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Now we have tapeless workflows, we still need tapes

March 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: cinema · Film Making · FinalCutPro · Post Production · Sony

Sony makes a decent VTR – About TIME.

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Sony is about to release a VTR that actually answers the needs of a modern Post Production House.  This has been a long time coming.  And in some ways I would like to think I had a hand in shaping its future. (see here) A number of years ago, back when the HDCAM deck was [...]

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Tags: codecs · Development · Film Making · Post Production · Sony · Standards

The little digital video camera that could.

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

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. [...]

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Tags: cinema · DCI · Film Making · Post Production · Sony

What film makers think of the internet

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

EPIC-FU recently posted a very interesting show in which it asked film makers what they think of the Internet and its effect on the film industry. FIND IT HERE I found this to be a very interesting take on some of the opinions of film makers. It is easy to see from the comments that [...]

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Tags: Film Making · Post Production