Category Archives: Film Making

A Film makers tool of choice. FLASH based HD recorder.

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 … Continue reading

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Shoot Film or Shoot Digital, that is the question.

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 … Continue reading

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AVCHD due this year

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 … Continue reading

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Alex Lindsay, Ok, we get it. You don’t use tapes.

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 … Continue reading

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The new face of Avid. Cheaper prices, better community.

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 … Continue reading

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