updated 10 August 2008

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August 10th, 2008: Part of a series examining the Canon VIXIA HG20 and HG21 consumer AVCHD camcorders: a look at the HG20 camcorder's exterior, and an overview of its new menu interface.

August 7th, 2008: We're taking a close look at the Canon VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory AVCHD camcorder. Austin Meyers, of Austin, Texas takes the little camera to Auditorium Shores to shoot some comparison video with it and the Canon HV30 HDV camcorder. Plenty of downloadable video clips included.

July 19th, 2008: From one of our community message board discussions, Stephen Gradin offers some useful tips and helpful hints for covering weddings and similar event videography in his guide to focus and low light shooting with the Sony HVR-Z7U.

June 30th, 2008: Charles Papert, S.O.C. takes the Steadicam Pilot for a test drive and provides an engaging three-page report as well as a sample video for your review. Continue on to read Page One and Page Two. The video clip is on Page Three.

March 1st, 2008: Josh Chesarek called nNovia directly to make sure about the NTFS support and the devices ability to capture long takes without breaking up a file. He bought the QC HD 120 and shares his thoughts about it in his review of the nNovia QuickCapture HD and Small Camera Mount.

February 27th, 2008: Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1 introduces support for Panasonic P2 cameras. This means that native ingest, editing and output of content are all possible. The Panasonic P2 Workflow Guide for Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 describes the workflow and advantages of using Adobe Premiere Pro with Panasonic P2 content.

February 2nd, 2008: Chris Soucy of Fairfield, New Zealand (a suburb of Dunedin) graciously provides us with an extensive hands-on review of the Vinten FiberTec video tripod system.

Pt. 1: System Overview --
Pt. 2: The FiberTec tripod --
Pt. 3: Spreader & Soft Case --
Pt. 4: Full System Handling --
Pt. 5: Conclusion, price and availability

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Cross Platform Rendering Hi, i'm a film student, my college uses Final Cut Studio 3, which i run on my intel i7 2.66ghz Mac Book Pro, But i also have a beast of a desktop. my question is - is there a way to setup my PC to help render my final cut projects and or After Effects projects?? My PC specs are PC running Windows 7...

Ants in panic or a field shot on 5D markII hi guys I made a short movie on ants, check it out Ants in panic on Vimeomy first movie edited in FCP, critics and comments are welcome

Wireless mic questions Re: wireless lav tie-clip mic on groom during ceremony - a couple of recent issues:- 1] After testing in church before the ceremony, all sounded good through the camera headphones. Camera input levels were set as normal. I was away from headphones for a while, until the bride had arrived down...

Capturing 1920 x 1280 from a Canon XHA1 and XLH1 Anyone who has got a Matrox MX02 mini box (used among other things for feeding HD video from your computer to an HDMI equipped TV) knows that you can also use the box to import HDV video via an HDMI cable. This is what I have been doing with the tapes from an XLHI and an XHA1 recorded at 30 frames...

Tack Lee & Hoe Ping Prewedding film "Melbourne with Love" teaser I just love doing true story films... especially when the story is so sweet and genuine. such as this one. Tack is a very sweet guy, which would make girls go "aaawww...." while Hoe Ping is very caring and loving to her man. We shot this gem last july and couldn't be happier with it. Please...

ADAM Ax series monitors Hi everybody, lately I upgraded my audio gear (mics, recorder, etc.). The last few days I have been researching audio monitors. I have almost decided what brand it wil be: ADAM. Yes, I know, there are a lot more, but it felt so good today when I brought it down to just 1. My editing room is...

Macbook Pro Help Hi There, there is probably another discussion about this but i cant find it i have a sony z1, and of course it is 1394 firewire but the new Macbook Pros don't have the firewire port for it, but the old Macbook Pro design does, can you still get adapters for the new to convert firewire...

Hello From Uk Hi I am Ollie, from the UK, Birmingham last year Student now can t wait to start projects Setup- Sony z1, Vinten 5, Rode Ntg 2, Century Optics 0.7x Wide Angle Lens, Rode 5 Stage Boom Pole, Sennheiser Headphones, Imac 24inc, FCP, after effects etc Follow me on Twitter @ Ollie Walton...

BBC wildlife cameraman's "home movie" Renowned wildlife cameraman Stephen DeVere has released a DVD of a film he shot around his home in Oxfordshire, he's been talking about it for ages and here it is at last! Wildlife 'Through the Garden Gate' Film Trailer (http://www.stephen-devere.co.uk/trailer.html) I posted this here as I know...

A Greek wedding in the UK shot entirely on DSLR Hot on the heels of many other DSLR nuts we finally get a chance to release our first highlights from our first all DSLR wedding. Up until now we have either shot with the FX1 for the critical parts or in one case had to use the FX1 because our 5D came up with a shutter error just before the...

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