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Great video quality on iPhone 4S
Published October 16, 2011 - No Comments
I can’t wait to get my iPhone 4S because the camera in it is fab. Apparently it is capable of 4K according to EOSHD but they use a lot of the video resolution to do camera stabilisation. Here is a video shot on it by Benjamin Dowie and there is quite a creative look in [...]
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Final cut 7 to Final cut X exchange
Published October 23, 2011 - No Comments
Exchange FCP and FCx Not sure if this was written before the add on to FCPX allowing interchange but it is worth a look anyhow for the export to resolve. The article is on FCP.co It shows how you can convert between final cut 7 and final cut X projects by going through Resolve [...]
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IBC 2011
Published September 24, 2011 - No Comments
IBC 2011, well what can I say? I can start by saying that the welcome and the efficiency of Manchester airport coupled with Easy Jet prices was a fantastic way to travel to Amsterdam. The delays through Liverpool airport security last year quite traumatised us as we missed the flight and s ...
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Red Dwarf
Published April 16, 2009 - No Comments
I was so excited to hear that they had made some more episodes of Red Dwarf and shot it on the Red Cam…I couldn’t wait to get them on Dave so I watched on crappy You tube! They have struggled a bit with the original chemistry and it is almost as if the timing is [...]
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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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ABOUT ME
Published January 19, 2012 - No Comments
Barnesy, broadcast engineer since 1979, video producer since 1995 and Yorkshireman since 1961! He can’t make up his mind and is very close to his money, use this to your advantage and gain insight into good value professional and semi professional video kit! Brian’s career started ...
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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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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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DPP Tapeless workflow seminar
Published July 21, 2011 - No Comments
It was great to get down to MediaCity today and find out where to park my car and locate Starbucks and find myself in the fantastic square outside BBC Quay House. Also to see the wonderful atrium and communication pods otherwise known as seats… Well the basics un ...
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Praise for the GH2, myths busted!
Published September 29, 2011 - No Comments
I really enjoyed this article on the GH2 by EOSHD anything that reassures me about my purchase is good but the myth busting is great. Andrew Reid has a great site and his ebooks on the GH2 are great value. http://www.eoshd.com/content/4279/how-the-gh2-is-still-top-dog-for-video-quality Whe ...
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Connectivity – When to upgrade?

Published 23/01/2012 at 19:00 - No Comments

I heard a saying once that a game changing event was when you had a change by a factor of 10. Not sure where I heard that but it seems to ring true. I had a fairly average broadband connection for a while and although I wanted to have a better one there were not [...]

GH2 gets 25P from Panasonic

Published 07/12/2011 at 20:13 - No Comments

The new update for GH2 firmware is out, goto the Panasonic site or use this link This is going to be a great basis for more quality hacks I am sure. For now I am going away from the old hacks and using the 25P at 24mbs to see what it is like. 25P at [...]

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Connectivity – When to upgrade?Published 23/01/2012 at 19:00
GH2 gets 25P from PanasonicPublished 07/12/2011 at 20:13
Broadcast Video Expo NorthPublished 20/11/2011 at 11:39
Free Automatic Duck SoftwarePublished 08/11/2011 at 20:20
Zacuto Shootout EP.3Published 31/10/2011 at 23:45
Final cut 7 to Final cut X exchangePublished 23/10/2011 at 11:49
Variable focus (after shooting) Lytro stills cameraPublished 20/10/2011 at 14:54
Great video quality on iPhone 4SPublished 16/10/2011 at 11:12

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