After completing his degree in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas, Chris spent a few boring years waiting for the digital video revolution to arrive and for the internet to become mainstream. Things started to get interesting in November of 1997 when he launched The XL1 Watchdog, his first web site dedicated to digital video technology. In January of 2001, that site morphed into DV Info Net — the Digital Video Information Network. More than a decade later, the longevity of DV Info Net is exceeded only by its popularity and reputation as one of the leading technology information resources in the broadcast and professional video market.
Here are some photos of the recently announced Cinema EOS 8K camera currently in development and being displayed on the show floor at Canon Expo 2015 in New York. DV Info Net readers will recall that Canon Expo is a once-every-five-years opportunity to get an inside look at an otherwise secretive manufacturer, as described in our articles A Preview of…
Canon’s quinquennial conference convenes in New York on Sep. 10th & 11th 2015. “This September, the best of Canon will come together for one immersive experience in the heart of New York City. This two-day exhibition will feature Canon innovations designed for a broad range of industries, from healthcare to business and manufacturing to the arts. You’ll experience some of…
VS2 is a film school course taught in one day, with an easily affordable tuition. Monte Zucker Education’s latest traveling workshop “The Art of Visual Storytelling 2: Style and Subtext in Cinema” opened recently in Detroit, Michigan and DV Info Net was there to sit in. Alex Buono, Director of Photography for Saturday Night Live’s film unit for the past…
The MZed Sound Advice Tour is the latest traveling workshop is a continuing series presented by Monte Zucker – Education for Creatives (which we’ve covered here at DV Info Net before; most recently with MZed’s Illumination Experience with Shane Hurlbut). The Sound Advice Tour is currently swinging through 33 cities in the USA and we’re looking forward to seeing them…
Scott Winn and Zac Eskelsen discuss how they shot Canon Log on the XC10 with Tim Smith of Canon USA at NAB2015. https://vimeo.com/161048655 Find out more about the Canon XC10 at www.usa.canon.com.
Paul McAniff of Canon USA shows the new Cinema EOS C300 Mk. II to Barlow Elton and DV Info Net. https://vimeo.com/161048656 Learn more about the C300 Mk. II at usa.canon.com.
Shane Hurlbut’s Illumination Experience cinematography education tour finally wrapped this past weekend in Los Angeles, successfully completing a three-month tour of 26 cities across the United States. If you were one of the fortunate folks who attended his Lighting Masterclass or Cinematography Workshop (or both), then you’re already aware of everything it had to offer. However, if you’re outside the…
Supercomputers are super. Ted Schilowitz has been an industry mover and shaker for a very long time. He was part of the creative force behind AJA, G-Tech and RED Digital Cinema, to name a few of his career highlights. Within the past year he has assumed several new titles including Futurist at 20th Century Fox Studios, CinemaVangelist for Barco, and…
Barry Morrill from International Supplies, the US distributor for NextoDI, describes their new NSB25 Data Bridge at NAB2014. https://vimeo.com/124694146 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The NextoDI NSB-25 Data Bridge is an expandable backup solution, designed with the flexibility to create a backup from almost every memory card, with an interchangeable memory card module. The optional modules…
Tom McKay from VariZoom provides an overview of the new StealthyGo mutli-use camera support at NAB2014. This was an unplanned video; I happened to run into Tom McKay and Tom Smith from VariZoom outside the LVCC. I was on my way over to South Lower and they were heading back to their booth in Central. They had the StealthyGo with…