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Cave Lighting
From: Bob Murdock WFXT-Boston Here’s a quick light tip for the DVC/PRO crowd, although I think almost anyone with state of the art gear could benefit from this. Recently I got to shoot a nat piece 300ft underground with tunnel minors (called “sand hogs”) who are digging a 17mile tunnel Read More →
Miller Sprinter Tripod
From: Kim Fatica Seems like it’s been a long time since any company has offered-up an improvement or innovation for ENG tripods. Sure, the emergence of new, lighter digital format cameras has forced the industry to streamline their heads to make them lighter. An eight-pound head is simply overkill for Read More →
Glidecam V8
From: Stephen “Cameragod” Press I’ve been flying Steadicam and Actioncam rigs for some time now. I even used the Glidecam Gold series once and it was Ok. But when I used to get asked what I thought Glidecams smaller mini cam rigs I had to say no idea. In theory Read More →
EasyRig
From: Kevin Johnson I am a young man… with an old man’s back. If he wants it back, he is more than welcome to it! Even though television cameras have become lighter over the years, heaving that 25-pound beast onto my shoulder on a daily basis gets old. My back Read More →
The Mind of Meikle
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC In a not so quiet neighborhood, in a not so ordinary house, not so far from the TV tower farm, Robert Meikle is a not so average guy. “Welcome to the laboratory!” Meikle jokes, or rather half jokes… OK, he’s really not joking Read More →
ABOVE The call of duty
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC It’s just before dawn. A breeze is blowing from the south and even though the sky is dark, you can tell the clouds are weaving a blanket high above. “It makes for an interesting sunrise,” figures Gil Hollingsworth as he snakes up the Read More →