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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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RED+FCP+Color: Making It All WorkLessons learned in RED FCP/Color roundtripping, and a suggested FCP/Color workflow for RED clips.
I had previously reported that 2K REDCODE footage (2048x1152), shrunk to 93.75% to fit an HD timeline in FCP, came back from Color as 1920x1080 footage shrunk once again by another 93.75%. I’ve since explored this further and found out what was going on—as well as run into and characterized one of the oft-reported “softening” issues in Color. With these and other minor surprises in mind, I’ve developed a RED+FCP+Color workflow that works for me; maybe it’ll work for you, too. more »
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Review: Sony RM-1000BP LANC Remote ControlFull—and I mean full—remote control of compatible Sony camcorders.
Sony’s US$1200 (street price) RM-1000BP Remote Commander is a LANC remote control. It connects to any Sony camcorder with a 2.5mm LANC (a.k.a. Control-L) jack, which means most consumer/prosumer Sonys built in the past two decades. On most of those camcorders, it’ll do pretty much what any other LANC controller does: start and stop recording, zoom the lens in and out, and (maybe) change focus or white balance. But on the latest generation DV camcorders—the HVR-Z5U, HVR-Z7U, and HVR-S270U—it gives you full access to just about every button and control on the camera, including menus and picture presets. more »
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Review: Sony VCL-HG0872K wide-angle lens for HVR-Z5UThis 0.8x lens widens the view and improves geometry.
The US$1000 VCL-HG0872K is a 0.8x wide lens designed specifically for the HVR-Z5U HDV camcorder; it bayonets in place of the Z5U’s lens hood. It widens the view nicely with negligible sharpness loss, and it actually improves image geometry through much of the zoom range. more »
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If you read my NAB 2009 wrap-up in Firefox…...you didn’t see all there was to see! Just a quick update: I had some HTML comment lines in my NAB 2009 Wrap-up article. They caused Firefox (but not Safari or IE) to redact the sections on Storage, JVC, and Sony. I’ve removed the comments and now Firefox sees the whole article. You may need to refresh those pages if you have ‘em in cache. Review: Sony HVR-Z5U 1/3” 3-CMOS HDV CamcorderThe Z5U can be thought of as the Z7U’s fixed-lens half-brother.
“When Sony bought Konica/Minolta”, says Sony’s Juan Martinez, “we suddenly became a major lens manufacturer.” One of the results of this acquisition is the HVR-Z5U, an HDV/DVCAM camcorder with a 20x fixed “G lens”. Consider it the wide-zooming half-brother of the HVR-Z7U, which shares much of what comes behind the lens. more »
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Inspiration and the Housing Crisis
Housebuilding by Hand with Cinema 4D
When I first saw this very nicely done animation by “Beeble” I thought “what a great use of MoGraph - cloners, effectors, splines - incredible”. Then I looked through the comments and found the artist created the entire animation by hand. Even more incredible. It purports to be about the housing crisis, but it’s really just a cool animation of houses assembling and destructing. I love Cinema 4D even though I’m just a hacker at this point - so anyone who can really do something interesting with it inspires me to dig deeper.
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