Q&A: John McDougall, Producer/DP
05|20|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Shot mostly handheld with two JVC GY-HD250U HD camcorders, the movie features an impressive cast and a crazy plot about doing what it takes to become U.S. president.... »
HPVIDEO Offers New Video-Assist Briefcase
05|20|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
HPVIDEO, a maker of motion-picture production equipment, has incorporated Fast Forward Video’s board-level Recon DVR board-level digital video recorder (DVR) into its new Briefcase portable video playback system.... »
Panavision Seminar Proposes New Parameters for Selecting HD Cameras
05|20|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
When trying to select the right camera for your next project, perhaps it’s time to throw out all of the specs about pixel counts and instead look at the difference between optical sampling from the camera’s imagers (where resolution is totally determined) and its digital sampling.... »
New JPEG 2000 Conversion Software for Thomson Grass Valley Infinity Camera
05|20|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
CineForm has developed a new plug-in for a real-time post-production workflow for the Thomson Grass Valley Infinity Digital Media Camcorder that preserves the 10-bit precision of the camera’s recorded JPEG2000 files.... »
Anton/Bauer Raises the Power for Digital Cinema Production
05|07|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Anton/Bauer has expanded its line of battery power products to include the CINE-VCLX and new VCLX/2 products, which offer dual simultaneous output voltages and a high-wattage performance level suitable for digital cinema production.... »
Retrofitting CompactFlash Recording on the Camera
05|07|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
The declining price of CompactFlash storage components and sleek new product designs saw the advent at this year’s NAB of several camera-mounted tapeless recording units not possible even three years ago.... »
Q&A: Jimmy Hanks, Director/Actor/Filmmaker
04|22|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Not one to stand on ceremony, Jimmy Hanks is constantly involved in a number of projects—from small independent features to big-budget productions—and says that the new generation of compact HD cameras from Canon helps him affordably bring ideas to the screen. “There’s no reason not to use these cameras,” he said. “Instead of sitting around, people should be out shooting.”... »
New Lenses Bring Full Spectrum of HD Into View
04|22|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
It was a big year for ENG and field lenses at NAB, with some models getting lighter, some sharper and others more data intensive then ever before.... »
HD Cameras Everywhere, For Everyone
04|22|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
As of NAB 2008, we’ve reached the milestone at which cameras can now be considered high-definition without having to belabor the point. HD acquisition is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessary cost of doing business.... »
Arri Intros Entry-Level HD/DI Film Recorder
04|08|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
The Arri Group has introduced the Arrilaser HD/DI, an entry level-model film recorder for digital intermediate (DI) recording that’s initially limited to resolutions up to 2K but can be upgraded with a 4K option if needed.... »
Fast Forward Video Offers JPEG 2000 HD-SDI Recording
04|08|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
We’re starting to see more and more products supporting the emerging JPEG 2000 (J2K) compression codec. Among the latest, Fast Forward Video announced Elite HD, a camera-mounted digital video recorder (DVR) and player that supports the J2K for recording HD-SDI video signals as digital files.... »
IDX Unveils Uncompressed Wireless Camera Transmission
04|08|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
IDX, maker of battery systems and portable chargers, will show a new low-cost, high-definition version of its CAM-WAVE wireless transmission system at NAB next week that sends uncompressed signals up to 150 feet in line-of-sight shooting, or 100 feet through walls.... »
- 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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