NAB Survival: Is It The Shoes?
At a four-day endurance match with the pedestrian brutality that constitutes NAB, the key word is comfort.
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My Path to iTunes and Beyond
The road to distribution for a low budget independent film is a long and winding one (to paraphrase Paul McCartney), yet we were able to get there. You can get there too, if you avoid the well placed land mines along the way.
What's New in VEGAS Pro 14
Here At Last And Under New Ownership The Vegas world was excited in April 2014 with the release of Vegas Pro 13 at NAB. With a typical release at NAB…
Thoughts on the Panavision Millenium DXL
On the first of June, Panavision introduced the new Millenium DXL to the world with a showing at the ASC Clubhouse followed by an evening event at Light Iron. Art Adams…
Wi-Fi WFM: Turn your iPhone into an engineering monitor
Shameless commercial message: I’ve developed a new iPhone app, Wi-Fi WFM. It takes the wireless feed from a Teradek Cube, Clip, or VidiU and displays its picture along with a waveform monitor,…
Review: Lighting Passport spectrometers
Breakfast foods grow odder and odder: It’s a wise child that knows its own fodder. — Ogden Nash, “Snap, Crackle, Pop” As with foods, so with lights: between LEDs, HMIs,…
First Look: Music Vine – A Fresh New Music Licensing Platform For Filmmakers
Music Vine is a new music licensing platform that’s been generating quite a bit of a buzz amongst filmmakers lately. Over the last few days I’ve had a peruse through…
Your Future Looks Bright
With very few exception every camera on the market today and going back many years is capable of producing amazing imagery. It’s not the pixels or the “low-noise” characteristics that matter…
Review: Panasonic AG-DVX200 4/3” SD-to-4K fixed-lens camcorder
[Updated 2016-02-08] It’s bright red and carbon-fibery. It shoots everything from 480i to 4K to stills. It has variable frame rates, infrared imaging, programmable focus pulls, and log recording. It’s the…
First Look: Veydra 85mm T2.2 Mini Prime
Veydras are cine primes designed primarily for micro four thirds cameras, though they’re also available with C- and E-mounts. I tested prototypes of the first four lenses—16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and…