Mike Curtis

Mike Curtis writes and runs HD for Indies, a consultancy and website dedicated to using affordable digital technology for independent filmmaking. Mike started HD for Indies after a 15 year digital media career making content for everything from cell phones to cinema screens for clients such as Ford, Dell, Compaq, etc.. As a consultant, he focuses on production and post production hardware, software, and workflows to achieve maximum results at a variety of budget levels.

NAB 2012: Motion Control Systems - CamBLOCK
Top Ten Trends of NAB 2012
Arri Booth NAB 2012
BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera - Supermodel Backrub with Ninja Claws?
Miss me? I hope so. Here’s what I stayed up all night writing.
So…where’ve I been?
Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-X
Canon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony?
Single Chip Camera Evaluation screening tomorrow morning at CineGear
Come see my footage from F3 S-log & Leica Summilux-C lenses TONIGHT at CineGear
Mike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRx
Mike’s NAB 2011 Day One Part One
Coming to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday night
Yo, Creative Pros—Apple Doesn’t Love You Any More. Here’s why.
Did Apple actually lame out on the new Mac Pros?
New Quad Cores: iMac or Mac Pro?
Apple Releases New iMacs - good enough for video editing?
Apple Announces New 12 core Macs….for $5000
I went and saw nitrate prints and Soderbergh on the same evening…
Arri Alexa - look out Red!
Mike’s iPad rant-good device, bogus marketing
The Return of Blogwad
Aperture 3.01 update released, update on my iPhoto ‘09 migration
Another good article on color correction from Stu
On iPhoto to Aperture 3 migration difficulties and new hard drives
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

NAB 2012: Motion Control Systems - CamBLOCK

Video Interview showing CamBLOCK’s Awesome Lightweight Motion Control Rig

I’d already heard about CamBLOCK before NAB, and sought out some information, but I never expected them to come seeking ME at NAB.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Top Ten Trends of NAB 2012

Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad NAB 2012 - here’s why

Lots of change this year - not just new products, but new KINDS of new products from companies we didn’t expect them from. Here’s some new tech, trends, and an attention seeking Top Ten List of my take on the show so far.

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Apple
Cameras
GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition
NAB2012
Post Production • (3) Comments • Most recent comments by: Rob, Jim Nicholls, Rob, Permalink


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Arri Booth NAB 2012

Alexa updates and goodies and a tantalizing teaser concept

Swung by the Arri booth and ran into Stephan Ukas-Bradley who gave me the rundown on what is new in their booth:

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera - Supermodel Backrub with Ninja Claws?

What to make of 2.5K RAW for $3000

So Blackmagic Design, maker of post production hardware and software, introduced their first camera at NAB 2012 - the Blackmagic Design Digital Cinema Camera. What to make of it?

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Cameras
GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition
NAB2012 • (2) Comments • Most recent comments by: Ivan Oliveira, stephen v2, Permalink



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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Miss me? I hope so. Here’s what I stayed up all night writing.

ProPhotoCoalition front page domination? Like A Boss.

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So if you read this article about how and to what my passions have shifted, you’ll know I’m kinda into DSLRs now. Not for the video like most everyone else, but for timelapse. Huh? Yup. And not just any kind of timelapse, but HDR (High Dynamic Range) timelapse. So when Nikon and Canon announced new mid-range and top end full frame DSLRs this year, I was kinda Into It.

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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

So…where’ve I been?

What I’ve been up to, besides not publishing here. Links to new stuff follow.

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So, where did I go? Where’ve I been? What have I been up to? (And does anyone care?) Here’s what I’ve been up to, and some links to what I’ve been doing lately.

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Cameras
GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition • (4) Comments • Most recent comments by: Bill Nelson, Mike Curtis, Bill Nelson, KD, Permalink


Thursday, November 03, 2011

Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-X

Think of it as Epic’s little sister - who kicks butt at 1/3 the price

Jim Jannard of Red (finally) revealed their next camera - 3K for $3K is long gone - now it is 5K stills & 4K motion for a sub-$10K “brain.” It is everything you wanted in an Epic…but less.

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GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition • (1) Comments • Most recent comments by: Tony Wilks, Permalink


Thursday, November 03, 2011

Canon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony?

Canon’s new camera is huge news….for Canon.

Today in Hollywood Canon announced their first truly professional cinema class camera - a Super35mm sized 4K sensor in a small, 3.6 lb body available with either EOS or PL mounts, recording to CF cards with an ISO range of 320 to 20,000. That is the good news. Everything else is either as expected or disappointing, depending on how fanboy hyped up you were about it. Is it a competitor for Red One? Scarlet-X? Epic? Sony’s F3? Read on and see.

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GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition • (6) Comments • Most recent comments by: skimmel, Mike Curtis, James_S, skimmel, Bruce Allen, nickeditor, Permalink


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