Hands-on HVX By Barry Braverman
At NAB 2005, Panasonic security dutifully watched over a glass case that held The Camera. Such was the level of excitement and anticipation for clearly catered to dreamers and promised do it all, a true-high-definition modestly priced camcorder capable of shooting variable frame rates at 720p and 1080i resolutions — at 4:2:2, no less. The camera offered the tantalizing prospect of a $150,000 shooting package for a mere $6,000. ...
One-man Pipeline By Michael Goldman
While most of the attention paid to James Longley's documentary film Iraq in Fragments understandably revolves around the project's political nature and critical acclaim (the film won three Sundance Film Festival awards in the Independent Film and Documentary competitions), the technical hurdles the project grappled with are also significant. Longley directed, co-edited, co-produced, scored, shot, and recorded all audio for the documentary....
By Michael Goldman
Nonlinear Acquisition By Simon Wyndham
Considering the number of years since editing systems became predominantly nonlinear, I find it fascinating that we are still using tape-based cameras and acquisition. There are, of course, very sound reasons why tape has been retained as an acquisition medium...
Shoot Review — Canon XL H1 By D. W. Leitner
Of the first crop of professionalized HDV camcorders with 1/3in. sensors, only the latest, Canon's XL H1, can claim to have been created by a lens manufacturer. This is a meaningful distinction. With fixed-lens HDV camcorders retailing for less than $5,000 ...
Apartment + Musician + Laptop + HD Camera = Music Video By Lee Rickwood
In the video production world, tales of music videos and other projects shot with ultra-low-budgets in some guy's apartment, using borrowed equipment, and edited using off-the-shelf software — aren't exactly new. Such stories might even make you might shrug your shoulders and politely stifle a yawn....
By Steve Mullen
It is a decades-old dream of many filmmakers and videographers to use a camcorder to shoot progressive (24p or 25p), high-definition video that can be...
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By Bill Miller
I'm a videographer. I've made a decent living at it for more years than I'd like to admit. And as the years go by, the job gets more and more confusing....
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