The Panasonic AG-HPX370 (US$11,700 list; $9,200 street price) is a 1/3″ 3-MOS shoulder-mount HD camcorder with interchangeable lenses. It records everything from 480i to 1080p in 10-bit AVC-Intra 50/100 and 8-bit DV/DVCPRO50/DVCPROHD formats, with variable frame rates in 720p. Its MOS sensors capture a true 1920×1080 image with remarkably high sensitivity and low noise; and […]
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From DAM Becomes EssentialBy Cassandra Carnes The goal of every technology investment is to streamline processes. In DAM’s case, productivity is enhanced when assets are easily located, retrieved, and formatted. Once efficiency is established, organizations can then advance towards strategic growth, taking advantage of the time and resources gained through DAM implementation. DAM touches many […]
Break Media Launching 3-D Web Video Channel | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD. Sometimes marketers come late to a trend. Sometimes they show up early, panting and desperate to write checks. Such is the case with 3-D, says Keith Richman, who is happy to help them out.* Richman’s Break Media, the dude-centric Web site […]
What are some of the key considerations in implementing digital asset management for audio resources? Jean-Christophe Kummer, managing partner, NOA Audio Solutions shares his insights With the price of digital storage dropping and succeeding generations of audio players growing obsolete, high-resolution digital storage becomes the only long-term solution for audio preservation. Digitisation has three purposes: […]
At long last, an update to my fabled IR Filter Cheat Sheet. Not every camera responds the same way to IR; make sure you have the right filter for the right job. Here it is, version 2 of the Art Adams IR Filter Cheat Sheet: Click here to download a PDF. There are two crucial […]
Here’s a fun little 2:48 video that’s been making the Twitter rounds (NSFW as there’s some language so be warned) so for those readers who aren’t on Twitter, the embed is after the jump. It’s called CINEMATOGRAPHER VS. PRODUCER, (make with the xtranormal animation website) is a fictional discussion of the lovely DSLR world we […]
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Last night I had the chance to–finally!–touch an Arri Alexa at Chater Camera’s Alexa preview party. And, being a curious sort of fellow, I decided to run some impromptu tests. IR tests are the easiest to do so I quickly did some–and in the process learned some interesting things about Alexa. I handhold an Arri […]
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The SIGGRAPH conference is a week in which groundbreaking, innovative and inspiring uses of computer graphics are celebrated. Curious about the variety of uses that are found for Cinema 4D these days, I profiled a couple of innovators whose stories fit this theme. The first of these is Peter Pan in the “threesixty° Theatre, currently […]
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Flanders Scientific is pleased to announce the release of our next major firmware version, 9.35, for the LM-0750W, LM-1760W, LM-1770W, LM-2450W, and LM-2460W. This new firmware version provides you with several new features and a few improvements to existing features. * 2 New Scopes Modes Added: Histogram and Color Histogram. As with all FSI Scopes […]
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The Pixel Farm Ltd (www.thepixelfarm.co.uk), developer of innovative image-processing systems for VFX, DI and restoration, today unveiled PFMatchit, a groundbreaking 2D/3D camera-tracking/matchmoving software package, aggressively priced for every desktop. The new product is announced as part of wider realignment of the company’s core VFX product range, including the renowned PFTrack. PFMatchit, released in response to […]
