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2007 SMPTE/NE Digital Production Showcase
Written by David Tames on January 18, 2007
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, High Definition, Lighting, Sound, Video Production
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The New England Chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) held its Annual Digital Production Showcase (which has become a mid-winter tradition) on Wednesday, January 17th at WCVB-TV’s studio in Needham, Massachusetts. My photos from the event are available...  Continue Reading...

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...

Sony HVR-A1U Performance in Low Light
Written by David Tames on April 12, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, Lighting
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As a follow-up to my previous writings on the HVR-A1U, here’s a series of video frames from “Boston Haunted” (a 48 Hour Film Project film I worked on this past weekend). The frames taken from the video demonstrate the good and bad of the low-light performance of the Sony HVR-A1U...  Continue Reading...

Cinematic Storytelling
Written by David Tames on July 19, 2005
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Filmmaking, Films, Lighting, Media Literacy, Sound, Writing
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One of my favorite phrases is “Cinematic Storytelling,” and imagine my delight when earlier this year Jennifer Van Sijll asked me if I’d read a new book she had just finished writing that would be published later this summer (now, actually) with the title “Cinematic...  Continue Reading...

The Camera Company Annual Pro Video Show
Written by David Tames on March 1, 2005
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, High Definition, Lighting, Photography, Sound
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Don’t miss theThe Camera Company’s Fifteenth Annual Pro Video Show coming up on Friday and Saturday March 11-12, 2005 at the Boston Marriot Quncy (Directions) near the I-93/Route 3 & Route 128 “Split”). The show features two days of seminars, workshops and exhibits...  Continue Reading...

A conversation with David Leitner about “The Technical Writer”
Written by David Tames on January 15, 2004
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, Interviews, Lighting
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Article Reprint Originally published as “This Ain’t no DV, This Ain’t no HD, This Ain’t no Fooling Around: A conversation with David Leitner about ‘The Technical Writer’” in the The New York Independent Film Monitor, Volume 8, No. 4 (January 2003). The...  Continue Reading...

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