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Q&A: Camera op Jody Eldred on HDV vs. F900

Jody Eldred is one of those camera guys who likes to try everything - he's gone scuba diving with the PD-100, he covered the war in the Persian Gulf in 2003 with a PD-150 for ABC News, and he recently went airborne with the Sony Z1U more »

Dalsa’s Mega-Def Camera Center Opens

When we spoke to John Coghill last month, the finishing touches had just been put on the Dalsa Digital Cinema Center, the exclusive rental source for the new Dalsa Origin camera. more »

Could it be Time for 3D Again?

Anyone suggesting that 3D is the way to make digital cinema a compelling and profitable experience for theater owners and filmmakers, knows he'll encounter a few skeptics: Cinema lovers who reason that no more »

Sin City‘s 4:4:4 Pipeline

Just like Dwight needed a hardtop with a decent engine and a big trunk in director Robert Rodriguez's visual comic book extravaganza Sin City, The Orphanage had some specific needs of its own to fit into the more »

Fast and Furious at 1000 FPS

When top car commercial director Lance Kelleher was hired to showcase Hyundai's all-new, redesigned 2006 Sonata, he came up with "two firsts" for the series of sophisticated spots created by The more »

High-End HD Tips

Talk about distance learning - from a galaxy far, far away come nine pieces of advice on shooting HD and HDCAM SR from VFX supervisor John Knoll and HD Supervisor Fred Meyers. Don't Waste Bandwidth If you more »

Star Wars Technology Breakthroughs

"On a show for George there are always a ton of things to do for the first time," says John Knoll. "He writes whatever he wants and assumes that we'll figure it out. He never limits his more »

Cutting to the Chase

Becoming an editor isn't like training to be a doctor or a lawyer. Sure, you can go to film school and get hands-on experience. more »

Quantel Picturebox sQ

Quantel released Picturebox sQ, an addition to its sQ server range that provides an integrated approach to the creation, playout and management of graphics. Billed as a complement to Paintbox more »

VDS Twister HD 6.5

VDS unveiled Twister HD V6.5 at NAB. Twister HD is a complete paint, graphics content creation, and I/O solution designed specifically for the broadcast and video production industries. Twister runs as a more »