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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 →
Al Tompkins Speaks With KUSA about Balloon Coverage
From: Al Tompkins – Poynter.org “Last week, KUSA-TV in Denver got a call from a man who sounded frantic about his “missing” 6-year-old son who he said had climbed inside a helium-filled balloon. People around the country would soon turn to the news station for local coverage of what quickly Read More →
Sony Announces New Cameras
The big news finally broke yesterday (10/20) but the rumors were flying in advance. Now you can watch the video yourself and see all the glory of the new cameras. The PMW-350 and the PMW-EX1R expand the Sony’ XDCAM EX family. “The products include Sony’s first 2/3-inch CMOS memory camcorder, Read More →
KATU Photographer Attacked Shooting WX Video
KATU photographer Bob Bullock was attacked by this man, Peter Fournier, while shooting weather video outside a school in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The entire incident was caught on tape. Bullock, the photographer was left with bruised ribs and a thousand dollars in damages to his station camera. Unless you consider Read More →
Frontline DP Talks about War Documentary with 5DmkII
From: DSLR News Shooter We told you about photojournalist Danfung Dennis shooting the Frontline documentary Obama’s War and his own online doc Battle for Hearts and Minds with the Canon 5DmkII. Now on his new blog, DSLR News Shooter, Dennis talks about his rig and method for shooting in extremely Read More →
KLAS Responds to KVBC’s Payola Complaint
From: KLAS-TV “KLAS TV Channel 8 management is preparing a filing with the Federal Communication Commission categorically denying a complaint that this station promised news coverage in exchange for advertising dollars.” From: Las Vegas Review Journal “A day after it was reported that Channel 3 filed a complaint charging that Channel Read More →
KVBC Files Payola Complaint Against 3 Other Vegas TV Stations
From: Las Vegas Review Journal It seems that Las Vegas’ Channel 3 doesn’t like to see the competition sell news stories and not disclose it. The Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned that KVBC-TV, Channel 3 filed a complaint Wednesday to the Federal Communications Commission against KVVU-TV, Channel 5, KLAS-TV, Channel Read More →