Leader Helps DPs and Directors Get Optimal Exposure
05|22|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Leader Instruments now offers a way for directors and DPs to set up camera exposures more accurately than when using a luminance meter. By detecting the actual signal levels captured during pre-shoot line-up, rather than displaying local light intensity, the new Cinelite option allows a camera’s full dynamic range to be used. This could help reduce the time needed to correct color balance, gamma and contrast during post-production.... »
60-Second Q&A: Stephen Guillen, Editor
05|08|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
On the issues of editing HD for episodic TV and how MXF makes his life easy.... »
Next Streamlines Workflow With Avid DNxHD
05|08|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Revolution Studios’ sci-fi thriller Next, now in theaters, was cut entirely in Avid's compressed (DNxHD) formats, representing a first for Hollywood feature production. ... »
Telecast Fiber Cuts Down on HD Cabling
05|08|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
In its continuing quest to reduce the amount of cabling necessary for on set or remote production, Telecast Fiber Systems, based in Worcester, MA, has come up with a new coax-to-fiber conversion box that sits between a dual-link camera and a battery or breakout box and replaces three or four coax cables with one. This signal cable contains four hair-thin strands of fiber-optic cables.... »
Ikegami Unveils GigaFlash Recording System
04|24|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
At NAB Ikegami teamed up with Toshiba to announce the next step in its quest to get shooters off tape and into the edit suite as quickly as possible. The companies signed a collaboration agreement earlier this month in Tokyo. ... »
LCDs Make Their Mark
04|24|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
This year’s NAB show could be known as the first year LCD technology was seriously considered as a replacement for high-definition CRT monitors for critical preview, color correction and editing. LCD monitors offer the advantages of lower weight, lower power consumption, and reduced heat generation.... »
Euphonix S5 Fusion: A New Audio Post System for HD
04|12|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Euphonix, a manufacturer of large-format audio mixing consoles, is introducing its S5 Fusion for high-definition television audio post at NAB.... »
Converting AVCHD Files to MPEG
04|12|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
If you’ve bought one of the new AVCHD camcorders and then realized there’s no way to edit the footage, there’s an interim option from a company in Russia.... »
XDCAM HD's New Innovations at NAB
04|12|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Sony will give NAB attendees a sneak peek at the third generation of its XDCAM HD recording system, which offers 4:2:2 processing and increased data capture of up to 50 Mbps (from the current limit of 4:2:0 at 35 Mbps). ... »
3 Gbps Routing: A lot of Marketing Hype
04|12|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
At this year’s NAB we’ll hear a lot about “new” advanced routers and their ability to distribute surround sound audio and HD video signals at 3 Gigabits per second (Gbps) — enough to move large files at pristine 1080p, 60 frames per second HD resolution. But is it really worth considering if you don’t have a need for that much data transport?... »
60-second Q&A: Tom Campbell, Underwater HD Cinematographer
04|10|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
"I think people tend to shy away from anything new. They’d rather use something less efficient as long as they know it’s going to work."... »
Q&A: Michael Caporale, 24p Digital Cinema
03|28|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Caporale traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, to train the crew covering the 2007 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on using Panasonic's new HPX2000 (shoulder mounted) and HVX200 (handheld) P2 solid-state HD camcorders.... »
Astro Offers Uncompressed HD Recorder/Player
03|28|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Astrodesign of Toyko's new uncompressed, dual-link HDTV video recorder is ideal for digital cinematography, sports broadcasting, VFX and telecine transfer.... »
Wireworks Sheds Light On Patch Panels
03|28|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Wireworks' new LumaVue Custom Panels & Plates are illuminated from the rear for easy identification in dark spaces... »
Dayang Introduces Integrated HD Workstation
03|28|2007 – By Michael Grotticelli
Dayang Technology Development will introduce a new integrated HD workstation at NAB that handles video, audio, multi-layer effects, titles and graphics in a single box.... »
- Keisoku Giken Offers Uncompressed Recording in Stereo
- Panasonic Makes the HPX300 a Studio Camera
- The Foundry Releases RollingShutter Plug-in for CMOS Artifacts
- Envivio Knocks HD IPTV Bitrate Requirements Below 6 Mbps
- TPMGEnc Adds 1080p DivX Support
- NetBlender Adds AVC Encoding to Blu-ray Authoring Package
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