Accessories
Review: DJI Pocket 2
In the “action camera” stakes, GoPro has all but got the battle won. Forays into the skirmish by the likes of Sony – and its FDR-X300 is a damn fine little camera – and to […]
Streaming
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DJI’s Smallest Stabilized Mini 4K Camera, The DJI Pocket 2
DJI are on the march it seems. Hot on the heels of the OM4 and the just announced new Ronins, tonight we learned of the update to the brilliant little beast the DJI Pocket, to, […]
Action
Panasonic LUMIX BGH1: New Box-Style Mirrorless Cinema Camera
Panasonic has announced the release of its first box-style cinema camera, the LUMIX BGH1 Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera. According to the press release, the BGH1 offers professional moviemakers and documentary cinematographers/videographers a professional cinema […]
Action
Review: GoPro Hero 9
The term GoPro has become synonymous with the “action camera” genre in much the same way a vacuum cleaner became a “Hoover”, cling wrap became “Gladwrap” and any fast setting epoxy is “SuperGlue”. Even DJI […]
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New Loupedeck Live
Loupedeck, the makers of the amazing Loupedeck CT that we love here at Australian Videocamera has announced the Sep 29th launch of Loupedeck Live, a powerful and customizable console designed to put tools and functions […]
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Blackmagic Design ATEM wins best in class award
Good Design Australia has today announced that Melbourne-based cinema-tech company, Blackmagic Design, has won the best in class award (product design – commercial and industrial) for its ATEM Mini live switcher. The jury said, […]
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It was necessary. But by golly it’s fun. And beneficial…
I make no bones about it; this article is a blatant plug, But there is a bit of a back story to it, so please bear with me. As most know, as well as being […]
News
New version of XSplit VCam
We wrote a tutorial a little while back in using the Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro with XSplit VCam. Well, XSplit VCam has been updated to version 2.0 Here is a bullet list of the […]
Broadcast
Case Study: Sky Racing increases live video channel streams with Digistor and AWS Elemental Live encoders
Sky Racing, a world leader in multi-venue, multi-channel thoroughbred horse race broadcasting, is telecasting more than 120,000 races each year to millions of viewers in Australia and around the globe. Sky Racing has recently expanded […]
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Shooting video takes a lot of storage space. An awful lot. This is how “Mighty Car Mods” cope.
We thought here at Australian Videocamera we had a lot of storage with over 20 terabytes of footage going back 26 years or more, all stored on a multitude of drives, mostly of Seagate origin […]
News
New from Sony: Imaging Edge Webcam app.
I said a few weeks back that only a handful of months ago, webcams were almost sneered at as being somewhat “inferior” to “proper” cameras. Then the BeerVirus™ hit and now EVERYONE wants in on […]
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Tutorial: Setting Preview and switching in Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro
One really neat trick with the Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro is the ability to “play around” with your available shots / cameras before switching to live mode. Let me explain. The Blackmagic Design ATEM […]
Broadcast
MediaHub Australia celebrates 10 year anniversary with more success and more services
It is now ten years since MediaHub was launched, a milestone event that changed the Australian broadcast and media technology landscape in Australia. Initially built as a playout centre for joint venture partners ABC and […]
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Blackmagic Design Announces New ATEM Streaming Bridge
New converter decodes H.264 live stream from ATEM Mini Pro so you can connect direct to any broadcaster, anywhere in the world via the internet! Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM Streaming Bridge, a new converter […]
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Yet Another ATEM from Blackmagic Design – the Mini Pro ISO
New model adds a 5 channel recording engine to write all video inputs as separate video files for editing a live production after the event! Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM Mini Pro ISO, a new […]
Audio
‘On Air’. Alan Parsons Project maybe, hopefully? With Panasonic? Not quite.
I have always been a fan of the Alan Parsons Project with such albums as Gaudi, Tales of Mystery and Imagination and my favourites, Turn of a Friendly Card and Pyramid. Alan Parsons is known […]
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Mini Tutorial: Using ATEM Mini Pro with Media Pool for Lower 3rds etc.
One of the fantastic features of the Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro is its ability to store image files for inclusion in your broadcasts. […]
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Apparently penguin’s crap every 17 minutes. Streaming live now!
Sydney Aquarium re-opens its doors to the public with reduced capacity due to physical distancing, it is ensuring that fans don’t miss out on the action by offering ‘TANK TV’. A convenient 24-hour live stream, […]
Camcorders
Panasonic LUMIX G Update
Panasonic has announced the release of firmware update programs for the LUMIX G Series of Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Cameras; the software program “LUMIX Tether for Streaming (Beta)” for Mac; and the development of “LUMIX […]
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GoPro Hero 8 Black Now A 1080p Wide Angle Webcam
It seems to be all the rage at the moment – giving a camcorder the status of also being a webcam. Odd isn’t it; wasn’t that long ago that dedicated webcams were seen as “inferior” […]