Author Tim Dashwood

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Arri Alexa Mini

Michael Jonas, product manager for the Arri Alexa Mini, answers a few questions about this new camera for DV Info Net at NAB2015. https://vimeo.com/125540679 Discover the Arri Alexa Mini at www.arri.com.

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Immersive Media

We visited Ryan Whitehead, Creative Director for Immersive Media at NAB2015. https://vimeo.com/125535231 Learn more about this company at immersivemedia.com

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Zeiss VR ONE

Dave Hobson presents the Zeiss VR One multi-media virtual reality headset for DV Info Net at NAB2015. https://vimeo.com/125542156 Check out the official product page at vrone.us.

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KB Covers

Bruce Franklin provides an overview of the KB Covers line of application-specific keyboard overlays for Apple desktop and laptop computers at NAB2015. https://vimeo.com/125540097 See their full product line at kbcovers.com.

Audio
Lectrosonics L-Series Wireless Lav Microphone bundle

I would like to preface this review of Lectrosonics’ L-Series wireless lav microphone bundle by first saying that I am not a professional sound recordist and therefore not versed in the various aspects of RF transmission. However, as a doc shooter I very often find myself micing up and monitoring lav mics from my subjects. I’ve used my trusty Sennheiser wireless…

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Convergent Design Odyssey7Q

Dan Keaton of Convergent Design discusses the Odyssey 7Q at NAB2014. https://vimeo.com/91559638 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Convergent Design Odyssey is intended to follow users as they journey through their careers from DSLRs to high-end 4K raw cine cameras, hugging the ever-changing camera technology curve and adapting to change without hardware changes or costly upgrades.…

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Solid Camera

Solid Camera’s Carlos Acosta demos his Odyssey7Q & FS700 brackets at NAB2014. https://vimeo.com/91678173 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Ultimate Odyssey 7Q from Solid Camera is a modular approach that can used on any camera system, either with one of our ImagePosition kits or with only a 15mm LWS iris rod for the bare mininum cost…

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Sony Alpha 7s and Shogun

We asked Michael Bubolo, one of Sony’s engineers, to go over the specs of the Alpha 7s at NAB2014. He also spoke about the ATOMOS Shogun 4K recorder and the XLR adapter. https://vimeo.com/91554559 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Atomos Shogun 7″ 4K HDMI and 12G-SDI Monitor & Recorder combines a color-calibrated 1920 x 1200 resolution…

Articles & Reviews
NAB2014: New Features in Premiere Pro, After Effects & Media Encoder

Adobe has announced a major update to Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC and Media Encoder CC. As expected, there are many under-the-hood improvements that affect Mercury Engine and now Mercury Transmit, but the incredible thing for me about this upgrade is that Premiere Pro CC seems to be turning into the app I wished had been released as Final Cut Pro 8!  It is becoming more…

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