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Redrock Micro, the makers of many fine DSLR rigs and accessories, has come out with 7 new thingies and 5 new what-zits.  The best part about their new thingies and what-zits?  They’re cheaper.  Under $495 for most configurations, says Redrock. This is a good thing for the aspiring DSLR filmmaker who desperately wants a better [...]

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When we think DSLR videography our minds always go directly to Canon. Nikon might make some headway with their 3100, but Sony’s Alpha line is definitely a distant 3rd or 4th if you throw in Samsung and Panny. Sony hopes to fix that with their latest creations, the A580 and A560. Only there seems to [...]

Oh, it’s already been broughtin’!!!

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You may have heard of Les Stroud. He hosted the show Survivorman, where Les was the director, shooter, audio guy, sherpa and talent. Not ’cause he’s an egomaniac, but because he was literally the only person left to survive for 7 days on some “god forsaken” part of the planet. The challenges of shooting in [...]

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YouTube, a subsidiary of Google Inc. (duh), has quietly rolled out a beta web based video editor. It compiles all your uploaded videos into a bin. Allows you to add “approved” audio tracks, and lets you marry the two together…you know… aka editing. It’s by no means sophisticated, in fact, it’s down right Fischer-Price, but [...]

Finally! A network attached storage solution that promises to be easy to set up and easy to use. I have my doubts, but I’m willing to give it a try.

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Yes, as DV Magazine so eloquently put it “somebody had to be the first.” His name will be recorded into the history books as Abraham Joffe of Sydney, Australia. Panasonic loaned him a 3DA1, and gave him a less than 24 hour crash course in stereography, then callously pushed him into possibly the toughest, most [...]

Your promised utopian production scenario has crashed down around you. Learn from this.

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You already knew you can shoot movies on your iPhone 4 or Android phone. You knew you could strap a GoPro Video camera to your head, and document your POV all day long, but can your daughter shoot and edit her tea party with your EX1? Not till she’s older, or you buy some insurance [...]

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Here’s another way to write off that smartphone in your pocket as a production expense – as if you haven’t been doing that already. Our friend, Eric Emerick, shared this link with us and I have to admit, I didn’t realize that there were this many apps available for production. Hand Held Hollywood compiled the [...]