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.
Tim Smith of Canon USA gives us a first look at the new XF205 camcorder, the Cine-Servo 17-120mm 4K lens, and the RC-V100 wired remote paintbox. https://vimeo.com/95930707 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Canon XF205 Professional Camcorder is a compact, high-performance, high image quality system ideal for use with a variety of digital cinema and broadcast…
Convergent Design’s Dan Keaton reveals the forthcoming Athena 4K multi-stream recorder and encoder / decoder for Craig Chartier and DV Info Net. https://vimeo.com/95930708 Athena is the first standalone, tapeless player/recorder deck capable of 4K/UHD 60p, 2K/HD 60p, and Multi-Stream (even in 4K). An industry first is the ability to record/play four HD video streams along with 64 channels of MADI…
Nanuk cases have been around for a little while now but I’ve never had an opportunity to take a very close look at them until I first saw them earlier this year at CES. In this NAB show report, Nanuk’s Frank Vitiello provides Craig Chartier and DVi with a thorough overview of the Nanuk product line. https://vimeo.com/95932128 Here are some…
Carter Holland describes NewTek’s new line of 3Play professional instant replay and slow motion integrated sports production solutions at NAB2014. https://vimeo.com/91821697 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: NewTek unveils a new family of 3Play sports production solutions that includes major enhancements to the 3Play 4800, the introduction of a new 3Play 440 model, and the 3Play 425…
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, held early in January each year in Las Vegas, is an event I try to attend about every other year. The exhibit floor is huge, spilling out of all four halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center into the ballrooms and private dealer suites of several large hotels in the area. There’s no practical way…
Convergent Design, maker of the popular nanoFlash and Gemini 4:4:4 onboard recorders, announces two new additions to their product suite, Odyssey7 and 7Q, full-featured 7.7” OLED monitors, both capable of professional recording with extra cost options. The Odyssey series combines Convergent Design’s knowledge and experience of both broadcast and cinematography recorders, while adding the capabilities of a high-end professional monitor…
The New EOS Rebel T4i DSLR Camera Puts the Power and Creativity of DSLR Stills and Video at Your Fingertips. Silent and Continuous Autofocus in Video, The EOS Rebel T4i Lets People Re-Live Magic Moments Through Stunningly Crisp Video and Incredible Stereo Sound.
Dec. 12th, 2011 — VII announces a series of five free online seminars in which VII photographers talk about their expansion into new areas of creative and commercial work. http://www.viiphoto.com/news/the-visual-journeys-seminars With long experience at the forefront of photojournalism, the photographers of VII Photo Agency have adopted the new approaches to making dynamic creative output in the areas of FASHION, MUSIC,…
Two identical cameras, one with EF mount, one with PL mount; Super-35 4K CMOS sensor,records 1080p30 to Compact Flash cards using existing Canon XF 50Mbps 4:2:2 MPEG2 codec. At Paramount Studios in Hollywood today, Canon USA is announcing two forthcoming digital cinema cameras, the EOS C300 and the EOS C300 PL, as part of their new Professional HD Cinema System,…
An interview with Dennis Radeke, Senior Business Development Manager at Adobe. This video, and the two that follow it, compose our Introduction to Adobe CS5.5 workshop. We’re calling it a workshop because it’s presented as a series of interviews conducted over Skype in a talk-show styled format. Basically, it’s an introduction to the Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium software package,…