After completing my degree in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas, I managed a video production studio "back in the tape days" while waiting for the digital video revolution to arrive and for the internet to become mainstream. Things started to get interesting in November of 1997 when I launched The XL1 Watchdog, my first web site dedicated to digital video technology. In January of 2001, that site morphed into DV Info Net — the Digital Video Information Network. More than fifteen years later, the longevity of DV Info Net is exceeded now only by its popularity and reputation as one of the leading technology information resources in the broadcast and professional video markets.
An interview with Adobe vendor Gary Bettan of Videoguys.com. In the second part of our Intro to CS5.5 workshop, I talk with one of the most widely recognized dealers in the NLE business, Gary Bettan of Videoguys, to get his…
An interview with Pete Bauer, our DVi forum moderator who recently upgraded to CS5.5. Our Intro to CS5.5 workshop concludes with Pete Bauer, who has authored several articles for us about Adobe Premiere Pro (his most recent one at the…
Canon Inc. shows working Ultra-High Definition concept pieces including compact 4K video cameras, an 8K broadcast UHD television lens and 2K and 4K video display monitors at their quinquennial Canon Expo 2010 event this week in New York. Canon Inc.,…
A brief overview of the new Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC80 camcorder from product manager Jan Crittenden at NAB2010. She describes a few of the differences between the new HMC80 and the previous model HMC70. https://vimeo.com/11079379 Here are the product descriptions mentioned…
Wayne Schulman of Bogen / Manfrotto provides an overview of the new Manfrotto 504HD Tripod Head and 546BK Tripod Legs at NAB2010. https://vimeo.com/11081862 Here are the product descriptions mentioned in this interview: The Manfrotto 504HD is Manfrotto’s latest video fluid…
Bruce Dorn from iDC Photo Video describes his new Pro Wheel Assembly for controlling focus on D-SLR cameras at NAB2010. https://vimeo.com/11086792
I had reported previously that Canon Inc. has shown a non-working mock-up of their next generation file-based (flash memory) professional video camcorder at the InterBEE 2009 trade show in Japan last November. This past week, on Friday 5 Feb. 2010,…
After the San Francisco SuperMeet concluded, I stuck around for awhile, lurking about like The Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave (one of my finely crafted roles, in which I’ve built up a lot of experience). When the time came to pack…
The new camera compared to an XH A1S… The glass case in which the new camera mock-up was contained made it difficult to get some decent side-by-side shots with the XH, but this will give you some idea of how…
Canon Inc. did not provide details regarding technical specifications or any other product information about the new camcorder at the InterBEE show, except to say that it would utilize a file-based recording system and would be available for purchase sometime in 2010. Even the model number was a secret; it hasn’t been disclosed either.