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The Canon EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro Arrives

After Canon PR jumped the gun a bit on the release of the EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro, they have finally released the tool here in the back half of March. If you haven’t heard about the EOS … more »

Canon 5D Mark II 24p firmware upgrade video

UPATE: Canon 5D owners, you can grab the 2.0.3 2.0.4 firmware update right here: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html It took a lot of commenting and complaining from the many folks who bought a Canon 5D Mark II, but unless you live under a … more »

Shooting Digitally: New Approaches to Old Problems

If you are an indie producer, new media filmmaker, director, editor, cinematographer, post production supervisor or DIT–and you live in Los Angeles, here’s an opportunity to take a look at some “new approaches to old problems” in production and post. … more »

Cinedeck Debuts Camera-Mountable Viewing/Recording

Ever long for a cheaper, simpler, HD-SDI recording device? Charles d’Autremont has. An architecture student from way back, and one of the founders of New York branding and creative agency dbox, he cites accumulated negative experiences in the field as … more »

RED buys Ren Mar Studios in Hollywood

At an event introducing the new Epic sensor, RED executives announced that the company had purchased Ren Mar Studios, on Cahuenga in Hollywood. The name will be changed to RED Studios Hollywood. According to REDuser.net they are keeping their Orange … more »

Emerging 3D Devices: Avoiding the Format Wars

For anyone in the production and post industry, the format wars is a recurring theme.  Industry leaders addressed this very issue as it relates to emerging 3D devices at another panel on the all-day ETC (USC's Entertainment Technology Center) seminar … more »

Sony Brings AVCHD to New Pro Series

In Tokyo today at the InterBEE show, Sony unveiled a new series of tidy 1/3-inch pro camcorders, called NXCAM, which it hopes will bring the compressed benefits of AVCHD—similar quality to HDV in less space or better looking video in … more »

Dave Matthews Band in 3D on December 11

The Dave Matthews Band is coming to a theater near you on December 11—in 3D stereoscopy, thanks to InConcert3D. In the many discussions about the promise of digital cinema, enthusiasts have always pointed out that, on off hours, digital cinemas … more »

EPIC RED News: Making Sense of the Latest Announcement

Unless you were living under a rock over the weekend (or you just don’t care about the RED camera) then you probably caught wind of the October 30 announcements from RED that delivered a roadmap and pricing for the successor … more »

Another useful book: The HMC150 Book

Recently I linked to an upcoming useful book about the RED camera. Yep, that was an actual printed book with real paper pages and a printed cover! That book is not available. Hot on the heels of that camera book … more »