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Panasonic AG-AF100 Pricing and Delivery

Here’s a great video from FreshDV.com right from the NAB floor with a Panasonic executive giving solid info on the new AG-AF100 4/3″ camcorder.

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Panasonic AG-AF100 Video Walk Through

Take a look at the Panasonic AG-AF100 hot off the floor at NAB 2010. For best results click through and watch in HD. Oh yes, the last part of the video covers the Panasonic AG-3DA1 3D camcorder if you’re interested…

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DSLR video “The Last 3 Minutes” – brilliant teamwork

If you want to see how to produce a great short DSLR video then watch “The Last 3 Minutes” from Shane Hurlbut – Director of Photography on Terminator: Salvation. The Last 3 Minutes from Shane Hurlbut, ASC on Vimeo. Shot … Continue reading

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Interactive Multimedia 3.0

Interactive Multimedia – since the ’80s technology advances have let us experiment with mixing audio, text, moving images and interactivity to tell stories and influence markets. But the reality of interactive multimedia has been something less than promised. Now with … Continue reading

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DSLR Video Exposure

A big difference between film and video is their ability to handle overexposure and underexposure. Film shooters tend to overexpose images as you can always pull the exposure down in post and make it look the way you want. Video … Continue reading

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Why 24 Frames a Second – Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel

I started watching this interview with Stu Macshwitz expecting a technical discussion of the merits of shooting 24p digital video. What I got was a lesson about why “less is more” in film making. Read on for my perspective on this … Continue reading

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DSLR Hybrid Production – “City of Lakes”

It’s a wedding. It was filmed with five Canon 7Ds and two 5D Mark IIs. In India. For three days. A real wedding but also a film with a script and actors. I’ve never seen anything like this. You just … Continue reading

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Story telling with Film

Film making is story telling. Right? So what’s more important – the film making or the story telling? NPRs Scott Simon knows a thing or two about this subject and shares a few tips in this short video. Learning to … Continue reading

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Amazing and, yes, it’s green screen

I wrote recently about the difficulties of producing good green screen work. This short film why green screen is sometimes necessary for producing amazing sequences. Of course, it helps to have world-class 3D and compositing software and a team that … Continue reading

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Canon 5D MkII Shooting for News

From what I know the original purpose of including video with the Canon 5D Mark II was the realization that photo journalists were increasingly expected to capture video along with stills. Well, that seems to be happening. At least for … Continue reading

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