Adam Wilt

Adam Wilt has been working off and on in film and video for the past thirty years, while paying the bills writing software for animation, automation, broadcast graphics, and real-time control for companies including Abekas, Pinnacle, Omneon, CBS, and ABC.

Since 1997 his website, adamwilt.com, has been a popular reference for information on the DV formats. He has reviewed cameras for DV Magazine and written its "Technical Difficulties" column, and taught classes and led panels at NAB, IBC, and DV Expo. He co-authored the book,"Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System", part of the Apple Pro Training series; he hopes you'll buy a copy, as there's still a large advance to be paid off.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

NAB 2012: Is BMD the new RED, Part 2?

BMD Cinema Camera specs; video preso from Dan May; unwarranted speculation and wild conjecture.

The Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera was the surprise of the show. In this second report on the BMDCC, I gather together facts (such as they are at this early stage of the game), informed commentary, crazed guesswork, and pointers to more info. [updated 2012-04-29: CinemaDNG data rate corrected; 2012-05-07: better video embedding.]

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Is BMD the new RED?

And is EF the new PL? More on the BMD Cine Camera.

A few pictures of the $3000 BMD Cine Cam and some infonuggets. [update: added EOSHD’s sensor size comparison.]

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NAB2012 • (4) Comments • Most recent comments by: Vijayendran, Adam Wilt, Vijayendran, Marco Solorio, • Permalink


Monday, April 16, 2012

$3000 BMD Cine Camera?

Blackmagic Design announces a cine camera for $3000!

I’m just passing on a rather astonishing announcement from Blackmagic Design. I’ll try to get a look at this puppy later today, but now, I simply bring you the words of BMD’s Grant Petty, received in an email…

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

NAB Sunday: Canon’s Presentation

More details on the Canon 1D C and C500 digital cine cameras.

Canon held a meeting in the Brenden Theater at the Palms, showing off two 4K short films (one shot by Shane Hurlbut with the 1D C, the other by Jeff Cronenweth, using the C500) and turning Larry Thorpe loose with a wealth of technical details.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

NAB Sunday: Panasonic and Sony Press Conferences

What the two big camera companies taked about officially.

When big companies hold press conferences, they’re a mix of marketing / sales encomiums from happy customers, and some actual useful information about technologies and products. I’ll mostly focus on the tech stuff that Panasonic and Sony announced today (and adding my own snarky commentary in [square brackets]).

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

FS700: Fire & Ice

More Super Slow Motion studio tests with Sony’s new LSS camcorder.

The day after my fun with matches, Art Adams came by. We played with fire a bit more, then turned to water and ice.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Testing the NEX-FS700 at Meets The Eye

More slo-mo under controlled conditions.

I took the FS700 into work and shot under various lighting conditions to see what would happen. I also swapped out my cheap Nikon lens adapter and support kit for an updated Hot Rod Cameras Tuner Kit (sliding baseplate, PL mount, and 15mm rod adapters).

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Monday, April 09, 2012

An NEX-FS700 Amuse-Bouche

Some slo-mo from Sony’s newest LSS camera.

Last week, Sony announced the NEX-FS700, a super-slo-mo follow on to the NEX-FS100. On Saturday, a pre-production FS700 arrived on my doorstep. On Sunday, I went to the coast to try it out; I offer a small sampler of the results for your delectation.

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Final Cut Pro X Multicam Editing webinar now available on-demand
Scott Simmons

Plus a little screencast in this blog post on a topic we didn’t get to cover.

CAMERAS: Food Fights with the FS700
Art Adams

You want 240fps 1920x1080? I’ve got your high-speed HD right here… for less than $10K.

How to get good production dialogue
Matt Jeppsen

Use a boom mic and some common sense!

After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Using Parenting to Animate Layers as a Unit
Chris and Trish Meyer

Taking advantage of parenting, multiple 3D views, and AE’s built-in calculator to coordinate a multi-layer animation.

Rigging the Bird
Mark Spencer

Motion Magic on MacBreak Studio

10 Final Cut Pro things FCP editors might be missing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Scott Simmons

These are a few of the things that I found myself searching for as I’ve been moving over to Premiere Pro CS6 as a FCP 7 replacement

Blackmagic: We’re ready to remove the Band-Aid!
Allan Tépper

If you agree, please sign the online petition requesting the required updates.

Adobe is coming to a city near you!
Michelle Gallina

CS6 Production Premium Road Show

Learn After Effects CS6: basics
Rich Young

New videos from Brian Maffitt

How the Blackmagic Cinema Camera will indirectly take sales from AJA, Matrox, and MOTU
Allan Tépper
Philip Bloom on why he has switched to Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium
Michelle Gallina
AbelCine updates its free Field Of View Comparator for Blackmagic Cinema Camera
Allan Tépper

Now you can compare the field of view of just about any camera and lens, free of charge!







Final Cut Pro X Multicam Editing webinar now available on-demand

Scott Simmons | 05/15- 06:10 PM

Plus a little screencast in this blog post on a topic we didn’t get to cover.

I had great fun last week presenting the Final Cut Pro X multicam editing webinar for Moviola Filmmaking Webinars. It was a lightning fast 90 minutes and we covered a lot of ground but we didn’t get through everything I wanted to cover. The On-Demand version can be purchased and I recorded an extra screencast about one topic that I didn’t get to cover in the webinar. Check it out after the jump.

 

CAMERAS: Food Fights with the FS700

Art Adams | 05/15- 04:41 PM

You want 240fps 1920x1080? I’ve got your high-speed HD right here… for less than $10K.

When Adam Wilt and I shot “Fire and Ice” together on a prototype FS700 we had no idea that it would be shown at NAB… and that it would be hit. We wanted to do more, so we pitched Sony a commercial concept for a local company that involved high speed “veggie baseball.” Guess what: they sent us an FS700 again. Edible baseball never looked so good.

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