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Sony XDCAM HD Chosen For Seven News

  Sydney – 1 October, 2011 – Sony Australia has completed the roll out of a multi-million dollar deal with the Seven Network for the supply of Sony XDCAM cameras for the network’s electronic news gathering (ENG) operations across Australia.  The Seven partnership with Sony is part of a replacement program that encompasses all ENG cameras for the network. The deal includes a total of 60+ PDW-700 XDCAM HD422 disc...

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Sonnet Releases Express Card (for SxS) To Thunderbolt

Sonnet’s Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter expands Thunderbolt connectivity to support more than just storage systems and monitors. The Sonnet adapter adds an ExpressCard/34 2.0 slot to any computer to which it’s connected, enabling you to use a wide variety of ExpressCard/34 cards to add a wide range of interfaces and capabilities to your system. See the Sonnet site for more...

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ReFocus!

New techniques are being developed for refocusing capabilities in stills – by the look of it moving images won’t be far off either BBC Click

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16×9 Introduces PL- Mount Adapter for NEX FS-100

16×9 Introduces PL- Mount Adapter for NEX FS-100

Getting cinema lens characteristics on E-Mount cameras is now a reality with the introduction of the Cine Lens Mount adapter from 16×9 Inc for PL-mount cine lenses. The adapter works with Sony’s new E-mount NEX-FS100 camcorder that features an S35 APC-size sensor. Not to be left out, E-Mount mirrorless cameras such as dSLRs can take advantage of the Cine Lens Mount adapter. Designed from aluminum and stainless steel, the...

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FS-100 As Seen At NAB

FS-100 As Seen At NAB

Doug Jensen’s site Vortex Media is currently displaying the footage he shot for NAB on the FS-100.  There’s also details of the 2.5 hour DVD on the camera to be released soon.  

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Time (lapse) For A Break…

Time (lapse) For A Break…

Here’s a great free app for those of us that are into timlapses, and the welcome (coffee) break it provides whilst the camera does it’s stuff. Aptly named the Timelapse Helper is a simple app to help you calculate the shooting time needed (or the length of the coffee break) to create timelapse footage of a desired playback duration. Set the interval time (in seconds) between frames, the fp/s that you’d like in the...

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Let’s Collaborate

Let’s Collaborate

Out of  the ‘can you believe this?’ basket comes an iPhone app that quiet frankly,  (having to read about it twice) just amazes me. I just completed a marathon conference shoot over three days where such an app would have been  quiet handy for a few of the agenda items, LOL. CollabraCam is the world’s first multi-camera video production iPhone app with live editing and director to camera communication. As described on...

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