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NAB2006: My picks from the show
Written by David Tames on May 4, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Filmmaking, High Definition, Lighting
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Here are the products that stood out for me (not in any particular order) at NAB2006. The Zylight Z50 is a tiny LED lighting instument that can instantly changes from 5600K to 3200K light with the push of a button and can be programmed to to produce any color you want and you can save you...  Continue Reading...

A conversation with John Naylor, Director of Grass Valley’s Infinity Camcorder Program
Written by David Tames on April 28, 2006
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I was very impressed by many of the design decisions made by the designers of Grass Valley’s Infinity professional 2/3″ 3-CCD ENG camcorder. At the NAB2006 show I caught up with John Naylor and talked with him about the camera. Naylor is the Director of the Infinity Program, with...  Continue Reading...

A conversation with Red Digital Cinema’s Ted Schilowitz
Written by David Tames on April 27, 2006
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At NAB this week there was a lot of buzz on the show floor about the Red camera currently in development. I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Ted Schilowitz about Red. Before joining Red he was a Product Manger at AJA Video Systems and part of the team that created video capture...  Continue Reading...

How does the “little camcorder that could” compare to its larger siblings?
Written by David Tames on March 22, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, General, High Definition
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I’ve gotten lots of questions how the little Sony HVR-A1U compares to its two bigger siblings. Besides the size, weight, and slight differences in terms of image quality, here’s how the little A1U stacks up to the larger 3 CCD models currently available from Sony. Continue Reading…  Read More →

HVX200, Rockeboom, and a comparison chart
Written by David Tames on March 8, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, High Definition, Podcasting, The Media
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While I was taking the new Panasonic HVX200 out for a spin, Steve Garfield taped an interview (in retro standard definition video) with me, and the results of that appeared on Rocketboom. Lots of good comments were made on the piece, one from joe suggested they would have liked a “Consumer...  Continue Reading...

Taking the Panasonic HVX200 out for a spin, Part 3
Written by David Tames on March 6, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, High Definition
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A major feature that sets the Panasonic HVX200 apart from the rest of the prosumer HD camcorders is the decision to not use the HDV tape format. HDV squeezes HD video into a 25 Mbit/sec tape format using MPEG-2 intra-frame compression sacrificing image quality. The HDV format also creates...  Continue Reading...

The 16th Annual Pro Video Show (Boston)
Written by David Tames on March 3, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, High Definition, Video on the Web
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I just got the flyer in the mail today, which reminds me that we’re just a week away from the Camera Company’s 16th Annual Pro Video Show (March 10 & 11, 2006) to be held at the Boston Marriott Quincy at 1000 Marriott Drive, Quincy, MA (near the I-93/Route 3 and Route 128 Split),...  Continue Reading...

First Look: Panasonic AG-HVX200 DVCPro HD Camcorder
Written by David Tames on March 3, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, High Definition
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I wrote a detailed report of my first experiences with the HVX200 camcorder titled “First Look: Panasonic AG-HVX200 DVCPro HD Camcorder, Part 1” (a more orderly and polished version of my previous posts on the camera) for NEFilm this month, check it out. Some notes from my experience...  Continue Reading...

Taking the Panasonic HVX200 out for a spin, Part 2
Written by David Tames on March 2, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, High Definition
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One of the things I wanted to get a feel for regarding this camera was how it performed under existing light conditions typically encountered in documentary filmmaking, with a dynamic range that most of the time extends from black to blown-out white, exceeding the dynamic range of any camera....  Continue Reading...

Taking the Panasonic HVX200 out for a spin, Part 1
Written by David Tames on February 24, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, High Definition
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I finally got a chance to take the Panasonic HVX200 DVCPRO HD Camcorder out for a spin this morning, courtesy of the fine folks at Rule Broadcast Systems. My first impression is that it’s like using a slightly heavier and larger DVX100. The camera handles pretty much the same, and most...  Continue Reading...

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