To appreciate where we are in regards to microphones, let's review a little history.
By the late 19th century, legendary inventor Thomas Edison experimented with the idea of adding sound to moving pictures. One famous 17-second film clip shows Edison's assistant playing a violin in front of an enormous horizontal...
How Time Does Fly!
I'm thumbing through my copy of your Premiere Issue, Vol. 1, Number 1 (1986.) That same year, I became fascinated with the possibilities of producing video, and your magazine came along at exactly the right time. I gleaned all I could about formats, camcorder makers,...
NEWS and Technology - Morgan / Andrew
1. HD-DVD Toshiba
2. 50 years of Video tape Recovery
3. Boris Blue software
PROPS:
LitePanels DV Lite Kit
Vlog it! Software
If you're eager to leap into High Definition production, but prefer to limit your six figure purchases to real estate, then HDV is for you. In the same way that Mini DV revolutionized standard definition shooting, the not quite three-year-old HDV format is doing the same for Hi-Def. Affordable...
Letters from Readers
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Letters and Tips - Hands on: HC3 and Xacti camcorders
Understanding the concept of MPEG-2 and DVD authoring can be frustrating, but when you break down the terminology, you'll have better understanding of the process.
"A full body cast?!" I shrieked.
"Well," my mother replied, "you know your great aunt Edna, she always said she was going to ski jump on...
Mankind has always looked for the easy way out. Rubbing sticks together was a pain, so we found our way to matches... then Zippo lighters... then we flicked our Bics.
It's technology chasing the common task and trying to make everyone's life easier. And that brings us...
A Comparison of DV Camera Formats
"No, I didn't shoot it on DV, I shot it on DVCAM!"
A while back I heard a friend say that. I understood perfectly what he meant, but for just a moment I was tempted to respond "Hey, DVCAM is DV."
It reminded me...
