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As major feature films captured using HD cameras proliferate, it’s interesting to take note of the nature of the decision-making process that major filmmakers have used to decide what systems, formats, and workflows to use for their particular projects....

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In this lead story for the HDV@Work newsletter, Steve Mullen examines methods of incorporating legacy SD video material into HD productions, using both hardware- and software-based methods....

AVCHD on the March 

By D.W. Leitner

Look up AVCHD in Wikipedia and you’ll learn that the Advanced Video Codec High Definition is a “new digital optical media format introduced by Sony and Panasonic...being positioned to compete with handheld video camera recording formats like MiniDV.” ...

Pondering P2’s Potential 

By Michael Goldman

During NAB, cinematographer Bob Scott gave a presentation on how he and his crew utilized Panasonic’s AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 handheld camcorder as a supplemental camera to Panasonic’s AJ-HDC27 Varicam while capturing footage for Showtime’s upcoming 2007 documentary on the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy....

Working With Legacy Video Formats: Part 1 

Steve Mullen

In an ideal world, your HD productions will be composed entirely of HD material, or widescreen film that has been transferred to HD. Since the world is not ideal, eventually you will encounter a situation where you will need to incorporate NTSC video. ...

Digital Plastic Surgery 

By Michael Goldman

From a visual effects standpoint, X-Men: The Last Stand may be the most complex X-Men film yet. In fact, visual effects supervisor John Bruno says the...

NAB 2006 

By Barry Braverman, S. D. Katz, D. W. Leitner, Steve Mullen, Dan Ochiva, Jan Ozer, and Jeff Sauer

When the final history of NAB 2006 is written, don't be surprised if it ends up sounding like the tale of the blind man and the elephant: Depending upon...

Unsung Contender 

By Barry Braverman

The advent of the Panasonic HVX200 has almost completely eclipsed the company's other HD camcorders, especially in the mid to sub-VariCam range. The AJ-HDX400...

First Person: Sony XDCAM HD Camcorder 

By Mark Falstad, director/cameraman

It sounded easy enough. Take three of Sony’s brand-new XDCAM HD PDW-F350 camcorders to Alaska to shoot a documentary on the 2006 Iditarod, The Last Great Race! First scene: four-time champion Martin Buser working his dogs one last time before the start. (Read about Falstad and other filmmakers and NAB-goers at NABlog) ...