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  Black Magic Camera Grip

  Published August 16, 2012 - No Comments

  Zacuto Rigs for the Blackmagic Camera from Steve Weiss on Vimeo. Well I am still waiting for my Black Magic Camera as there have been two delays now but it does give me a bit more time to organise the finance, think about accessories and how I will be using it! This video from Zacuto [...]

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  PORTFOLIO

  Published January 23, 2012 - No Comments

  To see some examples of the work I have been involved with as Exec Producer, Producer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor and Grader click here.

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  Magic Bullet-Plot Device and BTS video

  Published August 10, 2011 - No Comments

  I have not really used magic bullet, I think my prejudice came from the very early version that didn’t seem to give much more than other tools in Avid and Final Cut. But of course the world moves on, the film made to promote the versatility of the software is fab and as usual I [...]

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  HyperDeck Shuttle, Black Magic Design

  Published April 12, 2011 - No Comments

  Wow, some great products coming out of the Black Magic camp, released at NAB this week. Check out the web site for all the new items, I am highlighting a few of them below. A really cheap uncompressed recorder, the Hyper deck shuttle for $345 yes $345… There is a dual SSD studio reco ...

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  UKFAST round table event

  Published June 21, 2011 - No Comments

  I was invited to a UKFast round table event entitled Video Nation to discuss the future of online video. Although it sounds like a medieval feast with knights in shining armour and the table wasn’t round! it was in fact a great business forum where a select group is invited to discuss a ...

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  Sony PMW-200, Full HD XDCAM EX 1/2inch CMOS camcorder with 50Mb/s recording

  Published July 29, 2012 - No Comments

                        At last, for anyone wanting pictures that don’t fall apart and 1/2 inch chips to give you a little bit more creativity regarding smaller depth of field with a decent codec, enter Sony with the PMW-200. A sui ...

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  Browsers

  Published February 27, 2010 - No Comments

  We are starting to get a bewildering array of browsers now, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, Firefox and now Google Chrome! Well I use iWeb and I have been annoyed at the fact that it doesn’t seem to make pages that are consistent across browsers. I know it is only a cheap and cheerful ...

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  IBC 2009

  Published September 15, 2009 - No Comments

  Just a few reflections on what I saw in Amsterdam. There weren’t any stunning knock out products but a few things tweaked my interest as a small business owner. The two new cameras from JVC the GY-HM 100 & 700 are very good, the functionality of recording to low cost SD cards with tw ...

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  Variable focus (after shooting) Lytro stills camera

  Published October 20, 2011 - No Comments

  Well here is an interesting toy, the Lytro camera. A camera that takes stills but also stores scene depth information. The software allows you to select what is in focus after the event! Always great in the edit to have control of focus after the shot was taken eh? I wonder if you can do [ ...

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  Prepping for a 4K world – Michael Cioni

  Published May 9, 2012 - No Comments

  What a great guy and a great speaker. Off-line editing on FCP and conforming on Premiere Pro is so where I am going… He echoes my thoughts so much regarding usage of the software as tools, edit packages are no longer things you nail your colours to but tools to make programmes with. ...

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