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Les Baker Reviews the Kata OMB-75
From: Les Baker As professional video equipment gets smaller and smaller, it seems like we’re carrying around a lot more of it. Tapes are out, cards and disks are in. BNCs and XLRs are working in conjunction with USBs and firewires. The laptop is competing with the sat truck. Big Read More →
Film Looks at Trauma Behind the Lens
Mike Walter, a DC based reporter has covered all types of TV news stories, but the Pentagon on 9/11/01 changed the way he looked at it all. His latest work, Breaking News, Breaking Down, is a film that looks into how covering tragedy doesn’t prevent us from being affected by Read More →
Win a b-roll.net T-Shirt using Twitter
I’ve got a couple of our latest b-roll.net PERFORMANCE T-SHIRTS that I want to give away. Why not do a contest on Twitter? For a chance to win, simply follow b-roll.net on TWITTER and re-post the following “tweet.” “I follow http://b-roll.net – THE source for TV, Video, Shooting and Editing Read More →
Post Daylight Saving Help with the Golden Hour Calculator
Now that folks here in the States have switched back to Standard Time (away from Daylight Saving Time) is time to readjust your evening live shot lighting. Amanda Emily has created a beautiful interface that she’s shared with us – the b-roll.net Golden Hour Calculator. They system figures out where Read More →
Should the b-roll.net AWARDS have a OMB Category?
There has been a good debate on the b-roll.net FORUM about whether or not there should be a “One Man Band” category in the b-roll.net AWARDS. The proposed changes to the contest are as follows: 1) Change “Feature (Soft)” to “Feature” allowing hard and soft stories to enter. 2) Remove Read More →
Politico Creator to Start Local News Website in DC
From: NY Times “The creators of Politico plan to do for local news in Washington and its suburbs what they already have done for national politics, announcing on Wednesday that they will build a large, Web-based local news organization from scratch, at a time when traditional news organizations are struggling Read More →
Panasonic is Offering Trade-Up to Varicam P2
Between now and the end of the year, Panasonic is offering to take your old camera as trade-in towards a VariCam 2700 2/3″ P2HD Camera. If you turn in the right camera you can get the 2700 for $19,950 (about 1/2 the list price of $39,950.00. According to the specs: Read More →