Production
Review: Sony HDW-650F HDCAM Camcorder
The Sony HDW-650F (US$44,950 list) is a 2/3″ 3-CCD 1080i/1080p shoulder-mount HDCAM camcorder using “Power HAD FX” CCDs, a...
Post Production
REDCine 3.1.8; Widescreen LCD; Wilt Sells Out
• REDCine 3.1.8 was released today; it exports QuickTimes with audio. To the right of the timeline there are...
Post Production
RED+FCP: Native REDcode Importing
Last November, RED Digital Cinema Camera Company released an installer adding RED functionality to Apple Final Cut Studio 2:...
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Sweetening the Depresso
Suddenly, Hollywood Seems a Conservative Investment, writes Brooks Barnes in The New York Times. His thesis? “Wall Street, real...
Production
Review: Canon Vixia HF11 AVCHD camcorder
The HF11 with LED video light illuminated. Above the LED are the flash and the instant-AF window. The $1199...
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NAB 2009: no RED tent
RED Digital Cinema’s Jim Jannard has announced that RED will skip NAB 2009. A delay by a supplier means...
Distribution
R.I.P, VHS Distribution
Today’s NAB SmartBrief points out that the last major supplier of pre-recorded VHS tapes stopped shipping them to retailers...
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Dissenting from Depresso
Mike Curtis has made the case that indie features aren’t a viable business. Sad, perhaps (Nate Van Dusen said...
Production
Zacuto’s Great Camera Shootout ’08
Zacuto’s Great Camera Shootout ’08 from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo. Zacuto (the folks in Chicago who make...
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SlashCAM’s Camcorder Database
Our minders here at PVC have been gently encouraging us to write up “holiday lists”. They say, “people love...