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Adam WiltAdam 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. 
Quick Look: Sony F65 4K Digital Cine CameraReview: Panasonic AG-AC160 and AG-HPX250 1/3” 3-MOS camcordersAffordable PL-mount Primes ComparedQuick Look: Three New E-Mount PrimesLSS Notes: Sony F3/FS100 preso at MTE; “C300 = Awesome”Quick Look: Canon EOS C300 LSS 1080p CamcorderQuick Notes: ETE Panel; MTE Open HouseCaleb Crosby’s FS100 Top HandleCine Gear Expo LA 2011NAB 2011 - Odds ‘N’ EndsNAB 2011 - Plasma Lights, and The Problem With LEDsNAB 2011 - SCCE ChartsNAB 2011 - CamerasNAB 2011 - Camera SupportNAB 2011 - LensesNAB 2011 - Stereo 3DNAB 2011 - RecordersNAB 2011 - FilmLightNAB 2011 - Ikegami’s HDS-F90 LSS 4/3” CamcorderNAB 2011 Video - 3rd-Party Support for the AG-AF100NAB 2011 Video - Panasonic AG-HPX250NAB 2011 Video - Panasonic’s second-generation 3D CamcorderNAB 2011 Video - Panasonic AJ-HPX3100NAB 2011 - Arri AnnouncementsNAB 2011 Video - Two New Video Recorders, and More…
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Quick Look: Sony F65 4K Digital Cine CameraBandPro’s Jeff Cree shows off the F65 at Videofax in San Francisco.
Last week, San Francisco rental house extraordinaire Videofax took delivery of Sony F65 #15, and on Thursday BandPro’s Jeff Cree came up to show off the camera to local DPs, ACs, and DITs. I was able to shoot some photos and take some notes, which I have pulled together and annotated, in a somewhat scattershot manner, for your viewing pleasure. [Update 2012.01.29: typo & terminology fixes] more »
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Review: Panasonic AG-AC160 and AG-HPX250 1/3” 3-MOS camcordersPanasonic delivers full-res, full-function, feature-rich 3-chippers.
While all the attention is focused on large-single-sensor cine-style camcorders, Panasonic has come out with a line of high-quality 1/3” 3-MOS handhelds that leave little to be desired. The HPX250 is a handheld version of the shoulder-mount HPX370, while the AC160 and its simplified sibling, the AC130, bring the same fundamentals to the AVCCAM (AVCHD) world. [Update 2012.01.30: SDI out is 10-bit only on 250, not 160.] more »
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Affordable PL-mount Primes Compared85 minutes of lens tests!
If you’re in the market to rent or buy “affordable” PL-mount primes (e.g., under $10,000/lens), you won’t want to pass up this test. more »
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Quick Look: Three New E-Mount PrimesSony’s new 24mm, 50mm, and 30mm macro lenses for NEX cameras.
Sony has three E-Mount primes coming out right about now, and I had a chance to play with prototypes of them attached to an NEX-FS100 LSS camcorder. Here are my impressions, and a short test. more »
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LSS Notes: Sony F3/FS100 preso at MTE; “C300 = Awesome”PMW-F3/NEX-FS100 demo Monday 12 Dec; large raster workflow seminar Tuesday 13 Dec; the best demo video ever.
[Update 9 Dec: ASG Large Raster Workflow seminar Tuesday in San Francisco.] 1) Media Solutions and Sony present Sony PMW-F3/NEX-FS100u Demo and Workflow Solutions this Monday, 12 December, at Meets The Eye Studios, San Carlos CA (Northern California, between San Francisco and San Jose). more »
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Quick Look: Canon EOS C300 LSS 1080p CamcorderCanon confounds expectations; thinks very differently.
Last Thursday, Canon announced the EOS C300 (EF mount) and C300 PL (PL mount) “Cinema EOS” camcorders in a much-heralded rollout at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Saturday, I had a chance to visit Paramount and see it for myself. [Update 2011-12-16: fixed malformed movie embed code.] more »
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Quick Notes: ETE Panel; MTE Open HouseTwo chances to heckle your correspondent!
Next week I’ll be involved in two public events, one in Burbank (a panel on production technology) and the other in San Carlos CA (our shooting stages open house). Come by to visit, to ask questions, to complain, or to throw things. Also: what’s in the pipeline after that. more »
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Caleb Crosby’s FS100 Top HandleThe first aftermarket handle designed specifically for the NEX-FS100.
You can tell a camera has struck a chord when its users start turning out aftermarket accessories that are themselves objects of desire. more »
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Customizing Lens Flares Inside Smoke
Using VideoCopilot’s Optical Flares for After Effects
Lens flares are the new lens flares. Lens flares have made a comeback of late, largely due to recent developments in software that allows lens flares to behave in a more realistic manner with border adjustments and occlusions. Long are the days when all we had was a stock 35mm default flare. Now there are many good plug-in options. Red Giant’s Knoll Light Factory is a classic but is feeling a bit aged, even with its new 3D Flare add on, currently in beta. Genarts Sapphire v6 has a new reworked lens flare option, which is much improved over previous versions, and Optical Flares from Video Copilot is quite spectacular. More on Optical Flares in a minute… First you need to know how lens flares work inside Smoke.
Tip Tuesday: Disable a clip in the Avid Media Composer timeline
It’s not as nice as a built-in clip enable / clip disable contextual menu but it works.
In honor of TipTuesday over on Twitter I thought I’d share this simple Avid Media Composer tip that I use to counter the lack of a clip enable / disable feature in Media Composer. It’s all about saving an effect and getting easy access to that saved effect. There’s actually several tips in here that can be used for most all effects in Media Composer.
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