GearNex: The Next Generation of Gear Head

GearNex co-owner Bret Allen, S.O.C. shows off the latest generation of his award-winning gear head at Cine Gear 2010.

Sacramento start-up GearNex surprised the industry last year by bringing a small, affordable and very functional gear head to market. It was mostly worth the asking price at the time. Now the price has gone up–and it’s a better deal than ever.

Nature Photography Gone Wild!

Check out this behind-the-scenes video from PBS’ “Nature” series on how the producers captured ultra-close-up, ultra-slo-mo footage of hummingbirds for an upcoming show.  Absolutely fascinating!

HDSLR Revolution: Gale Tattersal Talks about “House”

A Canon 5D Mk II with 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, like one of the setups used on “Help Me”.

“Help Me”, the season 6 finale of “House”, was shot with Canon 5D Mk II HDSLRs using off-the-shelf Canon still lenses. This past week, Director of Photography Gale Tattersal quashed a few rumors about how the show was shot, and commented on what he liked about using the Canons as cine cameras.

VFX Tell the Story in California State Fair Spots

A bit of prior planning, some clever visual effects and a new RED software build help a talented production team get maximum bang for minimum bucks.

Monitor your Canon HDSLR Wirelessly

Berat User, a DP working in Chicago with Canon HDSLRs, came up with a clever way to monitor the camera’s image remotely while walking around the set.

Comparison of portable HD studios: BCC versus TriCaster TCXD300

Comparing the BCC and the TriCaster TCXD300 isn’t really about a price issue. If I included prices in the comparison chart you’ll see later in this article, it’s to show how close they are in price, not to let the price dictate your choice. The real factors that anyone who may be considering either one of these two fine tools should be taking into account are workflow philosophy and key features. In this article, I will emphasize those issues, and I will also explain why I designed the comparison chart the way I did.

MONOGRAM’s BCC is a portable studio that changes the rules of the game

When people first hear about MONOGRAM’s BCC (Broadcast Case) production TV studio in a box, some of them mistakenly assume that it is a copycat of existing portable TV studio systems that have been on the market for a while. However, as soon as they get closer or hear more about it, they realize that it is quite the contrary. I had never seen a touch-screen interface before on a vision mixer (“switcher”), let alone for an entire portable production studio with onboard audio mixer, character generator, 4:2:2 recorder, and H.264 video streamer. I had also never heard of one with an onboard intercom system, yet alone one that could even power the cameras over a unique combined camera cable, which unifies SDI (or HD-SDI), power, intercom, and even tally information in one very manageable enclosure. In this article, you’ll learn how unique and groundbreaking the BCC really is.

HDSLR Revolution: House Party

Ready or not, here they come: HD-capable DSLRs are being used for high-end productions, despite their various shortcomings. One of the boldest such experiments is the 17 May episode of the FOX TV drama “House”, shot entirely with Canon 5D Mk IIs using stock Canon stills lenses.

Read up. Prepare. Watch. There will be a test afterwards, so pay attention.

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