updated 10 August 2008

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August 10th, 2008: Part of a series examining the Canon VIXIA HG20 and HG21 consumer AVCHD camcorders: a look at the HG20 camcorder's exterior, and an overview of its new menu interface.

August 7th, 2008: We're taking a close look at the Canon VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory AVCHD camcorder. Austin Meyers, of Austin, Texas takes the little camera to Auditorium Shores to shoot some comparison video with it and the Canon HV30 HDV camcorder. Plenty of downloadable video clips included.

July 19th, 2008: From one of our community message board discussions, Stephen Gradin offers some useful tips and helpful hints for covering weddings and similar event videography in his guide to focus and low light shooting with the Sony HVR-Z7U.

June 30th, 2008: Charles Papert, S.O.C. takes the Steadicam Pilot for a test drive and provides an engaging three-page report as well as a sample video for your review. Continue on to read Page One and Page Two. The video clip is on Page Three.

March 1st, 2008: Josh Chesarek called nNovia directly to make sure about the NTFS support and the devices ability to capture long takes without breaking up a file. He bought the QC HD 120 and shares his thoughts about it in his review of the nNovia QuickCapture HD and Small Camera Mount.

February 27th, 2008: Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1 introduces support for Panasonic P2 cameras. This means that native ingest, editing and output of content are all possible. The Panasonic P2 Workflow Guide for Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 describes the workflow and advantages of using Adobe Premiere Pro with Panasonic P2 content.

February 2nd, 2008: Chris Soucy of Fairfield, New Zealand (a suburb of Dunedin) graciously provides us with an extensive hands-on review of the Vinten FiberTec video tripod system.

Pt. 1: System Overview --
Pt. 2: The FiberTec tripod --
Pt. 3: Spreader & Soft Case --
Pt. 4: Full System Handling --
Pt. 5: Conclusion, price and availability

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Victor From NC_ Airborne! Hello community! Here is a little about myself: I'm 27; Married have a little 11 month old boy, and one more on the way! I serve in the United States Army. I get to jump out of Airplanes and get paid for it!!! Been in for 9 years, served in Fort Hood TX (best country...I mean state in the U.S)...

Headphone monitoring not accurate? I have an interesting issue with my VX2100. When using a mono external mic and monitoring using headphones I hear a mono signal in L&R through the headphones but when the audio is captured the signal is L only. When using the same headphones but using the internal mics I get a nice stereo signal....

DVD creation with Prospect/Vegas8/DVD Architect I would like to burn some DVD's of my 24p footage from my Canon HV20. My normal workflow is to capture via HDLINK with the 3-2 pulldown removal option. I want to create a 24P DVD using vegas 8.0 and DVD architect. I currently use Prospect HD for converting into CFHD. 1. What is the best worklfow?...

Vimeo Settings Can anyone tell me the best settings to put a video on Vimeo - my clips are mostly in HD but i have some on SD - require good results but keeping the file within vimeo's limits

Audio channels volume controls in Vegas, how do I display both, left and right, audio channels volume control, now I do have both wave graphs in sound track, but the only one volume for both, I need to bring down right and bump up left channel (for example), men, I can't recall how's done, Many thanks!

Dead Pixel Fix in Post - Suggestions? Shot some pretty great footage - then discovered the dreaded dead pixel that we hadn't noticed on set. Now I'm trying to fix the dead pixel in Vegas without having to go frame by frame. There is considerable movement through the shots (both horizontal and vertical) and extremes of light and dark...

HDVSplit won't capture? I recently downloaded and installed HDVSplit since Premiere can't do scene detection with my XHA1. When I open the program and begin to do capture, it'll run a little less than a second before stopping and flashing a notice that it has stopped receiving information from the camera. At one point it...

HPX500 Image Glitch? I have had the hpx500 for about two months now and on a few occasions I have had some strange things show up on the clips. Here is an example: Untitled Document (http://www.williamreliford.com/light) Please take a look and tell me what you think it is. Is it an in-camera flaw or is it something...

1000 Posts! I'm just a few away from my 1000th post. I'd like to thank all the little people who helped me get here. *clutches trophy

Sony Hvr-hd1000u I was at a Park Shoot last Saturday and I saw one Videographer shooting with a HVRHD1000, he was kind enough to let me take a peek at the LCD Monitor, nice and clear. I asked how the camera performs indoor and he told me it works okay since he brings extra lights. Has anyone in this forum actually...

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