About Michael Ferris

Hey, Dan, why would you get someone nobody’s ever heard of to write your foreword? Who the heck is Michael Ferris, anyway?

Yes, I was asked that. Fact is, Mike is a quite famous cinematographer in certain circles. Besides, even the most removed from the film industry have seen his work. Maybe you’ve seen these little, lesser known films: Die Hard, Water World, End of Days, Point of No Return, Internal Affairs, Back to the Future Part II, Colors, Never Say Never Again… I could go on and on. His credit list is as long as my arm. Yep, he knows his stuff. There isn’t a piece of filmmaking equipment he hasn’t had his hands on. A pretty good person to write a foreword on film equipment, don’t you think?

But the main reason for ...

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