JamieG Analysis

Yet again, the debate about which is better, film or digital, has broken out on a forum site for film owners.  Following is my input into the debate.  I wanted to post it to my blog as I feel my DJ analogy was insightful (to may anyway) so want to share it to a wide [...]

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Recently Avid has been changing the way it approaches the Video Editing side of the production industry.  Apple and Final Cut Pro has been eroding their dominance for quite some time. The recent drop in prices by avid is unprecedented.
Can Avid afford to become a footnote in the history of Editing software..
Apparently not.
Recently I hear [...]

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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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Recently Channel4/UK pulled the plug on the RED BUTTON.  Better known as the Interactive TV button.
See “Channel 4 pulls plug on red button interactive advertising”
I have been expecting this for a long time.  Hopefully we can accept this and move on.
Unfortunately there is still quite a bit of traction in this area in some parts [...]

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Red Digital Cinema recently dropped all specs on its Scarlet and Epic product range as Nikon and Canon bring out cameras of equivalent performance (Ie Canon 5D MkII).  A month later they announce a totally re-vamped vision with what one would consider to be “the dream vision” of film making equipment.  The question here is.  [...]

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