Canon has recently released new firmware for their EOS 7D. From the Canon website, it fixes the following issues: Firmware update Version 1.2.2 incorporates the following improvements and fixes: 1. Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some lenses (such as macro lenses). 2. Fixes [...]

Ok, so digital isn’t quite at the level of real film just yet.  But, it’s getting pretty darned close.  Zacuto has put together a series to demonstrate some of the new HD-DSLRs and how they stack up against some beloved 35mm film.  Their line up includes the 5D MKII, 7D, 1D, T2i, Nikon D3s, and [...]

A few quotes: “DV Kitchen, from DV Creators, costs little more than a budget video encoder, yet offers a host of professional features.” “SampleLab allows bitrate data size/quality trade-offs to be gauged quickly and accurately. It’s simple to use but incredibly useful, and therein lies its genius.” “The Bitrate Calculator is a useful, foolproof way [...]

Yep, when you see the revolutionary breakthroughs we’ve made in web video publishing, I think you’ll agree it merits a full number upgrade. We have completely redesigned and rebuilt the Publish Room so that you can: publish simple Quicktime embedded movies or whole HTML pages publish Quicktime embedded movies with default poster frame or whole [...]

Every now and then, a product comes along that we get really excited about, be it for function, cost, or innovation. This ring light is definitely one of those items! This ring light comes with a 5/8″ flexible mount. 18 inch inside diameter. 65watts of power. This product is photo/video quality fluorescent. (It produces a [...]

Final Cut Pro Foundations is the quintessential Final Cut Pro editing course, guiding users through every step of the essential editing process from organizing projects through capture, basic editing and fine-tuning to exporting the final project for delivery in the highest possible quality. Complete with student project files, Final Cut Pro Foundations is the only chunkalized Final Cut Pro training in the world!

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  Reflecmedia – Green and Blue screen Chromakey     Traditional chroma key involves a complex professional studio setup with a large blue or green screen background. Reflecmedia’s innovative range of flexible, portable, safe* and easy to use products mean that with minimal lighting and technical expertise almost any location can be used as a [...]

DVcreators 1/8″ – 1/8″ Line to Mic Cable Unbalanced 1/8″ to 1/8″ (mini)  Stereo Cable w/ built-in -50dB Mic Pad. Perfect for taking the Line level output from a portable recorder to the Mic Input of the Canon 5D and Canon 7D. Also called 3.5mm or miniplug male to male cable. Works great with the [...]

As the next major release of the leading video post-production suite, the new Final Cut Studio offers powerful new features, dramatically improved performance, and tighter integration. Its six applications give video editors all the tools they need to edit, animate, mix, grade, and deliver — at a price that’s more affordable than ever! Applications included [...]

nanoFlash from Convergent Design records video, audio and timecode from an HD-SDI stream onto CompactFlash (CF) cards, employing the high quality Sony 4:2:2 MPEG2 codec for compression. Boasting an incredible small size and super low power consumption, nanoFlash stands poised to revolutionize the broadcast video industry. The camera-mountable nanoFlash, a miniaturized version of the award [...]

Book Description On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results. How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew? How should you calibrate your [...]

The NTG-3 competes head to head with the Sennheiser MKH-416 shotgun. While the 416 has been an industry standard for years, the $1199 price has kept many aspiring filmmakers at bay. With it’s aggressively focused pickup pattern and buttery smooth sound, the NTG-3 is poised to become the go to microphone for high definition shooters. [...]

We managed to get our hands on the hot new Canon 5D Mark II camera and put it through the paces. This is an extraordinary hybrid DSLR. The 1920×1080 HD movies produced by this camera are jaw dropping. While the lack of manual controls in movie mode and the poor audio quality leave a lot [...]

The Panasonic AG-HMC40 is a camcorder designed to record in high definition on standard SecureDigital (SD) and SDHC memory cards. The camera is extremely portable and lightweight, weighing in at a little over 2 lbs! Wow. While SD-based camcorders have been gaining ground in the consumer market, the AG-HMC40 has the ability to record AVCHD [...]

Want faster HD encodes? from Guy Cochran on Vimeo. If you’re a professional content creator delivering H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile devices, you need a fast, flexible, high quality encoding workhorse. Matrox CompressHD is the first implementation of Matrox MAX technology in an amazingly affordable H.264 accelerator card. It works with DV [...]

Everyone from broadcasters to indie filmmakers can probably agree on one thing: the possible choices for image acquisition are daunting. Different cameras, different formats, different recording media and different compression schemes. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to simplify acquisition so that virtually any camera, digital or analog, could record the same [...]