To understand the impact of Comic-Con on the motion picture and television industries, look no further than the 2013 panel discussions from some of the worlds major entertainment content creators. There on stage was the entire cast of X-Men – Days of Future Past featuring a few actors you might have heard of: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Jennifer…
The new LED array lights that are sweeping the industry have a lot going for them. Fundamentally, they’re amazingly efficient turning most of the power applied to them into light rather than heat – the big problem with traditional tungsten lighting. The problem is that the most popular form factor, parallel rows of high output LEDs have some problems. Since…
A Softer Approach to Modern LED Panel Style Lighting. The new LED array lights that are sweeping the industry have a lot going for them. Fundamentally, they’re amazingly efficient turning most of the power applied to them into light rather than heat – the big problem with traditional tungsten lighting. The problem is that the most popular form factor, parallel…
One of the true joys of NAB happens a bit away from the big aisles and mega-booths from the industry giants. It’s the small innovative entrepreneurial folk who’ve turned a home grown idea into a product, and are trying to catch the attention of the hordes prowling the show. For me, one of these modest gems was the SquareBounce (squarebounce.com).…
Resolution is a double-edged sword. It makes our pictures clearer, more useful, and helps make them as “future-proof” as possible. But it also puts significant demand on our hardware systems in terms of processing power and storage. At NAB 2013, the floor was buzzing with talk of 4k and even 8k resolution workflows, essentially handling super large image data streams…
At NAB 2013, DV Info Net had the opportunity to sit down with BlackMagic Design President of US Operations Dan May for an on-camera chat about the new Cinema Production Camera, the hot new Pocket Camera and issues about BlackMagic in general. https://vimeo.com/64324423 In the first installment of these interviews, Dan talks about the general development process behind the new…
At NAB 2013, DV Info Net had the opportunity to sit down with BlackMagic Design President of US Operations Dan May for an on-camera chat about the new Cinema Production Camera, the hot new Pocket Camera and issues about BlackMagic in general. https://vimeo.com/65419627 In the second installment of these interviews, Dan talks about early shipping issues as well as creative…
At NAB 2013, DV Info Net had the opportunity to sit down with BlackMagic Design President of US Operations Dan May for an on-camera chat about the new Cinema Production Camera, the hot new Pocket Camera and issues about BlackMagic in general. https://vimeo.com/65419627 In the third installment of these interviews, Dan talks about RAW grading and workflows.
The big buzz on Day One at NAB 2013 comes once again from BlackMagic Design. Definitely not resting on their laurels, they’ve raised their game a couple of notches. At the high end, is the official debut of the Cinema Production Camera 4k. The headline is “4K for $4K” since the camera has true 4k resolution, is built to take…
Perry Goldstein from MXL Mics (part of the Marshall Electronics Group) shows us what’s new in their booth at NAB2013. First, here’s Part One: https://vimeo.com/64921968 And next, Part Two: https://vimeo.com/64925222 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The MXL FR-310 video mic delivers sound that’s as focused as the video. Mount it onto your camcorder or DSLR camera,…