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19th Oct 2010
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Recent reviews
Impressions of the Panasonic HPX-171
Just spent most of the last week shooting with Panasonic's HPX-171. For those unfamiliar with the Panasonic camera range the HPX-171 is the European model, the equivalent of the US model, the HPX-170. This camera shoots DVCPro HD, or standard definition DVCPro, or DV to P2 card. There is no tape drive on the camera, therefore the only option is to record to card. For those want the ability to record to tape, Panasonic also offer the HVX-201A.
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Movie of the Week
The Streets of San Francisco - investigating NanoFlash
On the streets of San Francisco we test out NanoFlash. The miniature device capable of recording a full 4:2;2 color signal at bitrates much higher than any of the affordable camcorders are capable of. NanoFlash provides a small box which accepts SDI or HDMI as the video input. Recording at high bit rates the result is better, sharper 4:2:2 images, which is of much higher quality to the compressed images at 25 or 35mbps.
Latest Videos
- Craig Yanagi talks about CCD technology in the HM series of camcorders
- Craig Yanagi talks about the JVC GY-HM100
- JVC introduce the GY-HM790
- From the MacVideo Archive: Making Music Videos
- From the MacVideo Archive: War Cameraman - Claudio von Planta
- From the MacVideo archive: Sony PMW-EX1R Investigation
Interview of the Week
NanoFlash Investigation with Ben King (parts 1 and 2)
Broadcast Editor Ben King, investigates Convergent Designs NanoFlash. The aim is to see just how much difference it makes working with full 4:2:2 image processing and at higher bitrates. The NanoFlash is is a portable device which accepts video in via SDI or HDMI. It can be used to record a full broadcast signal out of affordable cameras, bypassing the image compression which these cameras natively employ.
Latest Interviews
- Interview with Bruce Sharpe - creator of PluralEyes
- From the MacVideo Archive: Walter Murch, History of Editing
- From the MacVideo Archive: Ramy Katrib - the guy who put the word 'Pro' into Final Cut Pro
- From the MacVideo archive: M dot Strange - Ultimate Independent Filmmaker
- AVID Media Composer 5: Interview with Deepraj Sandhar
Latest MVA Movies
- Dan Brockett: mics, lights and a DSLR viewfinder magnifier
- Shooting with DSRs: comments by Ned Soltz
- Dennis Radeke: Adobe Certified Expert
- RED Digital Cinema: changing the face of movie making
- The strength of AVID Media Composer: Frank Capria, Angus Mackay, Robert Russo
- Walter Murch - History of Editing (part 5)
- Walter Murch - History of Editing (part 4)
Editing
News > Old Apple QuickTime code puts IE users in harm's way
Exploit bypasses Windows' DEP, ASLR defenses, can be used in drive-by attacks
Apple's failure to clean up old code in QuickTime leaves people running Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerable to drive-by attacks, a Spanish security researcher said yesterday.
Reviews > ProDate DV, Automatic Duck
Flexible way of date and time stamping DV Footage
ProDate DV by Automatic Duck allows Final Cut Pro users to use a filter to access the date and time information recorded as metadata of a DV file.
Motion Graphics/VFX
News > Autodesk 3ds Max turns 20
One of the first affordable 3D modelling, rendering and animation systems
Twenty years ago, a program called 3D Studio DOS was released, one of the first affordable 3D modelling, rendering and animation system for the PC...
Reviews > Red Giant Software buys video plug-in range from Digital Anarchy
Acquisition adds six new products to Red Giant product-line
A look at the video plug-ins made by Digital Anarchy which have now been purchased by Red Giant. Demonstration by the man behind Digital Anarchy, Jim Tierney, who shows off the former Digital Anarchy video filters and the incredible results which can achieved.
DVD Authoring
News > US trade unions ask shareholders to vote against Michael Dell
The AFL-CIO and AFSCME point to Dell's SEC settlement and the CEO's salary
Two labour unions have asked Dell shareholders to withhold their votes for Chairman and CEO Michael Dell to remain as a director on the company's board following a $100 million accounting practices settlement the company made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Reviews > Step into Blu-ray - for less than £200
Affordable Blu-ray provides storage solution on the Mac
None of the modern Macs ship with Blu-ray writers which is incredibly frustrating for video editors/camera people, especially those shooting to tapeless formats. What we need is a reliable and affordable way to archive our media. In this report we take a Blu-ray writer, specified to work with Windows XP or Vista, and plug it into a Mac to see what happens. The results are not only surprising but inspiring. We now have that archiving solution we have been looking for.
Encoding
News > 6 reasons why Flash won't die
Heralding HTML 5 as the new web media king is premature, say analysts
Flash's days on the web could be numbered. At least that's what many industry watchers believe, especially following Apple's well-publicised refusal to allow Adobe's Flash technology to be installed on its iOS mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad.
New features include BluRay VC-1 support, improved MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding, H.264 support
As ever more video content is uploaded to the Web, the number of compression applications has exploded. With so many budget alternatives, is Squeeze still worthy of consideration?
Camera Technology
News > Canon debuts EOS 60D mid-range digital SLR
Dedicated Quick Control access button allows photographers to instantly reach the most common shooting settings
The new Canon EOS 60D offers high performance, a series of creative features, a Vari-angle LCD screen and enhanced ergonomics.
Reviews > Review : The JVC GY-HM100 Camcorder
A user tests the Final Cut friendly camcorder
First of all, let me tell you this is by no means a complete and technical review of the new JVC GY-HM100. I'm not a cinematographer, so I won't be throwing too many technical details at you guys...
