If you spent just a few minutes at NAB this year you would have picked up the three big themes: 8K, high dynamic range, and VR. While many are scratching their heads over who could possibly need 8K and others are struggling to notice the qualitative differences in HDR displays, anyone who’s spent a few […]
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In the past, I have reviewed several different headsets. I always cover their practical uses, and also how close they come to sounding to the studio mics I use and have reviewed in the past. So far, they have been very practical without coming close to matching the quality of the studio mics, at least […]
Shameless commercial message: I’ve developed a new iPhone app, Wi-Fi WFM. It takes the wireless feed from a Teradek Cube, Clip, or VidiU and displays its picture along with a waveform monitor, vectorscope, and/or histogram. Background: Teradek H.264 encoders take camera feeds and send them over Wi-Fi or wired links as H.264 streams. They’re used for […]
On February 22nd the International Air Transport Association adopted recommendations that lithium ion batteries be forbidden, on an interim basis, as cargo on passenger aircraft. This is big news for anyone taking camera equipment on a plane, but Anton/Bauer was quick to respond to the news with the release of an air travel discharging soliution […]
Art of the Cut takes a deep dive into what it’s like to cut a feature film in FCPX with Clayton Condit. Over 15 years ago, Condit co-founded the well-known and well-respected Minneapolis post house, Splice. His diverse editorial background includes cutting music videos for Prince. Clayton’s previous feature film experience included cutting the movie, […]
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Many years ago I wrote an article called Poor man’s color control surface. This was a time before Resolve was free, before Premiere had Lumetri, and the Color Board was just a gleam in Apple’s eye. I found that it was a quite useful to take a Kensington trackball and use its ability to drag and […]
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Ansel Adams, Industrial Light & Magic, virtual cameras, photography and a lot of imagination are the reason for this article, which seems to be about video games, but is more about the growing connection between the worlds of Cinema, Video games and Photography. While the introduction of Ansel to video games may not appear to […]
A digest of last week’s news is a selection of some of the news from week 21 from 2016 related to the worlds of photography and video, covering multiple topics, always rounded up with a reading suggestion. Magix Acquires Sony’s Vegas Pro Magix Software GmbH, a German software and app provider, acquired a majority […]
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While one may not give much credit to awards, the truth is that they still reflect a choice. But when a company as Technicolor states that a monitor offers the most accurate color possible, you probably have to believe the statement. The TIPA -Technical Image Press Association awards have seen, in my opinion, better days. […]
I recently had a long time employee, venture forth into new and exciting opportunities for herself. I began the arduous task of finding a suitable replacement. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, the position has been filled. But it reminded me of the casual and ineffective way so many potential employees offer themselves to […]
