JamieG Analysis

A while back I reported that we would soon see portable flash momory based, high quality recorders to strip onto an HD-SDI based camera available.
Well here is a great first attempt at this technology..
From http://www.convergent-design.com/ we have the Flash XDR (See some cool comments here)
This device makes any HD-SDI camera capable of recording better then [...]

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Lately I have been talking to a number of people involved in the production of films in Australia.  From those with some budget to those with little.  A common question I like to ask them is..
“Do you plan to shoot digital or traditional film?”
Like you would expect, those with limited budget seem always to lean [...]

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This week on “The Digital Production Buzz“, they had Rob Willox of Sony Professional product line (VTRs Hi-end Digital Cameras).  This was an interesting interview as it shows how Sony are reacting to the trend towards Tapeless Workflow.  This includes the development of solid state express card cameras and optical recording done by the EX-cam [...]

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Today I want to post some results from a test we did recently. This test shows that, if you know what your doing, you can get AMAZING images for little money. In this test we used.
1. Canon HV20 HDV video camera with HDMI out.
2. Letus 35mm adaptor.
3. Some 35mm prime lenses.
4. A computer [...]

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I have been amazed of late by the misguided trends that some noted speakers for digital media have been pushing of late.  (Namely On Digital Media and TWIM/This Week in Media my two favourite podcasts) The main trend here is. “Is online video such like Itunes HD at 720p quality good enough to make the [...]

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