Articles & Reviews
Review: Nikon Learn & Explore App for iPhone
Written by Jeff Kramer on November 2nd, 2009
Most camera manufacturers have resources for their users. Canon has the Digital Learning Center, Sony has their Backstage 101 Community, and Nikon has their Learning Center. All are focused on getting photographers up to speed and then helping them hone their craft. What better way to learn how to do something than to hear [...]
Review: Learn 2 Shoot Great Video on Your Canon 7D with Philip Bloom
Written by Jeff Kramer on October 26th, 2009
Review: Learn 2 Shoot Great Video on Your Canon 7D with Philip Bloom
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Philip Bloom is a busy fellow. His 5D Mark II DVD was released barely a month ago and he’s already out with a 7D DVD. Philip gave us access to the video content of the 7D DVD so we [...]
Review: Learn Canon 5D Mark II Cinematography with Philip Bloom DVD
Written by Jeff Kramer on October 9th, 2009
Review: Learn 5D Mark II Canon Cinematography with Philip Bloom
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My, how times change. A decade ago DV was the hot new thing. We were all debating whether shooting full frame, full frame with an anamorphic screw-on-lens (remember those?) or in-camera anamorphic was the best route for 35mm blow-up. We all dreamed of being [...]
5D Mark II vs 7D for HD
Written by Jeff Kramer on September 12th, 2009
Introduced in September of 2008, the Canon 5D Mark II changed the landscape for HD shooters who wanted shallow depth of field and flexible lens options on a budget. It sold like gangbusters and has changed the landscape significantly. Now it’s September of 2009 and Canon has introduced the 5D’s little brother, the [...]
Blackmagic Design purchases DaVinci
Written by DVi News on September 9th, 2009
The world’s greatest color correction systems and film restoration products from DaVinci are now part of Blackmagic Design’s family of high quality post production tools!
IBC 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 10, 2009 – Blackmagic Design today
announced the purchase of all assets of DaVinci Systems LLC. This purchase means Blackmagic Design will now offer DaVinci Resolve [...]
August Promo: RØDE Microphone for $1
Written by Chris Hurd on July 31st, 2009
Friday July 31st 2009, Sydney Australia – What can you buy for a dollar? A cup of coffee? A bus ticket? A packet of gum, perhaps? What if you could buy one of the world’s premium live handheld dynamic microphones? Or even one of the world’s leading live condenser microphones?
This August RØDE is giving users [...]
5D Mk. II hits the “bigtime”
Written by Charles Papert, S.O.C. on July 24th, 2009
I can’t reveal details of what we were using this rig on, but I thought you guys might like to see the Canon EOS 5D Mk. II all dressed up for use on a large-scale production. That’s a Panavision Primo 35mm on front, with Preston remote and Cinetape horns on top, all perched on my [...]
CineForm Announces CineDDR
Written by Chris Hurd on July 23rd, 2009
CineForm has launched a new product family called CineDDR. Developed in partnership with Drastic Technologies, CineDDR provides direct-to-disk recording of HD video sources as an alternative to tape-based recording whose workflows are common for feature film and television post production.
CineDDR offers visual quality equivalent to or exceeding that of the respected HDCAM [...]
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 [...]
