Shoot Review: Canon XL H1S Reviewer: D. W. Leitner
Senior Contributing Editor D. W. Leitner reviews the Canon XL H1S camera, an impressive update to the user-friendly XL H1...
Documenting Wikipedia With AVC-Intra By Craig Erpelding
In today's online social media craze, few sites have garnered as big a following as Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia project started by Jimmy Wales in 2001...
Format Freedom with P2 Documentary By Michael Goldman
The steroid documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster gained attention at the Sundance Film Festival for its topical subject matter, and was eventually purchased for distribution by mogul Mark Cuban. ...
Software Field Monitors, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
As I discussed last issue, one of the coolest product categories in the HDV@Work space is software programs that provide video scopes, a large preview monitor, direct-to-disc recording capabilities (DDR), and other features. In this issue, we'll take a closer look at two products in that category. Adobe OnLocation CS3 is the grandfather of software field monitors...
Tattersall’s Latest Digital Adventure By Michael Goldman
Cinematographer David Tattersall was a logical choice to shoot the live-action chunks seen in Speed Racer for the Wachowski brothers, using Sony’s F23 digital cinema camera system, given his background shooting the second Star Wars trilogy digitally for George Lucas in recent years. ...
STAFF REPORT
Director Brandon Dickerson had seven days to shoot and post the music video promo for the upcoming Disney release The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. ...
NAB 2008 Pick Hit Awards Trevor Boyer
For the Pick Hits, our judges look for products that show significant technological innovation, while promising to have a positive, practical impact on the day-to-day professional lives of digital content producers, and the 2008 list certainly reflects that. ...
Software Field Monitors, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
One of the coolest product categories in the HDV@Work space is software programs that provide video scopes, a large preview monitor, direct-to-disc recording capabilities (DDR), and other features. In this issue, I'll introduce you to the category of products and illustrate and explain some of their benefits...
Next-Gen Indy By Michael Goldman
The long journey to bring a new chapter of the Indiana Jones saga to the big screen during the last 18 years has been well documented, but the end result...
Sony HVR-Z7U By D. W. Leitner
I use a lot of different cameras and camcorders, from Sony HDW-F900s and Panasonic Varicams on down...