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Blackmagic Design has not only been busy this year making excellent cameras but also updating their production hardware and software. Among the updates were the DaVinci Resolve 10. It now has a new tool set for sound sync. Resolve Live offers many new features including grading live from the camera. You can add as many nodes and color corrections as
These days a smartphone may still not be the same as a digital camera, especially an SLR, but they are certainly not bad ways to snap an image while on the go. In fact, the devices even have tripods specially built for them so you can grab steady images, as well as time-lapse and more. Now, at this week's NAB
BlackMagic is introducing a lot of great products in 2013 including Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Blackmagic Production Camera 4K DaVinci Resolve 10 ATEM Production Studio 4K Blackmagic Audio Monitor SmartScope Duo ATEM Studio Converter 2 DeckLink Mini Recorder and DeckLink Mini Monitor Blackmagic MultiDock New low prices for the Universal Videohub Family. The two products that has me looking at
Those of you who have been using VUDU to watch movies may have received a rather scary email recently. No, the company didn't get hacked. Instead, what happened was a physical break-in to their offices. Whoever did it walked away with multiple hard drives that contained important data such as customer names, encrypted passwords, addresses, and phone numbers. In other
The Tiffen Company has some brand new accessories that will open up creative possibilities for image makers who are doing an interview, shooting a video podcast for a client, and more. Two brand new Lowel SlimLight Kits are now shipping. They are portable, flexible, and excellent for small shoots. Each kit comes with a 200W Rifa eX 44, which is
Anyone who is interested in working with videos or professional still photography has heard of Red Digital Cinema. When the Red camera was first announced many “experts” said it was vapor ware or a scam. History has proven that this was far from true. Movies such as Thor: The Dark World and series such as House of Cards were made
One of the growing trends among the online video services including YouTube and Ustream is to offer pro services. During NAB Ustream is introducing some additions to their Pro Broadcasting service Ustream Cloud Platform including: live playlist hd–enabled web broadcasting console video on demand upload new player technology live close caption The Ustream’s Pro Broadcasting service also now includes a
Atomos, creator of the field recorders Ninja-2 and Samurai, and the Connect converters, announced Ninja-2 support for many new DSLR cameras today at the National Association of Broadcasters show. According to the company, "Our close relationships with major camera manufacturers means that at NAB this year we have over 20 different cameras on our booth working with our field recorders,"
As an over-the-road truck driver, I've been playing around with GPS various devices and mapping software for several years. Maps and GPS's have radically improved over the years. Does the perfect GPS exist? Not yet. So what is the solution? The solution I'm currently using is multiple GPS's running at once. "Isn't that a bit extreme?" you ask. Not really.
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