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Judge Rules Against CNN
Washington, D.C. – The Honorable Arthur J. Amchan, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a decision detailing how CNN America, Inc. (“CNN”) violated the federally protected rights of more than 250 employees at the network’s bureaus in Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. The Judge 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 →
RED Releases Multi-Personality Cameras
RED has unveiled Scarlet and Epic – two new camera systems that are basically high-tech lego sets that take capture amazing images. According to the release, you can build your camera piece by piece. Replace any piece of your camera down the line instead of the entire camera. Camera ‘brains’ Read More →