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Review: FeiyuTech AK2000C Gimbal
I have never had the need for a gimbal. So I thought. Oh yes, I have played with phone gimbals such as the fabulous little DJI OM4, but the necessity for a big boy’s pants […]
The Studio
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Review: DJI Ronin RS2 Pro Combo (Part 1)
Which is the coolest tech company on the planet? If you put your hand up and said “Apple”, I reckon you are wrong. Yes, yes, Apple make snazzy smartphones, and its computers are pretty good […]
Broadcast
New Sony FX6 Full Frame Pro Camera
FX6 combines the best of Sony’s industry-leading digital cinema technology with advanced imaging features from Alpha™ Mirrorless Cameras Sony today officially announced the FX6 camera (model ILME-FX6V), the latest addition to Sony’s Cinema Line; a […]
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Review: Flashforge Adventurer 3 3D Printer
What the hell is a review of a 3D printer doing in a magazine / website about video and filmmaking? Well Dear Readers, I beg of you to persist and read on as I do […]
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 […]
Accessories
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 […]
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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Review: Loupedeck CT
In July last year we looked at the Loupedeck + editing console and then in May this year, the latest from the Finnish company arrived, the Loupedeck CT. We liked the Loupedeck + very much […]
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New Mini-Studio Revamp
Over the last few weeks, we have been organising a rebuild of our studio-cum-office and this is the result. The “beating heart” is a Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro and feeding into it are our Panasonic […]
Camcorder Reviews
Review: Fujifilm X-T200 Mirrorless
Back in March of this year we reviewed the Fujifilm X-A7 mirrorless camera, and whilst we liked it on the whole, a couple of things for us let it down, primarily the lack of viewfinder […]
Accessories
What if you need an extra Ethernet port? There is another way!
The addition of the Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro to my desktop armoury of gadgets caused a wee bit o’ a problem. In a sort of good way. You see, although our internal network is […]
Broadcast
Interactive YouTube Game Show Quizuna Relies on ATEM Mini Pro for Live Streaming
The ATEM Mini Pro live production switcher is being used to power the recently premiered interactive talk and quiz show, “Quizuna.” The show, which is the first of its kind on YouTube in Japan, is […]
Accessories Reviews
Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro. NOT just for Vloggers…
I have been doing a lot more playing with the Blackmagic Design (BMD) ATEM Mini Pro over the last few days and continue to be awed at how much the engineers at BMD have managed […]
The Newsroom
Sony Broadcast News
Sony Broadcast sent us some releases this morning. Here they are : Sony Expands Filmmaking Versatility and Creative Freedom with VENICEand FX9 Full-frame Cameras Upgrades Sony will expand the capabilities of its digital motion picture […]
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Quick Tutorial: Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro and Facebook Live using XSplit Broadcaster
As we noted a week or so ago, live streaming via the internet using something like Facebook or YouTube is now de rigeur, and we have discovered a brilliant way of getting the best results […]
News
VEGAS Creative Software and FXhome Reinforce Partnership with Continued Development of VEGAS POST
VEGAS Creative Software (www.vegascreativesoftware.com) announced today they are reinforcing their partnership with FXhome (www.fxhome.com) with the continued development of VEGAS POST, a powerful suite of editing, VFX, compositing and imaging tools for video professionals, editors […]
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New BenQ PhotoVue monitor
BenQ Australia unveiled today PhotoVue SW321C photographer monitor, a 32-inch 4K UHD display with Paper Color Sync technology for screen-to-photo color matching. Featuring exclusive AQCOLOR technology for industry standard color performance with expertly calibrated screen […]
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Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day Concert Live Streamed
It’s a sign of the times that even something as Y-U-G-E as St Patrick’s Day couldn’t go ahead. So live streaming became the go to option, and in the US, Bosaton based Celtic punk band, […]
Camcorder Reviews
Review: Canon EOS M6 Mk 2
It’s not often these days a Canon camera passes our door, but last week Canon sent me a new EOS M6 Mk 2. Being mirrorless, the EOS M6 Mk 2 is halfway between a full […]
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Need to do videoconferencing? You need this info…
There has been a lot spoken lately about both online learning and online video conferencing. I covered learning yesterday (in terms of creating materials using video) and so today I’d like to look quickly at […]