November 2008
“Is That Thing Heavy?” 2008-11-28 02:18:00
Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! We certainly did, though we had to accomodate Danny’s strict dietary guidelines:Off to Vegas in the morning! Woohoo! I’ve decided if I win the jackpot I will use the winnings to build Hartman a cathouse made ent…
Read More →“Is That Thing Heavy?” 2008-11-28 02:18:00
Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! We certainly did, though we had to accomodate Danny’s strict dietary guidelines:Off to Vegas in the morning! Woohoo! I’ve decided if I win the jackpot I will use the winnings to build Hartman a cathouse made ent…
Read More →Judge Rules Against CNN
Washington, D.C. – The Honorable Arthur J. Amchan, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a decision detailing how CNN America, Inc. (“CNN”) violated the federally protected rights of more than 250 employees at the network’s bureaus in Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. The Judge Read More →
New K-Tek Klassic Traveler Kit
K-Tek introduces the Klassic Traveler Kit. Created to meet the needs of the busy boom pole operator on the go, this convenient new kit offers the K-Tek Klassic 6-Section graphite boom pole (K-87CC), K-Mount microphone suspension (K-MT), and a slip-on Fuzzy windscreen (Z-FSO) in a single, cost-effective package. K-Tek’s new Read More →
30 Days More (before TV goes black)
Seeing that all of the crawls, ads, PSA’s and news stories are not sinking in with viewers, the US Senate voted today to give stations an extra 30 days to broadcast in analog. From TVNEWSDAY: “While there are claims that hundreds of millions of private sector dollars have been spent Read More →
Give Your EX3 a “Real” Base Plate
One of my gripes about small cameras is they don’t work with the standard quick-release plates that our larger betacams do. You have to have your own camera specific mount. Now there’s a great option – for the Sony EX3, at least. Enter VFgadgets.com, a Toronto, Canada based company that Read More →
Cameraman Found Guilty of Obstruction
Eugene Shelton, a former cameraman for WCTI Channel 12, in Greenville-New Bern, NC, was found guilty recently of obstruction. According to reports, Shelton sent text messages to a nightclub manager warning of a police raid back in May 2008. The cameraman was present at a press briefing announcing the plans Read More →