June 5, 2009 in broadcast products, editing products, film products by grace
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 [...]
May 16, 2009 in broadcast products, camera products by grace
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 [...]
April 20, 2009 in broadcast products, digital video news, editing products by guy
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 [...]
April 3, 2009 in broadcast products by grace
Edirol V-440HD 8 channel Video Mixer/ Live Switcher + Chroma keyer! The V-440HD is the first affordable HD mixer offering 4 HD inputs and 4 SD inputs and this product is simply stunning. Imagine being able to take a 1280×1024 VGA output from a computer and have a person in front of a green screen [...]
January 29, 2009 in broadcast products, location sound gear by grace
The Sennheiser EW 172 G3-G wireless instrument system brings wireless freedom to your guitar rig! Using a combination of a compact bodypack transmitter and a very reliable rackmountable receiver, the EW 172 G3-G system makes it easy to “plug in” without the hassle of onstage cable tangles. Thiis system provides easy setup a wide AF [...]
January 28, 2009 in broadcast products, camera products by grace
THE HARDWARE The Proline offers innovative, patent pending features unavailable on any other teleprompter. Its completely tool-less design offers quick setup and breakdown with any size camera. Our patent pending mirror assembly offers both height AND angle adjustment for perfect camera centering and presenter viewing angle. The mirror assembly also folds flat for fast, safe [...]
January 28, 2009 in broadcast products, location sound gear, post audio gear by grace
TASCAM’s DR-680 brings multi-channel portable recording within reach of any musician for polished live, location and surround recordings. Up to eight tracks can be recorded to solid-state SD card media at 96kHz/24-bit Broadcast WAV quality. Six mic inputs provide phantom power and 60dB of gain for great-sounding recordings with your condenser microphones. Record the six [...]
December 26, 2008 in broadcast products, camera products, cinematography, digital video news, post visuals by grace
The Marshall V-LCD70XP-HDA 7″ LCD Monitor The V-LCD70XP-HDA (also available with HDSDI or HDMI modules) is the latest addition to Marshall’s successful and popular line of portable field / camera-top monitors. These new monitors introduce a new durable and lightweight design, weighing in at only 1.3 pounds! They also feature our completely digital TFT-MegaPixel high [...]
December 23, 2008 in broadcast products, location sound gear by grace
Here is a very simple device that makes life a little easier on those days when you’d rather not be doing two things at once. It’s called the Boom Boy. It will hold any standard size boompole for hours without complaining. Your boompole is protected from scratches with the soft plastic coating while also being [...]
November 10, 2008 in broadcast, broadcast products, location sound, location sound gear by grace
For the last few years we have been searching for an inexpensive wind protection system. While we have featured the professional Sennheiser set-up in the DVeStore, the price point was out of reach for many of us. We just couldn’t justify spending $800+ on a serious package. Alas, RODE has developed a solution for us [...]
October 22, 2008 in broadcast, broadcast products, cinematography by grace
Click on the picture above to watch the movie! We want to give you the opportunity to explore the art of keying. Taking the background out and dropping in something different is a special effects technique that has been around for years. However it was not until recently that we have been able to get [...]
Tags: chromakeying, greenscreen, tutorial
August 27, 2008 in broadcast products, camera products, cinematography by grace
The V-LCD651ST is the newest addition to Marshall’s line of Super Transflective Outdoor Monitors. This 6.5″ portable field / camera-top monitor is designed specifically for outdoor applications with high ambient light. Our technology minimizes surface reflection of both outdoor and indoor light, while featuring a much wider color reproduction range than typical transflective/reflective LCDs or [...]
April 14, 2008 in broadcast, broadcast products, camera products, digital video news, film by Josh
New 20x HD Video Lens, Enhanced Image Control and Other Refinements LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 10, 2008 – Building on the success of its acclaimed XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, has introduced the new shoulder mount XL H1S and XL H1A HD camcorders, which include [...]
Tags: camcorders, Canon, HD
April 13, 2008 in broadcast products, editing products by grace
The Ikan V17 17″ LCD Monitor The new V17 monitor from ikan is an effective, overall solution for studio and field production. Boasting a 1920 x 1080 resolution, the V17 has three LED color tally light indicators (Red, Green, Amber) as well as HDMI, S-Video, composite and SD/HD component input/outputs. With the industry-standard VESA mount [...]
February 12, 2008 in broadcast products, lighting gear by grace
Flolight LED 500 The 500 LED uses 500 ultra bright, 5600K LED’s has an equivalent output of 500 watts of incandescent light yets draws just 40 watts.The 5600K daylight balanced LEDs offer full spectrum, beautifully soft light. LED lights offer significantly further “throw” than a comparable fluorescent light. This is because each of the 500 [...]
February 6, 2008 in broadcast products, camera products, lighting gear, location sound gear by grace
Manfrotto by Bogen Imaging Justin Spring Clamp with Flash Shoe This is a Bogen Justin Spring Clamp which clamps onto pipes up to 1.6″ in diameter, or stands or arms that have a 5/8 in top, or 3/8 in thread. It also features a cold flash swivel shoe for attaching a shoe-mount flash. A very [...]