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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 →
New Fashion Starting Monday
The time for new fashion gear is upon us. Starting Monday, November 24, 2008, if you’re shooting near a “Federal-Aid” highway, you must wear a stylish green shiny vest. Federal-aid doesn’t just mean federal highways, but any road that receives federal money. It is probably best to assume any substantial Read More →
Lenslinger presents SchmuckAlert.com
From: Stewart “Lenslinger” Pittman Ever since orb-hurling hothead Kenny “Not the Gambler” Rogers openly assailed a cameraman for reasons known only to himself, I’ve felt compelled to issue Schmuck Alerts. What can I say? Some folks were put on this Earth to cure Polio, refine space flight, or stop global Read More →
Bron Kobold’s 50th Anniversary
We’re very proud to have Bron Kobold USA join the sponsorship ranks here at b-roll.net. We use the 400 almost every day to light our outdoor live shots, in rain, snow and wind, without any outages. I wouldn’t know what to do without our Kobold Bron lights. To celebrate their Read More →
NPPA Prepares for April Workshop
DURHAM, NC (November 13, 2008) – The annual NPPA NewsVideo Workshop (NVWS) will be held April 5 – 10, 2009, at the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma. Registration for this event is open and shoot and edit spaces as well as Read More →