P2 is the MOST SECURE…
For example, this is a quote by a Panny rep on a video mailing list:
Focus’ FS-5 looks good!
Now, six months after I compared the FS-4 to a glorious Archos portable video recorder, Focus Enhancements showed off their forthcoming FS-5 which addresses many of the issues I brought up. Read More… Is HD the Holy Grail?
The Sounds of Inevatibility.
As I was unable to attend NAB in person, I read the same news as everyone else and there are clearly a few trends that it pays to notice because they will have a dramatic affect on production in the future. Whether or not you want to go this route, the sounds of inevitability are becoming louder. Read More… FCP / QT still export bug.
Thankfully, Adam has a simple workaround, which you can find on his Blog post here. Incredible Sony Z7 information!
So without further hesitation, here’s the Sony HVR-Z7 as you’ve not yet seen it (in English): Read More… Movie Magic = free extras.
But it shows how anyone’s imagination can make things happen. No longer are high-end production tools restricted from anyone. Illuminating Laptops - still the missing feature.
Sony HVR-Z7U / S270 lens issue?
Do you have one of the new camcorders? Super Hi-Vision makes HDTV look like…
Never mind that the human eye actually has a hard time seeing the difference between 1080p and 720p at the normal home viewing distances from today’s screens. Never mind that 4k from camera to screen isn’t yet a reality, even in theatres. Somehow, they see the need to replace our 2 megapixel images with 33 megapixel images. |
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It really bothers me when corporate marketing drones get so caught up in their own chest-thumping that they fail to recognize the 
I have pointed out how outdated Focus Enhancements FireStore line of recorders had become over the years. Initially, revolutionary, they had become quite dated and wickedly expensive for the technology you received. 
Today, video producers are forced to handle more variables than ever before. They are tasked with making their productions look great on any screen on which people may see it—from HD screens and home TVs to continual demand for SD video DVDs, to the need to make the same video available on the web or PMP at a much lower resolution. What’s the best way to produce for today’s mixed media and tomorrow’s needs? 
Adam Wilt has uncovered an error in Final Cut Pro’s still image export to still image routine- it fails to properly render applied filters before exporting the frame you want. The filters were used to correct for the fact that it also fails to properly “round-down” YUV video that goes over 100 IRE when exporting still images. It clips the whites. Yea, it’s about as dumb as the fact that FCP has to “render” MP3 audio dropped in the timeline, yet fails to do it correctly and you get garbled audio. Isn’t the point of “rendering” to make it work in FCP?
You may just want to learn French to really understand (correctly) all the information on this site. I’ve included a little bit of it here, and did my best to straighten out the rough automated translation– but all of this is just one section, of FOUR. 
Kevin Kelly of Conceptual Trends and Current Topics has an interesting writup and some great video of how four guys, a car full of props and gear, and a boatload of post-production time, can recreate the Normandy Invasion of WWII. All it takes is a lot of creativity, patience, and running. Lots of running, climbing, and, well, falling down. 
An interesting image on 
Marshall Levy, who wrote our 
For reasons that really are difficult to fathom, Japanese Broadcaster NHK has