Very Cool Gimbal for DSLRs, Smart phones, GoPros and more How about a shoulder mounted brushless gimbal for smaller cameras? The Shape company has released a series of gimbals called iSee. These are two-axis brushless gimbals for a variety of cameras. Shape is not the...
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Interactive Video Without Flash
For the longest time, Adobe's Flash was the go-to program for interactive video. It is still used by many large sites, but Flash is clearly on its way out for reasons we've explored previously. See The End of Flash: Facebook and Firefox Attack Flash. YouTube has begun...
Customize Your Video Player With Video.js
Flash is not supported in iOS or in Android devices out of the box. Google Chrome does not support it at all. While Flash can still be installed on Android devices, there are no security updates, bug fixes, or official Adobe support. So when Adobe dropped mobile...
Internal 4K Cameras Shoot 960 fps
Sony recently announced the RX10 II and the RX100 IV. Both cameras feature the same stacked 1-inch CMOS sensor as the Sony a7R II, and both have a fixed zoom lens from Zeiss. The $1300 RX10 II (below) has a Carl Zeiss 24-200mm f/2.8 Lens (35mm equivalent.) The $950...
New Leica Q Shoots 60 fps HD
A Full-Frame 24-megapixel image Optically stabilized F/1.7 fixed 28MM lens Shutter speed of 1/16000 ISO up to 50,000 No interchangeable-lens body Contrast-detect autofocus Leica Q Shoots 60 fps HD as MP4 Made in Germany The Catch: $4,250
Fear and Loathing in the Edit Bay: How to Work with an Editor
by Donald Barrett If there’s anything most inexperienced producers face with a certain level of dread, it’s the challenge of editing and finishing a show. Those who have a year or two of experience with Final Cut Pro (why would you edit on anything else?) won’t find...
Will M-DISK Last 1000 Years?
M Disks are available now at Amazon. The M-DISC is short for Millennial Disc. It is a write-once optical disc technology that's available in DVD and Blu-ray. It uses an inorganic metal oxide layer to store the data, which should have very long term stability...
A Standing Desk For Video Editing
In video much of our work is done at our computers. Everything in post production encourages us to sit. As Oscar-winning editor, Walter Murch, says "I would encourage anyone who is an editor to stand while you edit." There are some good health reasons to do so. Many...
Guide to Making Broadcast Quality Video With A Smart Phone
Making broadcast quality video with a smart phone is easier than you might think. When I was working in New York as a freelance cameraman for shows like ABC's 20/20, CBS's 60 Minutes and many more, the cameras we used in those days cost about $60,000. Today that same...
International Video Depositions with Jeffrey Menton
A video deposition is a legal document that must be created a certain way for it to stand up in court. This is a recording rather than a work of art. For instance, you can't zoom in for a close-up like you might in a documentary interview. Jeffrey Menton owns Valuable...
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