HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 3

Day 3 (by my counting; HPA calls this Day 2, because Tuesday’s Super Session doesn’t count) covered LTO-5, LTFS, IMF, HDSLR, OLED, FIMS, SOA, SLA, monitors vs. displays, file-based mastering, Hollywood in the cloud, and Disney restorations.

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 1

HPA set the stage for the Super Session with these words:

“With all the options in workflow today, it seems no two projects are exactly alike.  Just like snowflakes, our projects begin beautiful, shiny, and a unique wonder to behold. But as they slowly drift to their final destination, they seem to just turn into slush, as we leave them behind searching for our next wonderful, pristine, new way.”

Panasonic AF-100: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Panasonic AF-100 is getting a lot of buzz as a possible HDSLR killer. We used it in the real world in place of an HDSLR, and now we know. And soon, so will you. Read on…

And Then The Camera Spun Around And Bit Me On The Ass.

Meet the Sony HDW-790, a 2/3” high-def ENG/EFP camera that records to HDCam (read: Beta-shell) cassettes.  This camera - and its two brothers - are the day-to-day field-shooting workhorses for Wisconsin Public Television, where I have worked for the last 23 years.  Lately (as in the last 9 years or so) my career path has taken me a bit away from the daily shooting grind, but I still fill in the photography gaps now and again,  Keeps you young, dontcha know. 

Except when it tries to kill you.

Zeiss Eye Candy

I attended a local tradeshow yesterday and today, and Zeiss had a display table showing off still and cine lenses. Herewith, some images for your viewing pleasure.

Super 35 size me

Next month marks the debut of Sony’s first handheld Super 35mm model for professionals: the PMW-F3.  It’s also Sony’s first such camera with XDCAM EX recording and first with CMOS technology.  And the F3 starts at just $16,000 MSRP.  The new camera is beginning to make a name for itself after some sweet pre-production tests and first-on-the-block Vimeo posts.  In this article, we’ll take a look at the new camera’s Super 35mm image sensor, and see exactly what Sony means by “Super 35.” 

How about application parity between the Tangent Wave and Euphonix MC Color

When it comes to affordable hardware for post-production, “affordable” is often a relative term. What may be affordable for one is not necessarily affordable for another.  Sometimes there may be limited choices for a particular piece of hardware so the price point is the price point and there’s not much the purchaser can do about it. Color grading control surfaces are no different. While some applications like Apple Color and RedCine - X support both the Tangent Wave and Euphonix MC Color others, like DaVinci Resolve and The Foundry’s STORM, don’t. This article is a call for developers to support both.

What $300 Buys These Days

OK, folks, have a look at “Lazy Teenage Superheroes,” a funny, really watchable (and slightly NSFW for language) 13-minute riff on science fiction:

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