JamieG Analysis

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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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 released, [...]

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I have been writing about Blu-Ray a lot over the past year. More than I expected. I predicted it winning the war 8 months before hand. I predicted Microsoft would install Blu-Ray drives once HD-DVD lost.
I don’t count myself cleaver for making these predictions. Just level headed.
Now, apart from writing about [...]

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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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In Jan this year, I posted to some blogs that I expected Blu-Ray on the Xbox360 before the end of the year.  I like making predictions especially when they come true as my June post on Blu-Ray winning, and now Xbox-going Blue-ray. See this article about rumours of Blu-Ray for the Xbox.
Still, I want to [...]

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