Format Wars

By Michael Goldman

To Dean Devlin, it’s all straightforward: Episodic TV production not only should move toward all-digital production and acquisition, it must and it shall...

Input

By Cynthia Wisehart

Our reader surveys and website data tell us two things: You want information in a timely way and online, and many of you want to interact with each other--as peers and potential collaborators...

JVC GY-HM700U Review

By D.W. Leitner

Ordinarily I review cameras, not press releases. But JVC’s February press release announcing the “Compact Shoulder” GY-HM700U ProHD camcorder caught my eye in a number of ways...

Review: Apple Motion 4

by Franklin McMahon

Apple Motion 4 boasts major advances in the areas of text, camera framing, depth of field, 3D shadows and reflections, credit rolls, and link parameter options....

Sennheiser ew 500-965 G3

Capturing good audio is a matter of size. Just as you can’t cheat the light-gathering capability delivered by larger-sized lenses by using smaller ones, the best microphones still tend to employ large-diameter capsules...

CalDigit VR mini

By Dan Ochiva

With laptops having overtaken desktops as the preferred computing platform, storage gear manufacturers are following with products that you might take on the road...

Canon HJ14ex4.3B

By Dan Ochiva

If you shoot news or documentaries on a regular basis, you know the widest-angle lens you can get your hands on is crucial...

Line 6 X2 XDR959

By Dan Ochiva

Pulling good audio out of public presentations gets easier with the latest in digital capture and processing technology...

Petrol Inflatable Airline Camera Bag

By Dan Ochiva

You’ve faced the conundrum when going on location: Do you put that camcorder in a sturdy shipping container and trust that it arrives with you at your destination, or take it with you on the flight...

Lightcraft Previzion Portable

By Dan Ochva

If a production calls for lots of integrated effects, being able to see the results on location makes sense. That’s why Lightcraft thinks it has a winner with its Previzion Portable...

Open-source Web Video

By Dan Ochiva

Video is on a march to dominate web traffic. Cisco Systems estimates that by 2013, video will make up 90 percent of all Internet traffic, along with some 64 percent of mobile users...

Fade to Black: Steve Winter

By Kristinha M. Anding

When Steve Winter started filming on the slopes, the sport of skiing had very little "cool" cachet...