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.
An interview with Adobe vendor Gary Bettan of Videoguys.com. In the second part of our Intro to CS5.5 workshop, I talk with one of the most widely recognized dealers in the NLE business, Gary Bettan of Videoguys, to get his perspective on Adobe Creative Suite from a vendor’s point of view. We discuss the history of his company and outline…
An interview with Pete Bauer, our DVi forum moderator who recently upgraded to CS5.5. Our Intro to CS5.5 workshop concludes with Pete Bauer, who has authored several articles for us about Adobe Premiere Pro (his most recent one at the time of this writing is A Spring Surprise from Adobe: CS5.5), and helps moderate our Adobe Creative Suite forum here…
Canon Inc. shows working Ultra-High Definition concept pieces including compact 4K video cameras, an 8K broadcast UHD television lens and 2K and 4K video display monitors at their quinquennial Canon Expo 2010 event this week in New York. Canon Inc., parent company of Canon USA and headquartered in Tokyo, is demonstrating several examples of Ultra-High Definition video technology during Canon…
A brief overview of the new Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC80 camcorder from product manager Jan Crittenden at NAB2010. She describes a few of the differences between the new HMC80 and the previous model HMC70. https://vimeo.com/11079379 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Panasonic AG-HMC80 is a professional AVCCAM HD shoulder-mount camcorder that features solid state DV as well…
Wayne Schulman of Bogen / Manfrotto provides an overview of the new Manfrotto 504HD Tripod Head and 546BK Tripod Legs at NAB2010. https://vimeo.com/11081862 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Manfrotto 504HD is Manfrotto’s latest video fluid head. It is a perfect balance of design and performance. The bridge design improves the head’s rigidity and its PAN…
Bruce Dorn from iDC Photo Video describes his new Pro Wheel Assembly for controlling focus on D-SLR cameras at NAB2010. https://vimeo.com/11086792
I had reported previously that Canon Inc. has shown a non-working mock-up of their next generation file-based (flash memory) professional video camcorder at the InterBEE 2009 trade show in Japan last November. This past week, on Friday 5 Feb. 2010, Canon USA choose the FCP SuperMeet in San Francisco as the first public venue in which to display the same…
After the San Francisco SuperMeet concluded, I stuck around for awhile, lurking about like The Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave (one of my finely crafted roles, in which I’ve built up a lot of experience). When the time came to pack away the glass cage, I asked Canon USA’s Joe Bogacz — pictured here to the left — if he wouldn’t…
The new camera compared to an XH A1S… The glass case in which the new camera mock-up was contained made it difficult to get some decent side-by-side shots with the XH, but this will give you some idea of how they compare in size. One more view of the busy left side controls layout… …and the whole camera. Hopefully the…
Canon Inc. did not provide details regarding technical specifications or any other product information about the new camcorder at the InterBEE show, except to say that it would utilize a file-based recording system and would be available for purchase sometime in 2010. Even the model number was a secret; it hasn’t been disclosed either.