Newsletter Update

A few weeks ago, we published our third newsletter: PVC Pipeline | Distribution, covering a wide range of subjects from podcasting through independent films distribution to creating DVDs. During that time, subscribers had exclusive access to the articles it contained. These articles are now available for all PVC users to view; a list of them is included below (click the “more” link if you can’t see them).

We are about to publish our fourth newsletter, which will be the second edition of our original PVC Pipeline | Production newsletter. It will contain an in-depth review of the Sony HVR-Z5u camera by Adam Wilt, reviews of the Rode NTG-3 and Blimp microphones by Jim Feeley, and an extensive (plus no doubt opinionated) NAB wrap-up by Alex Lindsay. To receive exclusive access to these articles before everyone else, click here for your free subscription!

Looking for NAB Coverage?

Several of PVC’s writers attended NAB this year, filing over 80 posts and videos reporting what they saw. Fortunately, we’ve consolidated these posts in one place: Our special NAB ‘09 channel. We invite you to peruse it to see what you might have missed. And if you saw something else, or have something to add, please leave a comment (site registration required) - we want to hear from you as well!

Panasonic Developing Dual Lens 3D 1080p Camcorder for Native 3D Capture

If a picture is worth a thousand word, then clearly a dual lens 3 D camcorder is worth, well a lot!  Yeah it’s a bit conceptual, and a bit of a prototype, but WOAH.  I want one…

Beachtek announces the DXA-5D XLR adapter for the Canon 5D MKII !

Bruce Dorn found this on our sister site ProPhoto Coalition.  Here’s the beginning:

If you’ve been following the maturation of the Canon 5D MKII as an HD video capture device, then you’ve probably heard about the camera’s limitations with regards to audio recording.

Yes, the 5D MKII does record audio via an internal microphone but that feature is so basic as to be nearly useless.  There is, thankfully, an “Audio In” jack but the camera’s compact form-factor has necessitated that this input be the tiny and sometimes unreliable 3.5mm mini-jack.  Most professional level audiophiles would much prefer the industry-standard XLR jacks but there just wasn’t enough room for these larger connectors.

We’re Going to NAB

One of the benefits of our Coalition, is that with 25+ writers, we’ve got tons of people covering NAB from many different angles.

What’s tops on your list for coverage?  What do you really wish you could get your hands on at the show, or can we provide you an insider’s view.

Take advantage of comments below, or start up a forum and give our team of writers even more to focus on than they already have!

Just like last year, we’ll be covering NAB in-depth and have a separate channel dedicated to NAB 09.  Stay tuned…and tell us what you want to see covered.

PVC Pipeline | Distribution

This coming Monday, we’ll be releasing our third newsletter: PVC Pipeline | Distribution. As you can guess from it’s name, this one will be focused on the broad subject of alternate ways of getting your creation out into the world - from podcast production (including an insightful article from Alex Lindsay on the Pixel Corps’ experience producing podcasts for themselves as others, as well as Allan Tépper’s review of a tool he uses for his podcasts: Übercaster), to getting distribution for your independent movie (a great roundtable discussion led by the FreshDV folks, including award-winning producer/writer Jerome Courshon, and Scott Kirsner of Variety), to a tutorial by Michael Vitti on creating buttons for a custom DVD. So if you haven’t subscribed yet, do so now - it’s free, and you’ll get to enjoy these articles weeks before anyone else.

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