Nikon Inc. officially launched the Nikon D-Movie Screening Room, an online collection of creative and inspiring videos captured with Nikon’s D90 and D5000 D-SLR cameras. Award-winning director of photography Harris Savides showcases an artistic compilation of life’s most common, anonymous, and beautiful moments. Savides, known for his work on Gus Van Sant’s Milk and Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, will be joined in the screening room by other accomplished professionals, as well as by aspiring filmmakers and D-SLR photographers.
Savides created this short film, which reflects his life on the road away from his family, using the Nikon D5000 along with two NIKKOR telephoto lenses, the AF 80-200mm f/2.8D and the AF 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IF.
“Aside from the size, what I like about working with the D5000 is the quality of the image,” said Savides. “I found that this camera creates a special film-like texture unlike a regular movie camera. The image has a finish that has a still photo quality, which for me felt right for this short film — a series of moving stills.”
Additional movies at the Nikon D-Movie Screening Room from both professional filmmakers as well as D90 and D5000 users will be posted in the coming weeks at www.nikondmovie.com.
This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on July 7, 2009
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