What was introduced to market in 1976 and for the first time allowed the camera operator to create smooth movements while treading over uneven surfaces? Yup, you guessed it oh brilliant scholar of motion pictures. What is the steadicam? Now for the bonus round what was the original name of the steadicam?
Camera Stabilization Rig
March 15th, 2011 by Rebekah Toth BurnsRise To The Occasion
March 11th, 2011 by Rebekah Toth BurnsYou know when you’re on a shoot and you need to raise the viewpoint of a camera, like, right away and you don’t have time to set up stage risers. In this episode of Information Overdrive, we talk with founder of Spider Support Systems, Charlie Kendall, about why every camera guy needs to have a spiderpod.
Beyond Media Management
March 4th, 2011 by Rebekah Toth BurnsWorkflow, Workflow, Workflow. If your goal is to get to editing faster, check out this podcast. Rony Sebok showcases 1 Beyond Wranglers for media management on site. The Dude, Wrangler Pro and Super Wrangler offers flexible and customizable solutions for on location SD, HD and even 3D video shoots to CF cards, SxS cards, P2 cards, SD cards and the Phantom CineMag to eSATA drives, external hard drives, LTO tape or edit your video production on location.
Phantom High Speed Cameras by Vision Research
February 25th, 2011 by Rebekah Toth BurnsDo you want to watch grass grow? How about paint drying?….. Well, with the ability to shoot up to 1 million frames per second, the Phantom v710 can make both those possibilities incredibly exciting. Vision Research’s Rich Robinson breaks down the specs the on the v710 and the Phantom v640.
SxS Media Management For Macs
February 18th, 2011 by Rebekah Toth BurnsPut on your chaps and saddle-up your pony, Crews Controllers, because we’re headed to the ranch to do some Data Wrangling! This video explains a step by step process to downloading the necessary Sony drivers and plug-ins for XDCAM EX SxS media. We’ll show you how to view and transfer XDCAM
Sony Announces Handheld Large Imager Camera
November 9th, 2010 by Rebekah Toth BurnsSony unveils their answer to the DSLR revolution; the PMW-F3 is shipping in February 2011 for $16K without a lens. It has a Super 35mm imager, records to SxS cards and will shoot in both HD & SD. If you have Sony, Cooke, Fuji or Zeiss lens they will be compatible