HD HDR Live for Broadcasting and Instant HDR workflow are some of the new options available in multiple Sony products. Find more about Sony’s HDR at the NAB Show 2017. The desire to to meet the growing requirements for HDR content in every production application led Sony to expand the HDR capabilities of many of […]
Year: 2017
How TV Opening Titles Got to Be So Damn Good
Wired magazine (in conjunction with The Art of the Title) recently collaborated on a video article titled How TV Opening Titles Got to Be So Damn Good. The premise is “You’ve probably heard television is in something of a golden age, but the same can be said of title sequences, which today are often just […]
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Atomos: new price for the Ninja and free update
Timed with the release of the Panasonic GH5, the new low price of the Ninja Inferno will, as Atomos says “empower the masses”. There is also an update for different monitors. Available from today, the free upgrade available to download enables CDNG Raw recording from select Sony, Canon and Panasonic cameras on the Shogun Inferno, […]
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Panasonic dismantles digital cameras business unit
The success of the Lumix GH5 from Panasonic is not enough to keep the digital cameras business unit in the black. Panasonic has decided to scale back the unit and place it under other operations. The Lumix GH family of cameras is probably not in danger of ending with the recent GH5, but it will […]
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Review: Senal MC24-EL shotgun microphone + fiber carbon boom
After the popular review of the Senal ENG-18RL dynamic interview microphone in 2016 (link ahead), now I’ll be covering the MC24-EL shotgun microphone from the same manufacturer. I’ll also cover several Auray accessories, including the CFP-58B carbon fiber telescoping boom pole with internal cable & bottom XLR base, the WSS-2014 wind protector with open cell […]
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ART OF THE SHOT: 2nd Unit DP Jacques Haitkin “Kong Skull Island”
If you are a fan of the 1984 hit horror film “A Nightmare On Elm Street” then you have seen Jacques Haitkin’s work as a cinematographer. Now, Haitkin has stepped in as the 2nd Unit DP for the 2017 film “Kong: Skull Island.” According to Haitkin’s mini biography on his IMDB page, he is known for […]
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Why Final Cut Pro X? Todo Lo Demás
Dave Cerf’s accomplishments are varied and vast. To name a few: He has composed music for Sam Green’s Academy Award nominated The Weather Underground. He has written manuals for legacy versions of Final Cut Pro. He assisted editor Walter Murch on two feature films, Hemingway and Gellhorn (HBO) and Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland (Disney), and he […]
REVIEW – Digital Rebellion’s Pro Maintenance Tools
A few standout applications makes this a must check out for Mac editors! […]
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SmartView 4K and HD monitors have a new low price
The SmartView 4K, the world’s first full resolution Ultra HD broadcast monitor with 12G-SDI inputs, costs now only $995, while the high definition SmartView HD is now only $795. The fast adoption and incredible excitement behind Ultra HD technology means that component costs have been drastically improved over the last few months and these reductions […]
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Google Wifi: How/why to interconnect units via Ethernet
Google Wifi (Google’s own unique graphical representation for this product, with uppercase W and lowercase F) is the official name of the company’s mesh-capable wireless system. This article is not a review, since there is a plethora of them, and Google Wifi is deservedly well regarded in many. This article is to clarify how —and […]
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