Production
Non-Locking Connectors Considered Harmful
What results from not having both eSATA cables properly plugged in at startup time. All hail the progress of...
Production
How Important is Resolution?
SD, 408p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p… 2k, 4k, UDTV… it seems like the big push is to get ever-higher resolution....
Production
Quick look: RED Build 16
The sacrificial RED at Chater. Also note: labeled control buttons! Last week, Dane Brehm gave a bunch of us...
Production
Cine Gear Expo 2008 – Day 2
Cine Gear Expo on the blazing-hot Universal backlot Day 2 of Cine Gear Expo dawned sunny and hot—our in-car...
Production
Cine Gear Expo 2008 – Day 1
Cine Gear Expo on the Universal back lot. We came down to LA for Cine Gear Expo, a two-day...
Production
Maelstrom – Production (part 2)
Sunflowers: two VistaBeam 600s fill the shadows. Day 4 – We have a...
Production
Maelstrom – Production (part 1)
Still life with water bottle: An EX1 sports a DvRig Junior; Alan Hereford’s homebrew DvRig is at the bottom...
Post Production
In LA? Hire this editor!
I’m decompressing from “Maelstrom” and catching up on email that accumulated during the shoot, and I notice that Los...
Production
Maelstrom – Preproduction
About a week ago, Tim Blackmore and I learned that we were providing tech support for Rob Nilsson’s upcoming...
Production
Review: Sony HVR-Z7 & HVR-S270 1/3″ 3-CMOS HDV camcorders
The shoulder-mount S270 (left) and the handheld Z7 (right) share the same innards. The HVR-Z7 and HVR-S270 camcorders take...