http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story en mike@hdforindies.com Copyright 2011 2011-11-04T05:12:12+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/red_finally_takes_the_wraps_off_new_camera_-_scarlet-x/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/red_finally_takes_the_wraps_off_new_camera_-_scarlet-x/#When:05:12:12Z 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. GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2011-11-04T05:12:12+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/canons_new_eos_c300_digital_cinema_line_-_competition_for_red_or_sony/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/canons_new_eos_c300_digital_cinema_line_-_competition_for_red_or_sony/#When:02:05:49Z 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. GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2011-11-04T02:05:49+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/single_chip_camera_evaluation_screening_tomorrow_morning_at_cinegear/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/single_chip_camera_evaluation_screening_tomorrow_morning_at_cinegear/#When:18:01:14Z I was the post supervisor on the SCCE (Single Chip Camera Evaluation) for the past several months - we shot on 12 cameras (Alexa, film, F35, Red, AF100, Sony F3, Phantom Flex, Weisscam HS-2, Canon 1D MkIV, 7D, 5D Mk II, and Nikon D7000), and ran them through an extensive battery of tests - sharpness, sensitivity, over and underexposure latitude, low light performance, compression artifacts, color reproduction, skin tones, and the best shutter artifacts test I’ve ever seen. Saturday June 4th at 10:15am. Cameras, compression, Post Production 2011-06-03T18:01:14+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/come_see_my_footage_from_f3_s-log_leica_summilux-c_lenses_tonight_at_cinege/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/come_see_my_footage_from_f3_s-log_leica_summilux-c_lenses_tonight_at_cinege/#When:17:50:29Z If you’re in LA and a shooter, you should come to CineGear. And while you’re there, come see me talk about my shoot with the F3 in S-log mode shot on Leica Summilux-C lenses - perhaps the best lenses EVER. Cameras, GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2011-06-03T17:50:29+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/mike_finally_gets_to_play_with_an_epic-m_and_hdrx/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/mike_finally_gets_to_play_with_an_epic-m_and_hdrx/#When:20:58:08Z This week my friend Eric Ulbrich that I met while working on the SCCE (Single Chip Camera Evaluation) got his Epic-M. He was nice enough to invite me over to play with it on Friday, here’s some first impressions on the camera and its HDRx mode. Notes and pics follow. *VIDEO*, Cameras, GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2011-05-01T20:58:08+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/mikes_nab_2011_day_one_part_one/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/mikes_nab_2011_day_one_part_one/#When:07:55:47Z Hey all! I’m here at NAB and am wandering the show checking out what interests me. My coverage will be based on what I saw in the order I saw it. Today I visited: Blackmagic Design, AJA, Red, Arri, Canon, Abel Cine, and Sony. So here we go: Cameras, Editing, Hardware, NAB 2011, Post Production, Production 2011-04-12T07:55:47+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/coming_to_nab_come_see_results_of_our_12_camera_test/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/coming_to_nab_come_see_results_of_our_12_camera_test/#When:04:00:13Z Hey all - One of the (many) reasons I haven’t been writing lately has been I’ve been up to my neck in the SCCE. What’s that? The Single Chip Camera Evaluation. Zacuto started the idea and Bob Primes ASC designed and supervised all the testing. I was one of the planner/organizers, as well as post supervisor and ran around and did a bunch of stuff on set. Tuesday night, 6-8 pm Content Theater. Here’s the press release after the jump: Cameras, GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition, NAB 2011, Production 2011-04-11T04:00:13+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/yo_creative_pros_apple_doesnt_love_you_any_more._heres_why/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/yo_creative_pros_apple_doesnt_love_you_any_more._heres_why/#When:23:13:17Z After writing this piece on whether Apple lamed out on the new Mac Pros, I got to thinking more about Apple and where we, as creative professionals lie in their priority list. Read that article for a detailed analysis of how Apple wasn’t aggressive with new technology, was late to market, skipped a bunch of new technology, and MIGHT potentially have decided to stiff-arm Adobe with the lack of NVIDIA GPUs at user expense. So where do we rank with Apple these days? Lets look at their motivations and actions. GentryMedia Sister Sites, Mac Coalition 2010-07-29T23:13:17+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/did_apple_actually_lame_out_on_the_new_mac_pros/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/did_apple_actually_lame_out_on_the_new_mac_pros/#When:22:41:38Z Apple rolled out new Mac Pros Tuesday, so of course I wrote about’em. Impressed by the power at first, after the warm fuzzy glow of new Macs wore off, I started noticing some things. Or rather, noticing some things that weren’t there - PCI 3.0, USB 3.0, eSATA, faster FireWire, 10GigE networking, Blu-ray burners, NVIDIA GPUs, and a $3500 price point for the “Big Mac.” What gives? Read on for what Apple giveth and taketh. GentryMedia Sister Sites, Mac Coalition, Hardware, Post Production 2010-07-29T22:41:38+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/new_quad_cores_imac_or_mac_pro/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/new_quad_cores_imac_or_mac_pro/#When:00:03:08Z New Quad core Macs: high end iMac or low end Mac Pro? Apple today announced new Mac Pros (coming sometime in August) and new iMacs (available now). Both have available Quad Core (4 processor) models. The iMac has a built in screen which the Mac Pro lacks, but the tower has scads of easy expandability. Which to buy? Read on for the deets and analysis. 2010-07-28T00:03:08+00:00