Phil Holland @phfx

@kidness_art Very nice work!

@MKBHD All threes, no knees!

𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱. A cold beverage enjoyed with some fresh air. A few things in motion, preparing to push new things into motion. Not a totally relaxing summer yet, but I value the relaxing moments I have been able to sneak in which provide more clarity. I look into my stack of things to do acknowledging both the gravity of what the execution will take, but also a knowledge of the love of the process. A calm moment helps build up the force needed to meet the intended vision and result. Anyways. Happy Sunday peoples. July cometh.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀. Busy man this week, but random post of something I was thinking about this morning. There are a few paintings and scupltures I revisit from time to time. This is one of those. Boichot,circa 1795, Paris, France. At LACMA. If you are an artist, I can recommend strongly seeing this in person.

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻. Detected. But seriously though, the first hour of my day was spent discussing philosophy, mentorship, and keeping an active mind with an absolute stranger. Totally okay with the random deep conversation. Anyways, this is a reminder to watch a few iconic summer films when possible. Meatballs, Jaws, Die Hard with a Vengeance, etc. Also, spend some time on or near sand. Touching grass is fine, but sand is um.... so fine.

𝗣𝗶𝘅𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘀. Cameras have been shipping for a bit, good time for an update. I've updated my tools with all of the current formats and resolutions available in the Spark to assist with matching field of view and planning your shoots. Take note that currently for 2160p and 1080p there is currently no 1:1 pixel ratio format, so extract as needed if you need such things. Also, if Pixboom can see this, worth adding 3840x2160 and 1920x1080 formats/resolutions. UHD 4K and HD 2K are fine for nomeclature ir simply the 2160p or 1080p names. Cheerios.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱. Nobody writes or reads cursive anymore. But I so enjoy the smooth lines, convex and concave reflections, and sultry gradients across jelly bean blue and paco red hues. RED V-Raptor [X] 8K VV, Sigma Cine T1.5 Primes, philmColor.

@BaronDestructo *travels through gate to stumble upon intergalactic genie lift :)

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@elonmusk Question from a subscription/service perspective. Now that SpaceX owns Cursor, will we be seeing some sort of Grok/Cursor package/addition?

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𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗫. Old, old, old anamorphic glass. #cinematography

𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆. And another one in the can and out the door. Up early for last QC and verify with some warm bean fluid. HDR and SDR looking spicey. Next one is an experiential film wrapping late August for selected theaters, but slowly been working on that since earlier in the year, R&D phase was interesting, more on that later. After that, I'll have availability come September. #cinematography #filmmaker

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆. Congrats to the @nyknicks all the way from Laker land! Tough and surprising series, well earned.

𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. Experimental rigging. I need all the power.

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁. Cine Gear was a tornado, not just the show, but the couple weeks leading up to it. Lost my voice on Sunday after the show. I am no longer deep frog man glitch voice, just raspy air expulsions now. Had a busy meeting week, which made each call a bit wild with a voice that 50/50 wouldn't work. Anywho. While on the Universal Studios Backlot I stepped away from the crowd a few times to enjoy stomping foot in quieter corners in between booths, alleys, and stages. Last major feature I worked on there was a couple years back, but this lot was also apart of the earliest days of my career, so a lot of love and nostalgic feels when I'm back there. I lways enjoy the hidden fresnels inside the building facades and secret outlets everywhere. This peculiar powered plumbing decision is one such sighting. Now the mogul stands use LED bulbs, but I do miss the big 1000 watt incandescent bulbs that lurked randomly about on these rolling stands, threatening to blow up with even a single drop of rain, which I've witnessed. But alas, safer days and lower power draw prevailed. #cinematography

𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. Mastering and delivering, then onto the next. #cinematography

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝟯𝟲𝟬 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮. Announced officially today. I've seen it a few times well earlier in the year, but now I get to tinker and go deeper. For me, this is an interesting vision of a compact gimbal travel or action camera. Two 8K sensors, main camera (18mm full frame equiv.) being a 1" and the zoom being a 1/1.13". And the zoom is the story with up to 6X "lossless" zoom for around a 60-120mm equiv. field of view. Both lenses are a collaboration with Leica, and they are impressive for small glass and a small pixel pitch. Another fascinating feature is the detachable remote/monitor/microphone. Neato mic implementation on the post and controller, buy many will attach the Mic Pro or similar for better quality sound. Image quality is decent, but doing those tests now. I come from a world with larger and very advanced sensor technology as well as better codecs. For me, this is much more about being a BTS in a pinch camera with some features that will sneak into some of my professional work perhaps. Lots more going on here, but I'll share an interesting thought. There is likely a desire and demand for a larger sensor, certainly larger display/touch screen, and a slightly larger single post gimbal. I've been shocked that we haven't seen this yet for many years, but this is such a complete package from image to sound connectivity, that it inspires that want. Some quirks, but overall impressed with all it can do. #cinematography #insta360

@philz1337x A few questions I don't see answers for on the website: - What image formats are compatible? - What bit depths are supported? - What is the highest resolution output support? - Can you enhance at image resolution?

𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝟯𝟯. A young boy in Southern California who grew up on the spoonfulls of nector from the filmmakers in the 70s, 80s and 90s stepped into a theater the summer after making his first short film, saw dinosaurs come to life in a theater at the Fallbrook Mall, full of adreline, curious, inspired, then embarked on a journey to learn how to conceptualize, draw, write, design, sculpt, 3D model, animate, light, composite, make sound, photograph, and direct with a growing magnetic attraction towards a profession in motion pictures and entertainment. I got my first professional crack at it about 4 years later at the age of 17 stepping onto my first feature film set and it only made me want to do it more. So I did, and so it continues. Jurassic Park was the shove I needed to commit and fortunately the industry provided tremendous opportunities to learn from the best, grow, progress, and continue to create. And yes, I still have that ticket.