Canon D-SLR Log & Transfer Plugin for Final Cut Pro
Written by Chris Hurd on June 6th, 2009
Today at CineGear 2009 in Hollywood, GlueTools, a Santa Barbara software company specializing in motion picture plug-ins for Final Cut Studio, is announcing a workflow for Canon D-SLR cameras and Final Cut Pro. The product is a log and transfer plug-in allowing ingest of High Definition video recorded with Canon D-SLR cameras directly into [...]
City of Bryan, TX Assigns Municipal Communications to Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCCAM Camcorders
Written by Chris Hurd on May 28th, 2009
East Texas County Seat Produces Magazine, PSAs and More with Handheld AVCCAMs
SECAUCUS, NJ (May 28, 2009) – The city of Bryan, TX, the county seat of Brazos County in East Texas, has made Panasonic’s AG-HMC150 professional handheld AVCCAM camcorder the linchpin of its wide-ranging video production. Assignments for this city of 70,000 include production of [...]
Canon USA announces 5D Mk. II firmware update
Written by Chris Hurd on May 26th, 2009
Stop the presses… just received from Canon USA via email:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., will be issuing a greatly anticipated firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera. This new firmware will accommodate a great number of user requests for manual exposure control in the EOS 5D Mark II video mode. Manual exposure control [...]
JVC GY-HM100 & GY-HM700+Canon 14x Lens Field Test
Written by Tim Dashwood on April 28th, 2009
The day before the JVC booth opened to the public I was granted a few hours of access to both a release version of the GY-HM100 and the GY-HM700 with the Canon KT14×4.4B KRS zoom lens. The Canon 14×4.4 zoom lens won’t ship until June and there were only a few made available for NAB [...]
NAB2009 Stereoscopic 3D Wrap-Up
Written by Tim Dashwood on April 28th, 2009
This year’s NAB conference in Las Vegas showcased the art of stereoscopic 3D (aka S3D) in a big way. Attendees were treated to expositions of the tools required for S3D production, post-production and distribution. There were still the usual tech demos from companies like Sony & Panasonic but most of products reviewed below are available [...]
JVC NAB09 Booth Debrief
Written by Tim Dashwood on April 28th, 2009
This year I observed most of the NAB show from a fixed position at the JVC booth. I had been asked by JVC to answer questions and demonstrate the new GY-HM700 cameras in 24P cinema configurations. A Final Cut Pro system was also close-by so I was able to demonstrate the speedy workflow from recording [...]
NAB2009 Stabilizer Wrap-Up
Written by Charles Papert, S.O.C. on April 25th, 2009
While a lot of buzz at this year’s NAB was focused on 5DMkII’s on exotic shoulder mounts, LED lighting and anything to do with 3D, not much buzz was left over for the venerable Steadicam and variations thereof. In the stabilizer world it was a year of incremental change, some new models and configurations but [...]
Vinten Vision 3 AS Tripod (2 of 4)
Written by Chris Soucy on April 19th, 2009
Part Two: The “Perfect Balance” System.
A bit of a misnomer as it’s really a “perfect counterbalance” system, but let’s not quibble.
Before launching into this, a slight recap on the original V3 might be in order. The V3 uses a changeable spring system, with, from memory, six or seven different rated springs. On the up side, [...]
Vinten Vision 3 AS Tripod (3 of 4)
Written by Chris Soucy on April 19th, 2009
Let’s observe the Vinten Vision 3 AS in action.
Tripod Mounting / Head Levelling
The tripod mount is classic Vinten, with the usual three lobed handle on the bowl clamp and substantial clamp cup. This works perfectly with any Vinten tripod, whether a 75 mm bowl model or 100 mm bowl with step down ring.
The [...]
