WAYNE, NJ (March 19, 2013) -– JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., will introduce a variety of new products, reveal major broadcast industry sales, and unveil an upgraded version of its handheld mobile news camera, the…
Recently I taught my first lighting class, for Abel Cine, at Sony DMPC in Culver City, California. It got me thinking about how I know what I know about lighting, and why I seem to be able to explain it.…
New York, NY – March 15, 2013 -– Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, imaging, video and electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone photo specialty accessories, is now selling the brand new Flashpoint ZeroGrav Camera Stabilizer at…
Wireless start/stop camcorders with new Chrosziel LANC™ interface Chrosziel has created a solution for starting and stopping a professional camcorder remotely using handles or a wireless lens control system. The interface cable contains a small board carrying the logic for…
Every once in a while someone who reads my articles shoots me an email and asks if I’ll watch their showreel and critique it. This can be quite hard, because most of these reels just aren’t ready for prime time…
WAYNE, NJ (March 11, 2013) -– JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced the GY-HM70 ProHD shoulder-supported camcorder, which delivers 60p full HD images and innovative features at a cost effective price point. With a…
Last February I shot a short test film with the Canon Cinema EOS C300. Thanks to Canon I got the loan of the camera for a few days and we shot a short narrative film titled THE ONE OFFS. My…
New Video Storage-Air Makes Debut at the 2013 NAB Show 08 March 2013 — Seoul, Korea — Nexto DI, the leading provider of high-speed handheld backup drives for the video, film and broadcasting market, is proud to announce the launch…
There are times when you’ll want to use a small camera like the Sony F55 without a viewfinder–say, if you’re mounting it on a crane, in a car or on a Steadicam. Apparently it’s possible to accidentally disable the data…
Sony gives us a lot of gamma table options in the F5 and F55. I recently had a chance to sit down with an F5 and map them all out, and in doing so I learned a lot about both gamma curves and how BlackMagic Resolve Lite handles them. I had no idea what I was getting into when I shot these tests. Usually I bring clips into Final Cut Pro, export them to Apple Color and capture waveform images from there, but according to Sony there are no current options to import XAVC HD directly into Final Cut Pro 7 or X. I’m not that familiar with BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve Lite, but I learned a lot… while putting a nice dent in both my forehead and the wall over my desk along the way.