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Forum: Helping Hands November 4th, 2014, 06:09 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 103,335
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Hiring FT creative video pro in Iowa

The University of Iowa Office of Strategic Communication seeks to hire an experienced Creative Media Manager-Producer to develop and produce a variety of video stories, features and assignments...
Forum: F.A. on Ebay September 11th, 2011, 10:50 AM
Replies: 289
Views: 188,575
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Canon XHA1 great condition

Includes extra battery, zoom controller, case

Canon XH A1 Camcorder - great condition- with extras | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280737779099#ht_500wt_1413)
Forum: All Things Audio September 24th, 2010, 10:02 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,714
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Hail Tom the CableMaster

apologies for my delayed public props-

Tom is the man- the pictures say it all, and mic is good is new. What seemed like an impossible fix was apparently simple to Tom as he received, repaired...
Forum: All Things Audio September 5th, 2010, 08:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,714
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Yeah, I saw that too Steve. Pardon my ignorance,...

Yeah, I saw that too Steve. Pardon my ignorance, is the capsule the microphone part?
Forum: All Things Audio September 5th, 2010, 08:16 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,714
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Thanks for the replies gentlemen, will follow up...

Thanks for the replies gentlemen, will follow up via PM
Forum: All Things Audio September 5th, 2010, 12:15 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,714
Posted By Benjamin Hill
lav mic cable SEVERED- fixable?

Stuff happens; in this case, my cat chewed through the cable of my Tram TR50 lav mic in several different places. Both an electrician and an experienced audio engineer I showed this to said 'not...
Forum: Show Your Work March 27th, 2010, 08:33 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,649
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Air Force One arriving in Iowa

From President Obama's visit on Thursday:

YouTube - universityofiowa's Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/universityofiowa#p/c/1/8_-7sWSdIU8)

Filmed with Canon XH-A1
Forum: Awake In The Dark December 26th, 2009, 02:08 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 10,177
Posted By Benjamin Hill
'Avatar' great, 3D alright

No movie is flawless and can be everything to everyone. That said, 'Avatar' comes as close as anything- heaps better than Star Trek '09 if you ask me, but the box office negates my opinion there as...
Forum: Taking Care of Business December 23rd, 2009, 10:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,733
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Try grants.gov and if you or someone on the...

Try grants.gov and if you or someone on the project is affiliated with a college or university they probably have an office to steer people towards appropriate grant resources for such projects.
Forum: Awake In The Dark December 20th, 2009, 11:11 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 10,177
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Avatar 2D was great, ready for 3D now

I went to see the 2D version first because I've never been interested in 3D and wanted to evaluate the content. I walked away really impressed with the story and visuals details and am ready to...
Forum: Final Cut Suite December 1st, 2009, 02:47 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,287
Posted By Benjamin Hill
I haven't used the HV40 but use Sony decks to...

I haven't used the HV40 but use Sony decks to capture from Canon-originated (XHG1 & XHL1) and no problems with 60i- BUT, you can't capture 30F or 24F. Have to capture right from camera for the F...
Forum: Final Cut Suite November 28th, 2009, 05:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,613
Posted By Benjamin Hill
There are different versions/prices of Flip4Mac...

There are different versions/prices of Flip4Mac of course, with different levels of control, but I've been pretty happy with the stock higher quality (presentation) presets. Looks decent & files not...
Forum: Final Cut Suite November 24th, 2009, 10:46 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,571
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Eric, what you are trying to do is actually very...

Eric, what you are trying to do is actually very simple. If you drop an HDV file into a standard NTSC 720x480 timeline- not anamorphic- and don't let FCP change the sequence settings to match the...
Forum: Documentary Techniques October 12th, 2009, 10:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,479
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Had the camera strap wrapped well around my...

Had the camera strap wrapped well around my wrist- ends flapping violently in the air- and held on REALLY tight.
Forum: Documentary Techniques October 10th, 2009, 03:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,479
Posted By Benjamin Hill
I went up recently in a T-6 to film an L29 Delfin...

I went up recently in a T-6 to film an L29 Delfin flying alongside, handheld with Xh-A1- man was it hard to get a smooth shot. We had the canopy open, and it was my first time doing this kind of...
Forum: DVD Authoring October 10th, 2009, 01:38 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,601
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Seems like a replication house should have a more...

Seems like a replication house should have a more industrial strength encoding process than a Mac with Compressor, shouldn't they? If you are looking for an alternative a good reliable source is CD...
Forum: Taking Care of Business October 8th, 2009, 07:49 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,727
Posted By Benjamin Hill
If you're defining 'mainstream' as famous,...

If you're defining 'mainstream' as famous, platinum-selling music acts, don't get your hopes up- it's prohibitively expensive, esp. for local TV commercials. The good news is that there are many...
Forum: Show Your Work October 6th, 2009, 11:26 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,471
Posted By Benjamin Hill
reel

I think of myself as writer-producer but I guess reels like this are more about shooting & editing...anyway, it's my work. Opinions welcome.

YouTube - Benjamin Hill- demo reel...
Forum: Home, Away From Home September 15th, 2009, 04:09 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,952
Posted By Benjamin Hill
The Herman Miller is a good one I've used and...

The Herman Miller is a good one I've used and this Steelcase is what I use currently:

Steelcase - ThinkŪ (http://www.steelcase.com/na/think_products.aspx?f=11845)

I can do long stretches of...
Forum: Final Cut Suite September 3rd, 2009, 08:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,372
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Thanks for responding. The model as I said is...

Thanks for responding. The model as I said is 8-core MacPro, all three. We edit HDV on all three machines and render in ProRes to get the best of both worlds. I realize HDV is relatively processor...
Forum: Final Cut Suite September 2nd, 2009, 09:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,372
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Distributed processing: ever crash your Macs?

After months of procrastinating we finally tried distributed encoding in Compressor and it was embarrassingly simple and very cool. Normal encode time of 20+ minutes went down to 6+ minutes with 2...
Forum: Final Cut Suite August 24th, 2009, 06:40 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,750
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Thanks Andy- I did see the article, and it is...

Thanks Andy- I did see the article, and it is pretty encouraging. Have you tried something like this?
Forum: Final Cut Suite August 23rd, 2009, 01:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,750
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Final Share/economical shared storage

Has anyone implemented anything like this shared storage solution that runs on ethernet?

Maxx Digital (http://maxxdigital.com/shop/index.php?cPath=117&osCsid=103d14f00159bdf5d0886f1836536036)
...
Forum: Open DV Discussion June 27th, 2009, 09:25 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,865
Posted By Benjamin Hill
Try searching keywords like "youtube" and...

Try searching keywords like "youtube" and "quality" to find threads on this.

Otherwise, spend time at:

Uploading Videos - YouTube Help...
Forum: Taking Care of Business June 1st, 2009, 10:25 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,069
Posted By Benjamin Hill
CD Technical

I always use CD Technical:

CD DVD Replication : Disk Duplication : CD Rom Replication : DVD Duplication Services Iowa : CDTechnical.com (http://www.cdtechnical.com)

Their prices are competitive...
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