DEFINITION April 2019

MAVO LF | USER REVI EW

PRICE £10,700 BODY ONLY MAVO LF DOP Ash Connaughton bought a Kinefinity Mavo LF camera kit to stand out and entice producers with the large format aesthetic

WORDS ASH CONNAUGHTON & JULI AN M ITCHELL / PICTURES ASH CONNAUGHTON & ADAM DUCKWORTH

offer servicing and maintenance for the cameras in the UK so you don’t have to send them back to China. That was a big worry, especially as I heard that the earlier Kinefinity cameras sometimes had to go through that process. “But the specs of the camera speak for themselves – they’re incredible, considering the price. Those specs and the Pro AV involvement got me interested.”

ABOVE Kinefinity’s Mavo LF is the flagship of their cinematic camera range

I’m shooting an indie feature over the next few weeks, which is a neo- noire crime drama.” The LF is Ash’s first Kinefinity camera, although he has been following the company’s progress over the last few years. “The first cameras that really attracted my attention were in this new line-up, the Terra, the new Mavo and the LF. Also what swayed me was that Pro AV was supporting them, and they

ince I’ve had the camera I’ve done a couple of short films and some test footage, but the rest

of the time I’ve been in prep for a movie called Hello Darlin’ , which I’m shooting on the LF. “One of the shorts was over the course of three days, which was really intense, and the other short was still three days but spread out over a few weeks so not so intense.

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