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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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Review: Sony HVR-Z7 & HVR-S270 1/3” 3-CMOS HDV camcordersSony gets serious about HDV with two fine cameras based on the same core components.
The HVR-Z7 and HVR-S270 camcorders take Sony’s commitment to the HDV format to the next level. Both are based on the same core technology: three 1/3” ClearVid CMOS sensors viewing the world behind interchangeable lenses. The cameras share the same EVF and LCD panels, the same microphones, the same rich feature sets (including CF card recording, and both interlaced and true progressive HDV modes), and the same fundamental performance, but they’re packaged very differently. The Z7 is a svelte Handycam, while the S270 is a no-excuses shoulder-mount camcorder, bristling with dedicated buttons and switches, full-sized BNC connectors, large-cassette capability, and four channels of audio recording—a first for HDV. more »
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Process Note: Deleted CommentsComment spam considered harmful Normally I leave article comments as they are, even when they are (to my admittedly biased viewpoint) flame-bait, less than perfectly well intentioned, or otherwise not especially helpful. I figure that folks will soon learn who the good guys are and who the trolls are, and so far it’s worked pretty well: the quality of discourse in the comments section is considerably higher than on many other site with open postings. But a few of my articles have been accreting “comment spam”: one-liner comments, keying off a word or two in an article or a previous comment but otherwise completely uninformative, like “Log the camera!” or “Wow, we need to discuss that!”. The poster’s link is simply a link to an e-commerce site, and one not even related to the topics at hand. I will be removing these comments as I encounter them. I’m not purging them for “political correctness” or for anti-Adam viewpoints, just for spamming. Please continue to discuss the topics of articles without fear of censorship. The only thing I’m gunning for is spam (and anything else entirely off-topic); I want to keep the signal-to-noise ratio here as high as possible. Random RED RevelationsStuff we learned during testing and Art’s spec spot shoot
The more we work with RED ONEs, the more we learn about what they do and how to work with them, thus the following grab-bag of observations and experiences. more »
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More RED Res Testing: The Mystery(ium) ResolvedA new chart shows what this camera (and several lenses) can really do.
I obtained a new, 4K resolution test chart at NAB, and aimed RED ONEs running build 15 version 2.2.5 at it using four different lenses: a 50mm Super Speed, a 50mm Ultra Prime, a 18-50mm RED zoom, and a 24-290mm Optimo. Cutting to the chase: I’m pleased to report that I see detail extinction at about 3.2K, confirming the numbers RED and others have claimed. more »
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Schneider IR Filter TestsUsing the 486 UV-IR Cut filter to improve imaging.
Last week, Art Adams, Tim Blackmore, Ted Allen, and I tested the Schneider 486 UV/IR cut filter on a RED ONE and on a Sony PMW-EX1. Tim wore his famous “doesn’t look anything like that in real life” “black” shirt, and we lit him with IR-rich incandescent sources. more »
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Rendering Motion Projects in Final Cut Pro
The key to dramatically faster render times
If you have begun to explore Final Cut Studio’s application integration by embedding your Motion project files into your Final Cut Pro sequence, you may have noticed a rather large increase in render time for that sequence.
Part of the cause of the increased render time is due to the level of complexity of your Motion project, but there’s a setting in Final Cut Pro that can dramatically reduce render times with little to no impact on the quality of your Motion project—except for certain types of projects.
Cinema Craft Encoder MP for Compressor 3
High Quality MPEG-2 Encoding for Final Cut Studio 2
Cinema Craft, the industry leader in MPEG-2 encoding for DVD, is going to release a Compressor 3 plug-in by the end of this month. I wrote an article on Ken Stone’s site that takes a look at both the plug-in itself and the technology behind it…the Cinema Craft Xtream encoding engine. The majority of Hollywood releases on DVD have been encoded using the Xtream engine, and it’s the same engine that’s at the core of the Cinema Craft Encoder MP plug-in for Compressor.
In addition to high quality, Cinema Craft Encoder MP is a full Compressor plug-in (vs. a QuickTime Component) so it has access to all of Compressor’s features like frame controls and geometry.
If you’re going to be in Los Angeles on May 21st, 2008, I’m going to do a demo of the software at the May LAFCPUG meeting.
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