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New Details on Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camcorder
The folks at DPReview.com have uncovered new details about the Panasonic AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds camcorder. Basically, this is Panasonic’s first attempt at a merger of best of DSLR and video cameras. The lens selection and larger sensor of a DSLR in a practical video camera configuration with XLR and Read More →
YouTube Creates Newsfeed “CitizenTube”
From: Mashable It was only a matter of time. The online video behemoth that is YouTube, has decided to officially play in the news business. CitizenTube is YouTube’s video news aggregator and combs through its gigabytes of uploaded submissions to find video of the news of the day. Most of Read More →
From Snowboarder to Nature Photog
From: Gizmodo /The Creators Project Combine Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth with The Endless Summer and you get Brain Farm Digital Cinema. The brain child of Curt Morgan, a snowboarder turned cinematographer, Brain Farm pushes the boundaries of extreme-sports photography. Check out this video from “The Creators Project,” to see the Read More →
Filmmakers Produce Lesson in Capturing Moments
“Without Us, It’s Radio” A famous rallying cry of photographers here on b-roll.net. But after listening to some amazing writing on National Public Radio from shows like This American Life, Planet Money and Radiolab, I have found a lot about storytelling can be learned from the AUDIO ONLY medium. These Read More →
Shuttle Time-lapse is Lesson in Sequencing
I’m not a huge shuttle geek, but I’m definitely of the generation that watched the first shuttle launch in elementary school with great fascination. As we’re counting down to the last launch, photographers Scott Andrews, Stan Jirman and Philip Scott Andrews decided to demonstrate the process of launching a shuttle Read More →
CBS Crew “turned away” From Oil Spill by “BP Rules”
From: Huffington Post / CBS According to a CBS report last night, crews are being “turned away” from certain Louisiana oil spill locations by boats containing US Coast Guard officers. So does BP make the rules on how the media covers their spill? When CBS tried to film a beach Read More →
Is the PRO Dropping Off Final Cut?
Talk in the Apple circles have been buzzing this week – and, no it’s not a new iPhone prototype that has them excited. Rumors started yesterday via AppleInsider.com that a restructuring of the Final Cut Pro division of Apple might mean a shift from a professional product to a consumer Read More →