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A video storage solution - Voyager Q Drive Dock

Hey gang, something new here: I thought I'd try my hand at some gadget reviews. Through the South Florida Final Cut Pro Users Group, I got my hands on this new drive dock. It looks like a toaster. For small slices of bread. The NewerTech Voyager Q drive dock is a quad-interface external drive dock that takes bare SATA drives in a slot on top. It has a lever on the front, a slot on top, and a black-and-silver kitchen appliance color scheme. Just like your toaster. But unli… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on November 16, 2009 at 1:01am — No Comments

360-degree video from Immersive Media

This is too cool and had to share. Click and drag in the video to look around as it plays. MuchMTV Digital has used this eleven-lens camera for live broadcast. Way more cool demos, including some radical base jumping at Immersive Media's site. Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on November 3, 2009 at 10:23am — 1 Comment

What DOES work in online video?

Folks, some of you may have seen the Poynter piece last week "High Cost, Low Quality Plague Newspaper Video Efforts." That article, by Ken Sands, paints a gloomy picture for newspaper video - with which I don't agree. After spending a lot of time delving into our stats, I'm extremely optimistic about online video. Emphatically, our video is on a steady growth curve upwards. Here is what draws video traffic on… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on October 27, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

New Sony PMW EX1R XDCAM video camera fixes everything wrong on EX1

Sony will replace the PMW EX1 with the EX1R, which fixes everything wrong with the EX1 - Same wonderful HD image, but new viewfinder, new handgrip, new switches, new tripod socket, even a new DVCAM standard def mode that shoots in AVI files. This camera will rule the VJ world! They're also introducing the PMW350, which is a shoulder-mount 2/3" XDCAM EX camera with a standard B4 lens mount, but which is available as a kit with an EX3-style autofocus lens. It's supposed to be "… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on October 20, 2009 at 8:29am — No Comments

Canon 1D mkIV sees in the dark, does 24p & 30p video

Vincent Laforet plays in the dark with new Canon Mk4 Canon has updated the 1D Mk3 to the MkIV, essentially the same camera with a new ability to see in the dark, 1080p video, mini stereo mic jack, 16mp, 1.3x crop, better AF, high 102,400 ISO,… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on October 20, 2009 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

New Nikon D3s shoots 24fps 720p video

*UPDATED: video from camera added* New Nikon D3s camera has been announced. Sounds like an awesome still camera, so-so video. $5200 full-frame body can see in darkness at iso 102,400. Does 24fps (only) 720p motion jpeg AVI video, which will be hard to edit in Final Cut. No word on whether it's video-standard… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on October 14, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Frontline: Obama's War - a photojournalist does combat video

Danfung Dennis embedded with a Marine unit that saw heavy action in Afghanistan this July - and Frontline, one of the best quality shows on PBS, is using his 5Dmk2 footage for… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on October 6, 2009 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

When good multimedia goes bad - Denver Post 'American Soldier'

You must see this: The Denver Post's Craig Walker spent 27 months documenting Ian Fisher's enlistment in the Army and deployment to Iraq. A whole team of producers took Craig's work and made a m… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on September 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Interview Techniques

We've been having a discussion of interview techniques on the NewspaperVideo Yahoo group. By popular demand, I've collected some of the responses here. And click on this link to hear Michael Kirk talk about his interviews for the must-see PBS Frontline show "Inside the Meltdown." From Chuck Fadely: * pre-interview before hitting record * don't ask yes or no questions * ask them why * "tell me… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on September 13, 2009 at 3:24pm — 2 Comments

Cool documentary short done with Canon 7D

Perya (Town Fair) - a Canon 7D Short from Jason Magbanua on Vimeo.

Awesome short by Jason Magbanua shot with the Canon 7D. Beautiful stuff! Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on September 12, 2009 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

A close-up view of the Canon 7D

EOS 7D hands-on preview and tips from EOS Network from EOS Network on Vimeo.

Here's a total geek-out preview of all the controls and functions on Canon's new 7D, an APS-C format (1.6x crop) slr that does video at real video frame rates. From EOS-network. Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on September 5, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

A new standard newspaper video camera?

AG-HMC40 Camcorder, the latest in the AVCCam Line-up from Jan Livingston on Vimeo.

Sorry for the marketing crap, but this new Panasonic AG-HMC40 looks like a tapeless replacement for the standard newspaper video camera, the Sony HVR-A1U. It's about the same size and about the same price and offers all the advantages of video goodies, like xlr inputs, differen… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on September 5, 2009 at 11:11am — No Comments

Xmas in August: Final Cut 7, OS X Snow Leopard - but warning for XDCAM users

Executive summary of all the geek talk that follows: * Underlying Quicktime engine in OS X Snow Leopard is lots faster. * Quicktime X Player is no replacement for QTPro. Quicktime Pro still works and is hidden in your Utilities folder. * Snow Leopard feels like beta software and a bunch of stuff won't work - in particular anything using express cards, like XDCAM EX! * If you log & transfer using AVCHD cameras, buy the new Final Cut 7 asap so you can use the new Pro Res (proxy) format - it's… Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on August 29, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Added by Chuck Fadely on July 20, 2009 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Remembering Pvt. Steven Drees

Remembering Pvt. Steven Drees from Michael King on Vimeo.

Michael King from the Green Bay Press-Gazette put together a really strong video to honor a local soldier killed in Afghanistan. Good stuff. Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on July 12, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

London-based freelancer Danfung Dennis shot this powerful look at the ground campaign in Afghanistan with a Canon 5D mk2. See more of his work at http://danfungdennis.com . Oh well, I can't embed the video here but follow the link - it's worth the look. Continue

Added by Chuck Fadely on July 5, 2009 at 11:58am — No Comments

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