REVIEW – MOCHA PRO 2019

MOCHA PRO 2019 SPLASH SCREEN

How do you make “the best” even better.  Now, I know that saying something is “the best” can be subjective, but when just about everyone on the planet agrees with you, it’s a fairly safe statement to make.  Mocha Pro (and Mocha AVX, Mocha for Adobe and Mocha OFX) is the absolute gold standard when […]

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THE ARRI ALEXA LF and Leica M0.8 Prime lenses In Nashville

Arri LF

I like to see new cameras, but more importantly, I like getting my grubby hands on them to see if I like them or not. Thanks to Nashville-based Contrast Visuals Production Company fellow camera nerds in the area were also able to give the new ARRI ALEXA LF a spin.  Arri came to the southern […]

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Burning Man seen from the sky: the photography of Will Roger

Burning Man seen from the sky: the photography of Will Roger

Scheduled for release in April 2019, Will Roger’s book of the ever-changing cityscape of Black Rock City documents the past 14 years of the temporary city for the unique festival in the Nevada desert. Drones have made it easier to discover the view from above, but the aerial photographs captured by Will Roger represent more […]

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Pictar Pro: camera grip for smartphones offers advanced video features

Pictar Pro: a new camera grip for iPhone and Android

Less than two years after introducing the Pictar One, miggo is back on Kickstarter with a new product: the Pictar Pro,  a camera grip with advanced video features, for iOS and Android smartphones. Introduced in 2016 through a Kickstarter campaign, the Pictar One was made available in 2017, with two versions: Pictar One, designed to accommodate […]

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AAC test: Does your device play this file?

AAC test: Does your device play this file? 1

Apple has suggested we change from MP3 to AAC, but many people are afraid that AAC may not be playable on all current players. So I created a bonus test episode. Many people mistakenly believe that that letter A in AAC stands for Apple. That is incorrect. The AAC acronym stands for Advanced Audio Códec, […]

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How I edited a complex feature documentary with in Adobe Premiere Pro with no crashes

How I edited a complex feature documentary with in Adobe Premiere Pro with no crashes 3

I recently completed a feature-length documentary edit using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 (12.1.2), and we had zero* crashes during the four week + edit. Was I shocked by this? Not at all. PPro is very stable for me, and I had no fears about stability when I jumped into this edit. It’s not the […]

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UltraSync BLUE: a new timecode over Bluetooth solution

UltraSync BLUE: a new timecode over Bluetooth solution

Small, light and affordable, the new UltraSync BLUE uses Bluetooth pairing to connect to a device, removing the restrictions of a wired connection when transmitting timecode. Timecode solutions for small crews are growing in importance, and after the Tentacle Sync solution presented here at ProVideo Coalition, there is another solution available this October, coming from […]

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