updated 01 Mar 2008

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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

Earlier: The hardest working man in show business -- Charles Papert, S.O.C. -- tries on the Steadicam Merlin Vest and Arm and takes it for a spin. Recently he also examined the Fishbone XTR 700 Stabilizer. Pete Bauer takes the affordable, dimmable iKan S400D fluorescent light fixture for a test drive and puts it through the paces. Scott Anderson offers some useful Tips for Attending the NAB trade show, which is coming up very soon in April.

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New Zero Gravity Tripod Head by VariZoom This is Tom from VariZoom. We released our new Zero Gravity tripod head at NAB 08 and pleasantly surprised with two awards for best of show by both Videography and DV magazine. What is unique about the Zero Gravity is that it allows the user to exactly balance the camera to that it will hold...

Encore: HDV to SD DVD-keeping it 30i I've shot and edited a 2:15 car racing project. It was shot HDV 30i and I want to output the video in SD at 30i because the action looks better, to my eyes at least, with interlaced footage rather than progressive. What would be the correct Encore settings to output SD 30i? I've tried setting the...

CF card 15 frame drop outs between 4 gig segments I've noticed that when using the CF cards that there is about a 15 frame loss between the 4 gig segments (60i HDV). This occurs with the Transend card and the Sandisk CF card that I have. This does not appear to be a speed of the card issue becuase there are no other drop outs. FAT32 limits the...

Does the BR-HD50U not play back 60P? I checked JVC's site and there is no mention of 60P playback capability on the BR-HD50U. Is this true? Am I required to use the HD200 as a feeder if I'm shooting 60P?

Is there a “middle ground” when working from AVCHD? Hello All, I recently purchased a Canon HF100 and have been researching the daylights out of working with AVCHD source material on a Mac for the past week or so. While I think I have my mind wrapped around most of the important items, there are still a few pieces that just aren’t quite coming...

Auto Focus I have had problems with auto focus (especially IAF) and I was wondering if you guys have had similar issues. When I zoom in on an object or person, it seems to take quite a long time to focus and it usually stays completely out of focus until it sort of snaps quickly back into focus. My PD170...

Missing 'Fraunhofer MP3' codec in Sorenson Squeeze on FLV export Hi guys, The title is pretty self-explanatory, but here's what I'm trying to do. I'm loading a video (any ol' video) into Sorenson Squeeze 4.3.303.17, and I'm squeezing it to a FLV for use on the web. Anyway, under all of the Macromedia Flash Video presets, the only option for audio is...

Snakes I just happened to look out my editing bay window but what do I see but two snakes tangled up in the bush that is in front of my window. Looks like they are mating as best I can tell per google. Filmed a little bit which I will throw up here if any of it came out, its just getting dark its it was...

Wiring mic cable... I recently got a Rode ntg2 mic. A guy who knows about connecting things up, advised me how to wire from the XLR plug to a mini plug, so as to go into my Panasonic GS400 and 500's cameras. I used a mono miniplug seeing the mic is mono. The connection works on the cameras. However, on Saturday I...

Merging multiple project clips I have distilled around 17 hours of footage down to around 2 hours and tomorrow I have a session with the client to whittle that down to around 30 minutes or less. The clips I have to go through are currently in around 15 different veg files, all of which are for a specific element of the...

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