We utilized a few different pieces of equipment while interviewing on the NAB floor this year, but the one piece of equipment that we would not have been able to be without was definitely our stellar microphone, graciously provided by Azden Microphones. Azden makes a large variety of microphones, for a variety of cameras. From […]
Month: May 2011
Augmented reality goes beyond gimmicks
BBC News – Augmented reality goes beyond gimmicks. Augmented reality stunt: An angel moves among commuters at London Victoria Station The people at Lynx cannot help but be pleased with the success of their latest deodorant. Their new fragrance has emerged as their second-best-selling variant after just a few months on the market, thanks in […]
Lowepro Launches New Sport AW Series
Lowepro unveils an ultra-lightweight, high-performance backpack design, purpose built for adventure-sport athletes who like to go fast and light with their essentials and camera gear. (Petaluma, CA, May 1, 2011) – Lowepro, the leading brand of protective gear for photography equipment and portable electronic devices, launches its Photo Sport AW series of dual-compartment camera backpacks. […]
The Motion League launches
The Motion League launched today. It's a new website with articles and forums, and seems to be oriented toward After Effects, Cinema 4D, and design issues. “The blog features (or will feature) original articles, interviews, and tutorials; links to inspiration from around the web and beyond; and showcases great talent that doesn't normally get seen. […]
NAB 2011 – Odds ‘N’ Ends
Chromaticity plot of NorthernLights LEDs. Triangle is Sony F23’s gamut. The chart at the top of the page shows the chromaticity coordinates of the wide-gamut LEDs used in the DSC Labs NorthernLights chart at the end of this video clip. The LEDs get around the problem of making highly-saturated reflective patches and allow you to […]
NAB 2011 – Plasma Lights, and The Problem With LEDs
The Photon Beard Nova, and what’s at its heart. Here’s the coolest “new thing” in lighting I saw at the show: Photon Beard’s Nova, a focusable Fresnel-type instrument using a LEP (light-emitting plasma). It’s unlike any other lighting instrument we use—other than the sun—in that it doesn’t pass electricity directly through the light-giving element (tungsten […]
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Mike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRx
This week my friend Eric Ulbrich that I met while working on the SCCE (Single Chip Camera Evaluation) got his Epic-M. He was nice enough to invite me over to play with it on Friday, here’s some first impressions on the camera and its HDRx mode. Notes and pics follow. So my friend Eric Ulbrich […]
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After Effects A-Z: CC Blobbylize
The After Effects: Effects A-Z tip series from Motionworks continues with guest host Eran Stern on the CC Blobbylize effect that ships with After Effects. Eran has two sections in this quicktip: how to create a liquid effects and how to create an easy but realistic displacement map for text. There's not many other resources […]
NAB 2011 – SCCE Charts
SCCE test director Robert Primes, ASC. Steve Hullfish has already nicely described the Single Chip Camera Evaluation that Robert Primes, ASC organized at Zacuto’s behest. I just have a couple of comments to add, along with images of the three charts of actual numbers that emerged from the tests. “Wow, numbers!”, I hear some folks […]
