Mike Wilhelm

I did not see this coming. Rather, I didn’t see this coming so quickly.  OmniVision has announced a 16-Megapixel sensors that they claim are capable of capturing 4608 x 3456 at 30 fps or 4K2K (3840 x 2160) at 60 fps (!) for use in still and video cameras as well as high end mobile phones. So [...]

Our editing tools keep getting smaller and smaller! Trust us, we’re not complaining. That’s why we were so impressed with Western Digital’s new 7mm thin hard drive for Ultrabooks and other super-slim mobile workstations. This HDD comes in 320GB and 500GB varieties, meaning video producers will have tons of space to work on the road before they [...]

When you’re working with lots video, one of the major roadblock can be how much storage you have access to. This problem is compounded when working with mobile devices that often have only a few gigabytes with which to store your data. Enter the Kingston Wi-Drive 64GB. This device feels like it’s tailor made for us. It’s extremely [...]

This neat little device is a no-brainer for iPhone using video enthusiasts. For $99 you get a pocket sized projector that fits snugly flush with your phone. The Pop Video Projector will give you a 50 inch projected display, or possibly larger in a dark room. It will send a 960×540 image, so better than SD. Considering the size [...]

On May 7th Adobe released Creative Suite 6, and it’s pretty clear that their eyes are keenly focused on video production . While we’re still in the process of writing our review of the software suite, here are a few of the features we’re think video producers everywhere will be excited about. Adjustment Layers in Premiere – Here’s the [...]

Finally! A mobile phone manufacturer includes a video editing app pre-installed on the phone! LG’s Lucid will come with an app called “Video Producer” which will allow you combine clips, add styles, select background music, overlay images and text, and, our favorite, TRIM CLIPS! For years, smartphones have had the ability to crop still images naively, yet [...]

It’s an amazing time we live in where you can buy a mobile phone that’s as powerful as laptops were about five years ago. That’s exactly what we’re seeing with the HTC One X. Of course, high powered super-phones are being released all the time, but we at Videomaker want to make sure companies are being recognized specifically [...]

While live streaming from a mobile device might not necessarily be a new phenomenon, no one has implemented quite as simple a way of doing it as Color, a new mobile app developed by Lala co-founder Bill Nguyen and Verizon. The app makes streaming video footage from your mobile phone over an LTE connection extremely easy. From the demo we saw, once [...]

When we heard about Nokia’s 41MP camaera atached to their new 808 PureView phone, we were left scratching our heads. Turns out Nokia is taking the mobile photographer/videographer quite seriously. In addition to the high megapixel count, The 808 PureView features a lens designed under collaboration with Carl Zeiss. Additionally, the phone offers 4x lossless digital [...]

Tomorrow kicks off CTIA Wireless 2012 , and while this show isn’t one that Videomaker normally covers, more and more we’re seeing the video industry embracing mobile technology. It seems like many consumers would rather shoot video straight from their phones rather than mess with a dedicated camcorder. If that’s where the industry’s headed, what does it mean [...]

If you spend much time on Twitter or the blogosphere, you’ve probably noticed the extreme number of time-lapse videos that are going viral around the web. What’s the deal with their sudden popularity? I chalk it up to a number of factors. The first is that modern digital cameras can shoot time-lapse photos without a need for [...]

Guest written by Beata Dumaplin. Don’t know how to do something? Confused by the high tech lingo in your instruction manual? No problem! Nowadays, we just grab our nearest internet capable device, plug in our favorite search engine and click the ‘go’ button. You will find links to dozens of different sites, lists and columns of instructions, [...]

Today Dell is announcing it’s new line of performance workstations , and we at Videomaker were lucky enough to get a Precision T7600 in for an early look. Even before firing it up, it’s clear that this workstation was built to work. If you’re getting a Mac Pro vibe you’re not alone. The carved mesh front and rectangular [...]

If you’ve been watching for pre-NAB announcements and rumors as closely as we have, you’ve surely seen some of the big news. A couple of the biggest morsels being Sony’s NEX-FS700U , which can shoot up to 960 frames per second, and some rather cryptic invitations being sent out from Canon which contain nearly no details on what they might [...]

Each year video and film enthusiests look forward to the tech and industry news coming out of NAB. This year, those lucky enough to attend will have a chance to attend a talk by Hunger Games director Gary Ross . Among other films, Mr. Ross is known for directing Seabiscuit and Pleasantville, as well as writing the mega-hit Big. At the time [...]

Once a new editor has learned the basics of editing video, there are a handful of tools that they should learn as they advance their skills. Oftentimes simple to grasp tools get left behind in favor of more flashy effects and filters. Today I want to talk about a couple of easy tools that will improve [...]

I’ve shot video of a variety of subjects on an uncountable number of locations, and while I don’t always take every light I have with me, there’s one lighting tool that never leaves my road kit. As you’re planning a shoot, remember that before you add artificial light to a setup, you should always see [...]

On February 24th, major Hollywood motion picture, Act of Valor , was released to theaters nation wide.  While this isn’t earth shattering news on its own, it is worth noting that the film was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR . Here is a camera that anyone can buy at their neighborhood electronics store being used on a [...]

Earlier this year, Lytro unveiled a camera that lets you take a photo, then adjust the focus afterwords. The current model only shoots 1.2 megapixel still photos (1080×1080 to be precise), but Lytro CEO Ren Ng recently dubbed using the Lytro technology for video “a possibility” but noted that it would need more processing power. Considering Lytro is [...]

One of the most common questions we get from beginning video producers is “how do I get my video to be more like what I see in movies and TV?” It used to be that everyone was looking for that 24p, shallow depth of field look that film has, but with modern DSLRs that look has [...]