A Critical Look at Cion's New Demo Reel
Question: What is in this reel that shows me what an amazing camera the Cion is? Answer: nothing. That doesn’t mean it isn’t amazing, but if it actually is amazing…
The White Shirt, Where Soft Light Becomes Your Enemy
The bread-and-butter work in my area is corporate marketing projects, and plenty of those involve talking head videos. And plenty of those talking heads wear white shirts. This is what…
A Critical Look at Varicam's Latest Demo Reel
I’ve waited a long time for a single sensor Varicam, and it looks like that wait may be coming to an end. But is it everything I want it to…
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A Wish List for the 2011 Final Cut Studio
This article originally appears at the candler blog and is republished here with permission. Ever since Apple removed the word “Computer” from it’s letterhead in 2007, gloom and doom pundits…
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Six Months Later
Does anybody out there think their computer is just too fast? Wish you’d have bought a slower one? Doubt it! There’s no such thing as a computer that’s too fast. The better configured your system is, the more capability you’ll gain from PPro for your multi-stream HD editing. I think realistically you’ll really want an i7 and all the DDR3 RAM you can cram in your system, as well as the right video card (more on that later). While naturally Adobe isn’t going to reveal their secret recipes, it appears that PPro holds as many frames in RAM as it can – which is a lot more with 64 bit addressing – using only as a last resort the much slower temp/preview files and the swap file on the hard drive.
First Look: SmallHD DP6 vs. Marshall V-LCD50-HDMI
Menu-wise, there are many similarities and many differences. As noted I won’t go into them here, the manufacturer’s websites have a fair amount listed and others will cover all of this. Suffice to say that both have many of the desired features such as image flip, focus assist and the like. The 5″ uniquely has framelines; the DP6 has a custom scaling feature. Whether you need either feature depends on how you use these monitors.
Preview: Sony Vegas Pro 10
IBC announced the upcoming launch and gave a preview of Vegas Pro 10
with an expected release date of October 11. Let’s take a look at the new
features and changes found in Vegas Pro 10.
Review: Vinten Vision Blue
Right from the beginning, Vision Blue threw up some pretty major conundrums. On the one hand, the spec was for a system priced for amateurs and semi pro’s, which the proposed price most surely is. On the other hand, the spec was, to use a motoring analogy, like asking Rolls Royce to make a Mini at a Mini price but with all the quality and performance of a Rolls Royce. I just could not see how Vinten were going to square that circle without taking some serious liberties with something. Surely it couldn’t be done without cutting corners somewhere? So it was with an air of mild foreboding that I embarked on my investigation of the Vision Blue system.
Review: Vinten Vision Blue
Right from the beginning, Vision Blue threw up some pretty major conundrums. On the one hand, the spec was for a system priced for amateurs and semi pro’s, which the proposed price most surely is. On the other hand, the spec was, to use a motoring analogy, like asking Rolls Royce to make a Mini at a Mini price but with all the quality and performance of a Rolls Royce. I just could not see how Vinten were going to square that circle without taking some serious liberties with something. Surely it couldn’t be done without cutting corners somewhere? So it was with an air of mild foreboding that I embarked on my investigation of the Vision Blue system.
Canon Inc. shows UHD at Canon Expo
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…
B&H Video Review: Canon 5D Mark II
In this video review from B&H Photo Video we examine the 5D Mark II, the camera that hailed the start of the HD DSLR revolution. It’s still a great choice for full frame, wide-angle video shooting.
Digital SLR Cameras – What's New for Military Photography
This white paper is provided to DV Info Net courtesy of Electrophysics Corporation, a leading developer of advanced high performance infrared cameras, portable thermography systems and advanced night vision imaging…
Digital SLR Cameras – What’s New for Military Photography
This white paper is provided to DV Info Net courtesy of Electrophysics Corporation, a leading developer of advanced high performance infrared cameras, portable thermography systems and advanced night vision imaging…
A Beginner’s Guide to Shooting Stereoscopic 3D
This article was Originally published in FCPUG Supermag #4 (April 2010) and on Dashwood3D.com Updated and Revised September 2011. All images ©Tim Dashwood unless otherwise specified. 3D is back in style…
Focus Enhancements Solid State DTE Recorders
The new FS-CF Pro DTE recorder provides additional features such as video playback on the unit’s color LCD, MPEG-4 proxy file generation, wireless metadata logging, and much more. The Focus Enhancements FS-CF and FS-CF Pro DTE recorders are ideal for professional cinematographers and videographers looking to upgrade their existing Canon HDV equipment to a seamless file-based workflow.