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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Do we have to film accessories? Don't know if I'm the only one (I probably am), but I tend to find shooting accessories (groom accessories, bride accessories, even shoes and rings and dress) kind of fiddly and ridiculously time-consuming and annoying. Trying to do something creative under pressure, with constant interruptions,...

More on the PP3 profile settings Hi Guys Well I have found that if I push the colour level in PP3 from zero up to +4 for outdoor shoots it's really a nice profile and not necessary to lift saturation in post... as it stands, PP3 is great for indoors with maybe a tad of a saturation lift (+2 maybe) but what I still really need...

Camera Settings and Set up - Problems with red colour Hello everyone This is my first time posting. I have found all of the posts very helpful and its great to find a bunch of knowledgeable people in the one place. I've had my Sony F3 for a couple of months now, previously I have shot for TV with a Sony EX3 and EX1. I love the F3 to bits. ...

Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing I was attempting to roundtrip my entire timeline(1hour and 20mins) several times from soundtrack pro to fcp and it would not complete giving a message that a file was missing...... a box popped up asking to make movie self contained each time....... on the last try I saved as self contained and...

What export settings will keep text crisp? I have filmed a musical in 1080p30 and have it in a sequence with the same settings. The customer wants it scaled down to DVD (single layer only). I tried knowing there would be a loss in quality. I was not upset with the video, but the titles and credits look horrible. Well, horrible when...

Suggestions on Equipment for a start up Hey guys, hope you all are doing fine. I am starting a wedding videography business here in my country beside my regular video production where we mainly do documentaries and music videos etc. The plan is to start small and grow bigger as time goes by since i don't have too much of an investment to...

Set-Top Box that plays 60P TM900 Files? Hey guys, anybody know of a set-top box that can play TM900 60P source files outputting 1080 to an HDTV? My PS3 chokes a tad and loses audio sync when playing from the PS3 HD. Any suggestions? I'm assuming a PS4 and/or XBox One will but I don't want to buy one of these guys just for this...

Date Night Hey everyone! I recently made a video showcasing how one might use some of DoTERRA's essential oils, and it has made it into the top 10 in their video contest! It's called "Date Night" and it can be found here: Top Ten Videos for Rose and Jasmine EO ? Vote For Your Favorite! | d?TERRA Blog...

FMU Failure. This past Saturday I was filming a wedding and for the first time ever in 2 years, I got an error saying that the camera was unable to record to the flash drive. It was an evening wedding and I started filming at 5:00 PM. Fortunately, this occurred at 11:15 PM as the couple was leaving the...

NEX VG30 chroma subsampling Hello, Does anyone know whether the VG30 uses 4:2:2 subsampling or 4:2:0? I believe I read that the VG900 uses the former, and aside from the sensor they appear to be fairly similar. Thank you in advance.

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