JamieG Analysis

I am happy to announce that today I am launching www.cinetechgeek.com, a VIDEO blog on the tech side of the cinema industry.  As a DCI cinema tech and developer, there is a large problem developing in that projectionists are not well informed of the changing technology in their field.  I have produced these videos  in [...]

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Recently I have been very busy installing some DCI systems in a local cinema.  During this time I have made some quick videos covering some of the technical aspects of how all this DCI Digital Cinema technology works.  I have posted these video under my YouTube channel at
http://au.youtube.com/user/jamiegau
My recent additions are about a DCI install:

And [...]

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The Red Digital Cinema tag line is “The Red Camera Makes Obsolescence Obsolete.”
As a DCI digital cinema expert and past owner of a Film and TV production studio and facility, unfortunately, this comment is a little miss-leading.
Let me explain why.
I am involved in the installation of DCI projectors within Australia.  As such, I am well [...]

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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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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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