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• IBM Produces the World's Smallest Movie

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  Mike Wilhelm - May 02nd, 2013

  

  Nanophysicists at IBM must have had some time on their hands. When they're not developing the world's smallest memory bit (consisting of only 12 atoms), they somehow found the time to throw in a few dozen more atoms to make the world's smallest stop-motion movie.

• Make Video With Wood

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  Jackson Wong - April 30th, 2013

  

  Maybe this is due to a recent drive through the Avenue of the Giants, but trees are more and more bringing me to humility. If you ever have the chance, visit Northern California's coast and see the redwoods, especially the northern-most areas where portions of forest were filmed as the Endor moon from Return of the Jedi. Aside from making great backdrops, let's focus on wood products for video.

• Mastering Depth-of-Field - Part 2

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  The basic concepts of controlling depth of field with aperture, focal length, and distance are fairly easy to grasp, and we covered those topics in part one of this series, but now it's time to dig a little deeper. In this segment, we talk about perceived depth of field, how sensor size and angle of view can affect your ability to get the depth of field you want, and using depth of field to rack focus. There's a lot of confusion surrounding these topics, but a little common sense, and of course a bit of math and science can help us break it all down.

• So that's what the timeline search box is for!

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  Greg Olson - April 29th, 2013

  

  As a long time After Effects user, I still find myself discovering new features nearly every day. Many times I'll be watching some type of training video, and while the main concept of the video is the primary reason for watching, I'm always looking out for ways to speed up my editing process.

• LUMIX DMC-G6 Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera

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  Luis Maymi - April 28th, 2013

  

  Panasonic announce the new digital single lens mirrorless LUMIX DMC-G6 camera for photo and video. Is not just an interchangeable lens camera, but also an advance digital photographic tool with attractive features.

• Steadicam Inventor Garrett Brown Honored

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  Jennifer O'Rourke - April 26th, 2013

  

  It's hard to imagine a movie today that doesn't have a scene with a camera closely following the subject and Garrett Brown is getting much deserved recognition in the National Inventor's Hall of Fame for his creation of the Steadicam.

• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Footage (Graded) Hits the Web

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  Mike Wilhelm - April 24th, 2013

  

  John Brawley, beta tester for Blackmagic Design, posted footage from the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera on this blog today. The subject of his footage looks like home video material, but the quality definitely doesn't look like what you might see from a consumer camcorder.

• Zylight Unveils Ultra-Thin F8 LED Fresnel

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  Luis Maymi - April 24th, 2013

  

  Zylight new F8 LED Fresnel is a compact lighting instrument that collapses to less than four inches thick for easy transport and storage and delivers all the performance of a traditional Fresnel lighting instrument in a much more energy efficient design.

• Hexolux Xum7 120 Watt LED Fresnel Priced just Right

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  Luis Maymi - April 24th, 2013

  

  Among the favorite products of many attendees at this year NAB show, the Hexolux Xum7 120 Watt LED is the super-high performance LED Fresnel light gaffers have been waiting for. And for a competitive price!

• Samsung NX300 2D/3D Compact System Camera

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  Luis Maymi - April 23rd, 2013

  

  Samsung NX300 is the new flagship model in the NX series delivering advanced and practical features for the professional photographer and videographer looking for a compact system camera (CSC).

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