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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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Cine Gear Expo LA 2011More LEPs, more cameras, and a “time filter” that’s the biggest advance in shutters since, um, shutters were invented.
Cine Gear Expo, “the film, video, and digital expo with focus”, offered the usual kid-in-a-candy-store experience, and introduced new light-emitting plasma (LEP) instruments, new cameras, and a revolutionary new electronic shuttering device that gives digital cameras better motion portrayal capabilities than even the best mechanically-shuttered film or digital camera. [Updated 2011-06-11: removed erroneous “12 Hz” shutter rate reference.] more »
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NAB 2011 - Plasma Lights, and The Problem With LEDsThe first production-ready plasma light; the AMPAS SSL presentation; multicolor LEDs.
Here’s the coolest “new thing” in lighting I saw at the show: Photon Beard’s Nova, a focusable Fresnel-type instrument using a LEP (light-emitting plasma). It’s unlike any other lighting instrument we use—other than the sun—in that it doesn’t pass electricity directly through the light-giving element (tungsten filament, diode junction, rarefied gas surrounded by phosphors, carbon arc, etc.). more »
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Photos: On Location with Art Adams and the Arri AlexaProduction stills from Art’s August evening outing with a prototype Alexa digital cine camera.
Seen Art Adams’ writeup on his Alexa shoot? I have a whole mess o’ photos from that long, cold evening… more »
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NAB Video - LightingLED fresnels, dedolight innards, active diffusion, and a wet HMI.
LitePanels LED fresnels (yes, that’s Rodney Charters fiddling with the Sola6); why dedolights make light the way they do; zylight’s Active Diffusion panels, and K5600’s very damp HMI. 900x506 QuickTime movie, 1 Mbit/sec h.264. Click to audio / video »
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Cine Gear Expo 2009Tools and toys of the trade, on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.
The “expo” part of Cine Gear Expo took place on Friday and Saturday last week (there were also Master Classes and film screening starting Thursday and ending Sunday). This year it was at “the Studios at Paramount” in Hollywood at Gower and Melrose. It was a balmy 70ºF (21º C) under cinematically cloudy skies, a far cry from the 100+º F of last year. more »
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NAB 2009 - Wilt’s Wrap-UpThree top themes from NAB 2009, and other observations.
When it comes to cameras and production gear, I saw three major themes at NAB this year: 3D, storage, and digital cine accessories. I’ll discuss these, look at what the “big 3” camera suppliers had on offer, and mention other things of interest at the show. more »
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Cine Gear Expo 2008 - Day 2The second day of the hottest equipment show in LA
Day 2 of Cine Gear Expo dawned sunny and hot—our in-car temperature display registered 102 degrees Fahrenheit by 1:30pm. Despite the heat, there were plenty of things worth seeing. more »Cine Gear Expo 2008 - Day 1The hottest equipment show in LA… literally…
We came down to LA for Cine Gear Expo, a two-day showcase of all manner of production things: grip gear, lighting, camera accessories, and so on. It is quite literally the hottest equipment show around… more » |
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2D Footage with a Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5
Edit and Optimize 2D Stereo Pairs from a 3D Video Camera or Twin Cameras with a Modified Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5
Adobe included a 1-step option to create a 3D Stereo Camera Rig in After Effects CS5.5, to everyone’s enthusiasm for a simpler workflow in 3D space. Great if you are working in 3D space in After Effects, but what about an easy option for 3D Stereo pairs captured by a 3D camera or twin cameras on a rig? In this tutorial I’ll show you how to quickly modify the Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects to quickly mux your L&R video files and adjust the convergence for anaglyph, interlaced or stereo pairs output.
How to get the “24p” look for your live-switched multicam shoot
A contracted article, sponsored by Datavideo Corporation.
Our friends at Datavideo recently asked me to write an article called How to get the “24p” look for your live-switched multicam shoot. The article covers many factors involved in accomplishing that goal, including framerate, aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and menu settings in Datavideo’s digital HD video mixers (“switchers”) and recorders, and also the menu settings in several pro cameras from Canon, Panasonic, and Sony. The included chart explains which of the cameras have a direct HD-SDI output, and which require an optional converter to go from HDMI to HD-SDI to connect to the Datavideo digital HD video mixer. As you’ll see in the article, the approach is quite different from the workflows I normally cover, which are more appropriate when programs are to be edited, as opposed to when they are shot —and potentially broadcast— live. The graphics for this article were done by Victory Elliot of Datavideo Corporation.
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