Shoot Expertise: The Shooter's Toolbox

By Barry Braverman

The times are a-changing for shooters as our imaging tools are becoming increasingly varied. For specialized applications such as stop-motion and time-lapse,...




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Shoot Tools: Canon

You might not rely on camcorders employing the recently introduced AVCHD compression standard for your day-to-day work it turns up mostly in smaller-sized,...


Shoot Tools: Schneider Optics

Sony's HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270OU camcorders received kudos when they started delivering earlier this year, with features such as a trio of newly designed...


Shoot Tools: Panasonic

It caused a stir when it was shown at NAB 2008, and now Panasonic's P2-based AG-HPX170 handheld camcorder has a ship date (late September) and a final...


Test Drive: Affordable HD Formats, Part 1

If you’re considering buying a new affordable HD camcorder, you should have at least three formats in mind: tried-and-true HDV, up-and-coming AVCHD, and the ever-more-affordable DVCPRO HD. By a stroke of good fortune, I have three such camcorders in hand right now, and I thought it would be a good time to discuss their relative merits...


On the Line

When Barack Obama turned up on stage in Denver's Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to congratulate his running mate, Joe Biden,...


Shoot Review: Kino Flo VistaBeam

VistaBeam is a new design from Kino Flo that marries twin compact fluorescent tubes long, slender, U-shaped tubes like those introduced in Kino Flo's...


EX1 in China’s Quake Zone, Part 1

When the tragic Sichuan earthquake (magnitude 7.9) struck China on May 12, HBO decided to send a filmmaker to the region almost immediately in order to capture documentary footage. ...


Edit Review: e-on software Vue 6.5 Infinite

Dual-platform 3D landscape generator e-on software Vue has a long and legendary following, including some high-profile fans at Industrial Light & Magic...


Edit Review: Steinberg Nuendo 4

What shape is your business in? Has it traced the arc of the wider economy and spiraled down? Or have you taken these unsteady times as an opportunity...


Edit Review: IK Multimedia ARC

Now that mixing audio in the project studio for music recordings, television and broadcast, and corporate events has become de rigueur, smart manufacturers...


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