JamieG Analysis

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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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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Over the last 6 years I have spent a lot of time in cinema bio boxes implementing digital e-cinema systems for http://www.d-cinema.com.au. This, however, has given me a great respect for traditional cinema practices. The technology and history that has gone into the evolution of the cinema projector is very interesting.
Cinema tends to capture the [...]

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Earlier today I was listening to “Digital Production Buzz“. This week’s audio podcast is defiantly a 5 star episode if you’re interested in the mind field that is the advantages and disadvantages of all the prosumer cameras and different codec’s and standards they use.
Adam Wilt was a wealth of information, and you have to concentrate [...]

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