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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_ClipTransit-02 Copying clips from a card in Clip Browser, there is an essence mark called _ClipTransit-02. Any idea what this is for? Cheers, Nick

Bitrate calculator questions I have about 4 hours of bonus footage, about 36 different clips. I have a few questions about how to get them all appropriately put on a DVD. 1. Does a clips gig size affect what bitrate it should be compressed to? Example. Video A is 1440x1080 and is 50 gigs. If rendered from the video software...

Feature Film Trailer now out shot on the 5D Check this out, starring Kaylee Defer. Chosen FilmWorks on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/channels/chosenfilmworks) Do to budget constraints we chose the 5dmk2 for the feature. At times we were shotting with 3 5d's. Now they are in the editing faze of this film. I was the DP on the film. Enjoy the...

Broken Cineform Preference Pane in OSX 10.6 Hi there, Just installed neo player for os x 10.6.1 (free download, sept 18 2009 build), but I can't seem to open the Cineform preference pane in the mac system preferences. Upon opening, first I get the following message: "To use the “Cineform” preferences pane, System Preferences must quit...

FS-CONUS: Sony EX1 package, excellent deal Hi-- I'm selling my personal Sony EX1 package. Includes: -) Sony EX1 camera with cables, charger, etc. Camera and glass are in perfect condition. My personal camera, never rented out. -) Stock BP-U30 battery, plus two BP-U60 batteries -) Two Sony 8GB SXS cards, plus one 16 GB SxS card -)...

Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI-SB vs Ikan V5600 A quick poll: Price aside, which of the 2 monitors in question is better to use with EX1 (unfortunately have no opportunity to check them both)? - the Marshall is only 800x480, but has peaking and false color functions - the Ikan is 1024x600, which together with its even smaller size (5.6"...

FILMMAKING WORKSHOP - Nov. 14, Saturday Boulder, Colorado - Our third annual filmmaking workshop, in conjunction with the Boulder Adventure Film Festival. Great conversation, great people...lots of fun and a chance to talk directly with other shooters and producers about making and marketing great outdoor film and video. Full...

Quicker encode ?? Hi all, Been editing footage from a couple HMC 150's for a couple months now.. Image quality is quite nice.. Editing using FCP 6.06 and have been using log and transfer to import and encode to Prores files... My question is, are there any quicker solutions to import, or even use the native...

Here's a good reference for using the 7D This guy seems to have a pretty good grip on the 7D and he has several video's that he put together to show some good work flows... YouTube - 1. Prep Canon 7D to shoot in Movie Mode - Interactive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wx5S0jHCk&annotation_id=annotation_492928&feature=iv)

Jump to Win7? I'm still running 32-bit Win XP with Adobe CS3, and I'm debating about upgrade. I'm just curious who already did an upgrade to Windows 7? How well it copes with current PC editing software?

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