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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Today I came across some documents from Panasonic that cover their implementation of AVC-Intra (An I-frame only, 4:2:2 10bit at 100mbit) implementation for their P2 system. See Panasonic Technical Overview, and AVC-Intra-FAQ Scanning the net, there is mixed reviews for this technology.  I read an interesting blog post about asking why we would bother with [...]

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I was very excited that one of my Blog posts, Now we have tapeless workflows, we still need tapes was mentioned on “This Week In Media” one of the more prominent podcasts which focuses on digital media. Alex Lindsay, the main face behind the podcast has very strong opinions on this topic and voiced his [...]

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Recently Avid had a press conference announcing major changes in Avid.  See Philips Post on this here.The question that appears to be on most readers minds is. “Will this turn it around for Avid?” This is the wrong question to ask as its not really an issue to Avid.  Still these developments are all good [...]

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