updated 01 Mar 2008

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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

Earlier: The hardest working man in show business -- Charles Papert, S.O.C. -- tries on the Steadicam Merlin Vest and Arm and takes it for a spin. Recently he also examined the Fishbone XTR 700 Stabilizer. Pete Bauer takes the affordable, dimmable iKan S400D fluorescent light fixture for a test drive and puts it through the paces. Scott Anderson offers some useful Tips for Attending the NAB trade show, which is coming up very soon in April.

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Recommended Compact Flash Cards After considerable research, we can now recommend the following Compact Flash (CF) cards for Flash XDR: Transcend 32GB 133X - Data-rates up to 100 Mbps Transcend 16GB 300X - Data-rates > 100 Mbps The 32GB card is widely available for around US $150 to $165, while the 16GB card is just starting to...

Carl Zeiss Lens Can some one please explain to me what the following numbers mean on the side of my lens? 1,8 / 5,4 - 54 Thanks.

Cavision Shoulder Mount - too far to the side http://www.cavision.com/rods/RS1580S-SPE.jpg Is it possible on this Cavision shoulder mount to shift it so that the shoulder arc is directly behind the rails rather than to the side of it? I don't want the camera like... in my chest, I want the camera above my shoulder, that's the whole point. I'd...

Tripod Isolation from Ground Vibration I shoot train movements close to trackside and notice image "instability" when I'm taping near rough track. Obviously this is vibration passed to the camera through the tripod so I'm looking for some way to isolate the tripod from the ground while maintaining stability. Is using one of those...

New to sound looking for a good basic set up Hi, thanks for any advice well in advance. I'm looking to have a nice quality set up for diagetic sound, tell me if this sounds ok. Having an NTG-1 Mic go into a soundlab mixer and then from that straight into the camera.

How you know you've been editing too long Well, I'm onto hour 42 of my finals week as a sophomore college student. Last night I pulled a 18 hour editing session to get a film ready for a history class. Tonight's project was a research paper for my mass media class. So you can imagine that I'd be a little tired. Anyways, I was just in MS...

Alone in - part two Hello everyone...A short film full of mystery http://www.vimeo.com/1024429

Buying abroad I am going to the States in a few weeks time and I was planning on buying a Canon XL2. I was just wondering whether there were any compatibility issues considering that I live in the UK? Is the XL2 the same wherever you buy it in the world? Thanks!

Pseudo-Multicam - Does anyone do this? I was shooting a performance for a friend and this "really great" idea popped into my head. I shot the whole thing in HDV with a Canon XHA1, and not having any other cameras, I wondered if i could produce a mulitcam look, so I layered two tracks in FCP, then zoomed one to 200%. Cut between them and...

Wiring mic...elementary help needed :-( I mentioned this on another thread but I've had no response to my last post so will try a new thread... I have a Rode ntg2 which I want to run to an iriver, and also to my cameras. I'm doing something wrong with my connections as I can't get it to go connected to an iriver. Dumb I know... Could...

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