By J.R. BookwalterDespite being a longtime Apple fanatic, I have mostly avoided their efforts to shove the H.264 format down my throat over the years. Sure, the picture quality and file sizes are fantastic, but it takes forever to get
Earlier this year Avid released the 3.5 version of Media Composer software, as well as the corresponding versions for NewsCutter and Symphony. Media Composer 3.5 included more change and innovation than a typical .5 software release. Besides many small improvements,
Open up new views with this versatile lens system. By Carl Mrozek What nature loving photographer hasn’t wanted to dip his camera beneath the surface of the pond at the center of a landscape portrait for some cutaway shots underwater
By Ned SoltzI first saw the Panasonic AG HPX300 camera several weeks before NAB 2009. I immediately knew that Panasonic had a winner on its hands. The HPX300 is a shoulder mounted P2HD camera with three 1 3" CMOS imagers
By Ned Soltz This one is fun. Connect your mobile device to the Optoma Pico PK101 and show pictures and videos anywhere I recently needed to display video from my iPhone in a small setting. Simple. I just connected
Quality Control The nanoFlash offers exceptional portable video recording options. By Ned Soltz I’ve had dealings with many companies in my years in the biz, but I’ve never before encountered a company like Convergent Design. Its principals are available whenever
Handy and Dandy This multi format storage device is good to go. By Ned Soltz The video world in so many ways has returned to the way of film. Some of us remember shooting out a film load and then
Review: This last April at NAB, JVC introduced the teeny-tiny (5.5" x 7" x
14.5") ProHD GY-HM100, a 1/4" 3-CCD 1920x1080 near-palmcorder-sized
camera that shoots in MPEG-2 Long GOP QuickTime .MOV (MP4) format for
instant input into Final Cut Pro.
Along comes an interesting price-conscious alternative, the Atlas
Camera Support System (seen above), invented by independent filmmaker
Michael Knowles.
