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OS X: Fixing AVCHD media to avoid the dreaded “CANNOT OPEN”

2013-05-11T04:03:00+00:00

If you’re using OS X and you copy AVCHD media folders to a NAS (network-attached storage) or a case-sensitive disk, you may run into problems: opening the media in 10.8’s Finder gives you “CANNOT OPEN” instead of a clip browser, FCP X can’t see the clips, and so...

Photos: Sony F5 and F55

2013-03-20T05:56:00+00:00

Today, one of our excellent local rental houses, Videofax in San Francisco, held an Open House to show off the Sony F5 and F55 large-single-sensor cine cameras. I was able to get a few pictures of these new beasts, which Videofax has kitted out using third-party support accessories and a couple...

HPA Tech Retreat Wrap-up

2013-02-25T02:24:00+00:00

The 2013 HPA Tech Retreat has concluded. In my final report, I offer some observations, look at a few items in the Demo Room, and show Mark Schubin’s post-retreat treat.

Observations and Comments

4K and the cloud were in, 3D was out.

Sony has apparently had F55 4K...

HPA Tech Retreat Day 4

2013-02-23T06:52:00+00:00

The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference (plus Monday bonus session) for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 4 offered a SMPTE update, lens metadata, lightfield cameras, new encoding paradigms, Ethernet AVB and video, upconverting to 4K, and the...

HPA Tech Retreat Day 3

2013-02-22T04:53:00+00:00

The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 3 covered a legislative update, post on demand, ACES, the VFX business, file-based architecture, IMF, working in raw, digital intermediates exchange network, the cloud,...

HPA Tech Retreat Day 2

2013-02-21T06:39:00+00:00

The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference (plus Monday bonus session) for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 2 covered design considerations for HDR displays, ATSC 3.0 and the future of TV, broadcasters' concerns, mobile DTV, 8K UHDTV, and...

HPA Tech Retreat Day 1: Super-sized Session: More, Bigger, but Better?

2013-02-20T05:37:00+00:00

The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference (plus Monday bonus session) for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. The program for this year's show is online at http://www.hpaonline.com/2013-program and the opening "Super-sized Session" was on "More,...

HPA Tech Retreat: Charles Poynton on High[er] Frame Rates

2013-02-19T05:43:00+00:00

The 2013 Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat started today with a presentation from Charles Poyton on "High[er] Frame Rates". Charles couldn't attend in person, as his Canadian passport expired unnoticed, so we enjoyed him via a live webinar instead (which had all the "cone of silence"...

Cine Meter for iOS - shipped!

2013-01-23T07:41:00+00:00

[Warning: crass commercial message follows.]

So, it's finally done and dusted: Cine Meter for iOS has shipped.

It actually went live last Thursday, but one of my beta testers immediately told Jon Fauer about it. Jon posted a quick review on Film and Digital Times...

Cine Meter for iOS - Beta Testers Needed

2013-01-02T02:06:00+00:00

Happy New Year!

[Update 5 January: I have all the testers I need, thanks!]

I've been beavering away for a while on a new app. Cine Meter is a shutter-priority reflected light meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and a false-color display, for any iPhone / iPod...