Product Review: By Stephen Schleicher

Artbeats Driving Plates

For those needing a West Coast setting there's bound to a shot that will make your project a success

Problem: Your project has a scene where two characters are driving in a car and having a discussion. You don't have the budget to tow a car around town, and you certainly don't want to risk damaging your camera by attaching it to a moving vehicle and driving on a busy street. Solution? Artbeats Driving Video! Read More

People seem to be watching so much video/entertainment content today we wonder who is working. Movies on the big screen, medium screen, small screen are playing everywhere. Studios, networks, stations, indies are working hard to give consumers what they want in every format possible. And they want to keep that content and show it to you again and again and again to make...money. In 10, 20, 30 years when the stuff resurfaces it will be gee whiz new to the audience. Simply shoving it into the cloud doesn't work because well the cloud is based in huge data centers spread around the country. If it was your content how would you preserve it, monitize it for yourself and for your future generations? The answer is out there. Read More

Featured News: By David Hague

Global television acquires 31 Sony HDC cameras

In its latest Sony equipment purchase Global Television has acquired a further 31 Sony HDC series high definition cameras, taking its Sony HD camera inventory to nearly 250 and cementing Global's industry-leading HD camera chain offer. Global's new Sony cameras will be deployed on diverse broadcasts including Big Brother 2013 for the Nine Network and NRL for Nine and Fox Sports. The agreement, which extends Global and Sony Australia's longstanding partnership, was reached at NAB 2013 and encompasses 10 HDC-2400, three HDC-2500 and 18 HDC-P1 point-of-view (POV) cameras. Read More

Product Review: By Jeremiah Hall

The Panasonic AG-HPX255 Camera and BT-LH1850 Monitor

The AG-HPX255 is a hand-held 1/3 2.2 megapixel 3-MOS camera. It uses P2 cards. It records full 1920x1080, 10-bit 4:2:2. It is also capable of being used in a studio environment, thanks to a remote terminal compatible with Panasonic's AG-EC4 Paint Box remote control. Not bad for a camera that lists at $6,995.00. The BT-LH1850 is 18.5" monitor. It has a resolution of 1366 x 768. It's big enough for multiple people to look at, while being small enough to carry around to shoots. It has a built-in vectorscope, as well as a waveform monitor for RGB signals. Read More

Product Review: By Douglas Spotted Eagle

Replay XD: "A POV Camera Designed for Professionals?"

In the earliest days of sport POV production, photographers were excited about the advent of the "lipstick camera" for its small form factor and ease of use. The camera(s) could be mounted on a wing, helmet, or other foundation, cabled to a recorder, and used for new angles in production. These bullet wonders helped create the sense of "being there." They were also horribly expensive and fragile. In modern times, we've seen the camera shrink in size, and dramatically improve in image quality. In many cases, this size-shrink inspires kludgy form factors, and this is where the Replay XD camera shines. Read More

Product Review: By David Hague

The Panasonic HC-V520M Camcorder

If you are into sports video, you know that it almost a given that you need a decent zoom to get the action (and it goes without saying, a tripod as well). In still photography terms, my experiences in motor sport suggest a 200mm is the minimum and probably a 400mm the optimal. Of course you need to allow factors such as low light and depth of field to get the best of them. Panasonic has obviously realized this in terms of the video world and released the HC-V520M, a single CMOS hi-def camcorder that will sit easily in the palm of your hand, but sports a genuine 50x optical zoom and an "intelligent" 80x Read More

Video: By GrabNetworks

Is Apple's iRadio Set to Launch Next Week?

Apple inked deals with Warner and Universal Music for its not-yet-released music streaming service, iRadio, ahead of WWDC. Read More

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