH2 or AF100

One of the most often asked questions is about the types of electronic lenses that work best with the m4/3 sensor. People are typically are worried about the crop…

Instrument galleries

Ensoniq SQ-80

Photographs of the Ensoniq SQ-80 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Films & stories

Epic Gunshot Win: Ridiculous Assassination

Description: A short action scene originally made for the Sprint Epic Movie commercial contest 2010 (and rejected for unspecified reasons). This over-the-top kill…

Films & stories

Films

Films from Mark Nicholson and Akira Wing Nelson’s Dojo (2010) Vengeance Rides a Train (2009) The Milkman (2008)

Cameras & tutorials

First AF100 Footage on Vimeo

Here’s the first streaming footage of the Panasonic AF100. Footage looks exactly as I expected it to. It is a DSLR sensor with a proper OLPF, so things that DSLR…

Cameras & tutorials

First RAW Blackmagic Cinema Camera Footage

With the release of the first RAW footage of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera we can start to take a good look at footage that the camera will record natively. At first…

Cameras & tutorials

Fix High ISO videos and make them usable

This method applies to all brands of cameras and works equally well on a t2i as it does on D7000. Tools used: Vegas 11 Neat Video Noise Reduction Sapphire Effects…

Lenses & anamorphics

GH1 at 2400×1080 – LA7200 at Sacramento Capital

Thanks to the youtube “Original” quality mode, you can now enjoy anamorphic videos like the one below in super high resolution, higher than any other online…

Cameras & tutorials

GH1 vs GH2 low light anamorphic comparison

Here’s a quick little vlog testing the differences between the GH1 and GH2 (exact same settings) at ISO 1600 and 3200 respectively. The GH2 has come quite a ways…

Cameras & tutorials

GH2 does ISO 12800 in video mode!

Testing the old GH1 method of boosting the ISO in video mode on the GH2 reveals that the GH2 can go up to ISO 12800 in Shutter Priority mode

Lenses & anamorphics

GH2 Hack – 720p upgraded to 28mb with B-frames

Thanks to mpgsvcd in this thread: We now have a greatly improved 720p mode for the GH2, and the first useful bitrate hack for the camera. Play the video below in…

Cameras & tutorials

GH2 hacked!

Vitality does it again! I’ll have more information as I start and try the patches myself. For now the most recent information is in this forum.

Cameras & tutorials

GH2 Native .MTS file – Disappointing Codec Confirmed

One of the first GH2 24PN sample videos is now available here: optyczne.pl GH2 review Unfortunately this confirms that the GH2 has the same poor codec performance…

Cameras & tutorials

GH2 vs Canon 7D vs Hacked GH1

Here are some of the latest comparison videos we’ve done with the new Panasonic GH2

Lenses & anamorphics

Guess the camera!

One camera is a Hacked GH1 at 100mb, the other is a GH2. One camera is cropped to 2:35.1, the other actually has the anamorphic lens. They are mixed almost exactly…

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked GH1 @ 75mb vs GH2 @ 88mb High ISO

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked GH1 at 100mb vs Panasonic GH2

In this video we have an absolute direct comparison to the latest lpowell patch for the GH1 vs the Gh2 at 1080p 24. Quick notes: GH2 still has the upper hand in…

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked GH2 Tutorial Series | Episode 3 | Testing the card and settings

Testing GH2 recording cards and settings under demanding conditions.

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked GH2 Tutorial Series – Episode 1

An introduction to modifying GH2 firmware and recording settings.

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked GH2 Tutorial Series – Episode 2 – Applying the Hack

Applying a GH2 firmware patch: the original walkthrough.

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked Panasonic GH1 (100mb) vs GH2 Round 2

Full Size 1080p PNG files above. So in this second test with the new lpowell patch for Vitality’s GH1 Hack, we test Color, Dynamic Range and Fine Detail without…

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked Panasonic GH1 vs the world

It is now late 2010. We’ve seen all the new HDDSLRs (vDslrs) for the year. As usual, we continue to see the same old problems come up in new models, and even other…

Cameras & tutorials

Hacked Panasonic GH2 vs Hacked GH1 @ 1080p and 720p

Here is my first preliminary test comparing the hacked GH2 vs the GH1. The GH2 was using the following settings Ptool 3.61D 720p SH mode 48mb high 35mb low GOP 15…

Films & stories

Harry Potter and Gandalf meet the Power Rangers Trailer

As Halloween draws near The Rangers learn to summon their Thunderzords by conjuring spells from the power of lighting. None better to guide them than Gandalf…

Notes & experiments

How I mount diopters to the LA7200.

Here’s an example of the cheap +1 Cokin P diopter in the cinetactics Matteblox. It is a velcro mounting system, so the adapter is mounted in velcro and can firmly…

Instrument galleries

IK Multimedia Uno Synth

Photographs of the IK Multimedia Uno Synth from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Films & stories

iPhone 4 Commercial ft. Morgan Freeman

Following the success of the original iPhone commercial released in August 2009, we created a new spot based on all of the features that are available with…

Instrument galleries

Kawai K3m

Photographs of the Kawai K3m from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Sound & studio

Kawai SX-240 Brass+Pad Patch

Dual mode patch. 4 polyphony, 4 DCOs and 2 LFOs

Instrument galleries

Kawai SX-240

Photographs of the Kawai SX-240 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg ARP Odyssey Module

Photographs of the Korg ARP Odyssey Module from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg DS-8

Photographs of the Korg DS-8 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg DW6000 #2

Photographs of the Korg DW6000 #2 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg DW6000

Photographs of the Korg DW6000 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg EX-8000

Photographs of the Korg EX-8000 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg KPR-77

Photographs of the Korg KPR-77 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg MaxiKorg 800DV K3

Photographs of the Korg MaxiKorg 800DV K3 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg MicroKorg

Photographs of the Korg MicroKorg from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg Mono/Poly Custom Cabinet and Midi

Photographs of the Korg Mono/Poly Custom Cabinet and Midi from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg MS-20 mini

Photographs of the Korg MS-20 mini from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Sound & studio

Korg OPSIX

An early GPT-3 writing experiment prompted by the Korg OPSIX. Includes generated prose rather than a verified technical review.

Instrument galleries

Korg PE-2000 Poly Ensemble K-5

Photographs of the Korg PE-2000 Poly Ensemble K-5 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg Poly 800 II

Photographs of the Korg Poly 800 II from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg Polysix – Kiwisix 3.0 Tubbutec Polysex Custom

Photographs of the Korg Polysix – Kiwisix 3.0 Tubbutec Polysex Custom from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg Trident – Custom Chassis / Midi

Photographs of the Korg Trident – Custom Chassis / Midi from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Korg Wavestation SR

Photographs of the Korg Wavestation SR from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Lenses & anamorphics

LA7200 Wide Angle CA fix for the Scarlet and GH2

17mm f4 on the Red Scarlet at 4k

Instrument galleries

Linndrum

Photographs of the Linndrum from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Makinon 28-80 f3.5 Video/Cinema Lens Review

This is a lens design you don’t see often in older zooms. The focus is in the rear and the zoom ring is in the front. Lens construction is completely metal, made in…

Films & stories

Metal Gear Delight, Stop Motion Short. Why Sunny D?

So some people might be wondering… WTF? Why make a random Sunny D ad with Metal Gear? What are we spoofing? Take a look below. OUR VIDEO If you’ve ever played MGS4…

Instrument galleries

Midia Musicbox MQ-100 Marquis

Photographs of the Midia Musicbox MQ-100 Marquis from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Films & stories

Milkman Priceless — spec commercial

An Eyepatch spec commercial featuring The Milkman.

Instrument galleries

Moog Memorymoog Plus

Photographs of the Moog Memorymoog Plus from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Moog Minimoog D Reissue

Photographs of the Moog Minimoog D Reissue from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Moog Opus 3

Photographs of the Moog Opus 3 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Moog The Source

Photographs of the Moog The Source from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Lenses & anamorphics

More Anamorphic Super Slowmotion

Twixtor retiming testing the limits of the lowly 17mb 720p codec of the gh2 and the LA7200. There are some shots in this near 50mm in EX mode with the LA7200…

Instrument galleries

Multivox Pulser

Photographs of the Multivox Pulser from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Films & stories

Nerf Grindhouse: $6,691 for special effects

You may watch the following film and wonder where the VFX production budget went. It actually went straight to Stanford University Hospital – for 2.5 stitches.…

Notes & experiments

Kipon EOS to Micro Four Thirds adapter — first look

Kipon released an image of this today: This should be a cheaper alternative to run native EOS lenses on m4/3 cameras from Panasonic and Olympus without resorting…

Notes & experiments

Next Charlie Sheen – Aussies think so

Thanks for making me look like a psychopath while testing a prop gun. Sidney Morning Herald obviously stands for So Much Hate.

Cameras & tutorials

Nikon D4 – Capable of 2,464 × 1,384 at 24fps?

The new Nikon D4 has a 2.5 Megapixel burst mode at 24fps. The question now is, what is the “Max Continuous Burst” on this camera. Most Nikons seem to be limited to…

Cameras & tutorials

Nikon D7000 Video Mode – Mini Review

Spent a half hour with a D7000 and here’s my brief conclusions Likes: Solid Construction, well laid out menus Shutter and ISO control while shooting Dual SD slots…

Instrument galleries

Oberheim Matrix 6

Photographs of the Oberheim Matrix 6 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Oberheim OB-SX Rev 2 6 Voice with Midi

Photographs of the Oberheim OB-SX Rev 2 6 Voice with Midi from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Panasonic GH1 vs GH2 – first test – 720p resolution

Here’s the first sample of the GH1 vs the GH2 in 720p mode. We see that the GH2 720p mode appears to resolve more detail at the expense of aliasing, something which…

Instrument galleries

Partscaster Tele

Photographs of the Partscaster Tele from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

Plasma HDTV as a computer monitor — long-term test

16 months ago I posted a video showing the Panasonic 42″ GT25 being used as a main 3D Computer Monitor. Most people thought there would be issues like burn-in very…

Instrument galleries

Poly61 Custom Controls and Cabinet

Photographs of the Poly61 Custom Controls and Cabinet from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Cameras & tutorials

GH2 high-bitrate recording — SD card tests

Original recording and spanning observations for high-bitrate GH2 settings. Shopping links and sale prices have been removed.

Cameras & tutorials

RED Scarlet X — introduction

The GH2 is quite upset.

Notes & experiments

Redrock EOS to Micro Four Thirds adapter — first look

Youtube video link here This news must have been ignored by most sites, because I’m just hearing about it now. Supposedly RedRock will have these out in the next…

Cameras & tutorials

Resolving power of the hacked GH1

With the influx of new cameras coming out, many people are in a rush to sell off their hacked and un-hacked GH1 cameras. Every time a new gadget, gizmo or toy comes…

Instrument galleries

Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Photographs of the Rhodes Chroma Polaris from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland Alpha Juno 2

Photographs of the Roland Alpha Juno 2 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland D-50

Photographs of the Roland D-50 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland JD990 with Vintage Synth Expansion

Photographs of the Roland JD990 with Vintage Synth Expansion from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland Junior 106 – Arctic White – SynthSpa

Photographs of the Roland Junior 106 – Arctic White – SynthSpa from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland Juno 60 DCB

Photographs of the Roland Juno 60 DCB from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland Jupiter 8 12-bit

Photographs of the Roland Jupiter 8 12-bit from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland JX-3P Kiwitechnics Kiwi3P

Photographs of the Roland JX-3P Kiwitechnics Kiwi3P from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland JX-8P Kiwitechnics Kiwi-8P – Rev 1

Photographs of the Roland JX-8P Kiwitechnics Kiwi-8P – Rev 1 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland JX10 SE

Photographs of the Roland JX10 SE from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland R-5 Drum Machine

Photographs of the Roland R-5 Drum Machine from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland SH3a

Photographs of the Roland SH3a from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Roland TR-606

Photographs of the Roland TR-606 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Sequential Pro One

Photographs of the Sequential Pro One from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 2 SSM

Photographs of the Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 2 SSM from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Sequential Prophet T8

Photographs of the Sequential Prophet T8 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Sequential Prophet VS

Photographs of the Sequential Prophet VS from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Siel DK80

Photographs of the Siel DK80 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Notes & experiments

Starbucks Coffee prices

Argh. Three different Starbucks, three different prices. How is it possible to pay between 3.85 and 4.65 and every cent in-between for a Venti iced soy latte. And…

Instrument galleries

Teisco 110f

Photographs of the Teisco 110f from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Teisco SX-400

Photographs of the Teisco SX-400 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Lenses & anamorphics

GH2 Apocalypse Now firmware settings

Yesterday driftwood released what is probably the last and greatest update for hacked GH2 cameras. Settings Here for Apocalypse Now This group of settings is called…

Notes & experiments

The New PlayStation (CECH-4000) Super Slim?

The FCC whitepaper was released last week that showed a “vague” description of the new Playstation model. The model in the video is extruded out from that 2D render…

Cameras & tutorials

Thoughts on the new 2.5k RAW Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Wow! What an announcement! This new camera is very close to the old Scarlet 3k for $3000 that was promised long ago. Instead this is a $3000 camera with a built-in…

Films & stories

Toy Chest Episode 1: Power Rangers Megazord Banned Toy Commercial

Creative Info: The first episode of our Power Rangers toy spoofs. If the Power Rangers were a bunch of spoiled idiot trolls in real life this might be what it would…

Films & stories

Toy Chest Episode 2: Power Rangers Dragonzord Banned Toy Commercial

Creative Info: The second episode of our Power Rangers toy spoofs. Imagine the Green Ranger as a sailor mouthed jerky asshole who hates being told he’s wrong. The…

Films & stories

Toy Chest Episode 3: Power Rangers Ultrazord Banned Toy Commercial

Creative Info: The third episode of our Power Rangers toy spoofs. This is where I start to cross over into gaming territory. Imagine the Green Ranger as a spoiled…

Films & stories

Toy Chest Episode 4: Metal Gear Solid vs Power Rangers: Dinozord’s Demise

Creative Info: To further development on the series, I began taking the series out of the “fake commercial” box I set initially and turned it into episodic content.…

Cameras & tutorials

Trying to vlog at 176mb – Hacked GH2 going to the extreme

176mb needs a fast card. Out of the few Class 10 cards I have, none are fast enough to record more than a few seconds at a time. This is the highest bitrate I’ve…

Sound & studio

Vangelis Yamaha CS-80 Blade Runner with the Korg Trident Mk1

Korg Trident Mk1 Synthesizer settings Brass Settings First half is completely dry, second half is Trident to Fabfilter > Valhalla Vintage Verb.

Films & stories

Vengeance Rides a Train – Dude where’s my new Episode?

In early 2009 Akira and I posted Vengeance Rides a Train on youtube. It was embedded in a few sites, and generally received good attention and reviews from the…

Films & stories

Epic Sandwich — contest short

Epic Sandwich, a 30-second short made for the Sprint Epic Movie contest. The voting period has ended.

Instrument galleries

Waldorf Microwave 1 Rev B OS 2.0

Photographs of the Waldorf Microwave 1 Rev B OS 2.0 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Sound & studio

Wavestation SR + Prophet VS emulation = instant film soundtrack

After loading up the old Wavestation SR with some Prophet VS classics, and using an external editor with liberal amounts of effects, you get an instant film…

Notes & experiments

We are not Eye Patch Productions New York

We get alot of emails. Some confuse us with the Eye Patch Productions in New York City. Here is a quick and painless way to tell the difference. If you see the pic…

Notes & experiments

Choosing an SD card for the hacked GH2

Original observations on SD card performance with high-bitrate GH2 recording.

Cameras & tutorials

Wishlist for Blackmagic Digital Cinema RAW camera

1. Make the mount extender detachable. Right now the Canon EF/Nikon ZF mount sits past 40mm from the sensor. I know I went over this in my last post, but by…

Lenses & anamorphics

Bolex Moller Anamorphot — tutorial preview

I’ll post more information and links when its done, but right now I ‘m working on making a new series devoted to the Bolex Moller Anamorphot 1.5x anamorphic…

Sound & studio

WoW Hacked 2

A decade later; I journey to the wilderness in search of The Gamer to see what he’s been up to since his account was last hacked and lost everything. His life was…

Instrument galleries

Yamaha AN1x

Photographs of the Yamaha AN1x from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha CS-70m

Photographs of the Yamaha CS-70m from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Sound & studio

Yamaha CS-80 “Blade Runner Brass” sound on a few synths

One of the most iconic synth sounds on a ton of different synths. Can any of them match up to a Yamaha CS80? Dry intro followed by same version with effects on each…

Instrument galleries

Yamaha CS15D

Photographs of the Yamaha CS15D from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha CS30 with Sequencer

Photographs of the Yamaha CS30 with Sequencer from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha DX7 MK1

Photographs of the Yamaha DX7 MK1 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha PSS-150

Photographs of the Yamaha PSS-150 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Sound & studio

Yamaha PSS-470 with a El Capistan and a Red Witch Titan

Here’s how to make a terrible little FM Synth sound good. Yamaha PSS-470 with a separate delay on each channel. Red Witch Titan and the Strymon El Capistan. Now add…

Instrument galleries

Yamaha PSS-470

Photographs of the Yamaha PSS-470 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha Reface CS

Photographs of the Yamaha Reface CS from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha RX15 Drum Machine

Photographs of the Yamaha RX15 Drum Machine from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha SK30

Photographs of the Yamaha SK30 from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Instrument galleries

Yamaha TX-81Z

Photographs of the Yamaha TX-81Z from the Eyepatch studio archive.

Archive notices

Panasonic AF100 — preorder archive

A record of the AF100 preorder announcement. The original price and ordering links are no longer presented as an offer.

Archive notices

Mini-HDMI cables — archive note

A former clearance notice for two lengths of mini-HDMI cable used with DSLR monitors. The offer has expired.

Archive notices

Blackmagic Cinema Camera — preorder archive

A record of the original Cinema Camera preorder announcement. See the library for footage tests and camera discussions.

Archive notices

Cry Macho — development-news archive

An earlier post discussed a proposed Arnold Schwarzenegger adaptation. It records development speculation at the time, rather than the eventual film.

Archive notices

Panasonic GH2 kit — archived offer

A former GH2 and 14–140mm kit promotion. Continue with the camera tests and tutorials in the library.

Archive notices

Tascam DR-100 — archived offer

A former recorder promotion retained as site history. The advertised deal is no longer presented as an active offer.

Archive notices

An earlier Eyepatch redesign

A short note from an earlier site redesign. Explore the current preview through the Library, Ports, and YouTube Collections pages.

Archive notices

Panasonic GH1 — archived offer

A former employee-purchase promotion for the GH1. The old eligibility and sale links have been retired.

Archive notices

PlayStation 3 giveaway — archive note

The giveaway has concluded. Its announcement video is no longer available.

Archive notices

TubeMogul and YouTube advertising — archive note

An earlier post about TubeMogul’s PlayTime advertising service. Its linked announcement and profile destinations have been retired.