Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
Welcome back to our presentation of how HP’s new Intel Nehalem-based workstations compare to older workstations when rendering from Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)...
Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
A few months ago, I ran some Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) benchmarks on different computers that isolated how CS4 performed with formats ranging from DV to Red. Now that Intel’s Nehalem processor is upon us, those numbers are obsolete...
Review: Panasonic AG-HPX300 By Barry Braverman
This is not a $30,000 camera. You might want to repeat that to yourself as you consider Panasonic's latest P2 offering. At a street price of less than $10,000, the AG-HPX300 camcorder...
Sign of the Times By D.W. Leitner
I recently had a production meeting with a young cameraman who owns a Sony PMW-EX3. In the course of getting to know one other, he asked me what it was like to shoot film, which he said he’d very much like to do one day...
Review: HP Z800 By Jan Ozer
Sporting a completely redesigned case and Intel’s new Nehalem processor, the HP Z800 knocks the socks off HP’s existing workstation line...
Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the first installment for this month, I looked at Telestream’s new Episode Pro for Windows, detailing the interface, I/O, and preview function. This time out, we’ll look at encoding quality, performance, and compatibility. Let’s jump right in with Blu-ray and DVD...
Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
Telestream Episode Pro has emerged as a top performer on the Mac, and last December, Telestream released a Windows version. It’s an affordable tool that all HD producers on both platforms need to be aware of...
Shoot Expertise: Heart of a Li-ion By Barry Braverman
It's no fun anymore. Not for me anyway. Air travel is more than ever for the birds: high ticket prices, cramped seats, dreadful to non-existent food,...
Crossroads for the Arts By Eric Melin
You might have heard of Kansas City's most famous filmmaker. After brief stints at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio and the Kansas City Film Ad Company, Walt...
Dream Job: Motherhood Movement By Kristinha M. Anding
Joy Rose and Catherine Brabec met years ago when they were both pregnant, and their friendship has seen them through the thick and thin of parenting....