Tweet We’ve always been a fan of JVC here at our studio, mostly because they produce affordable, quality gear with a great form factor. Having a “real” bayonet mount lens was definitely a selling factor when we purchased an HD100 several years ago.  JVC has continued improving on that design, and has moved to a [...]

Tweet If there was one thing to come away with this year from NAB it was…..3D But…if there was a second thing to come away with, it was that the broadcasting industry is eagerly embracing the iPod, iPhone and iPad.  Mobile is king nowadays. It was easy to overlook some of the most innovative products [...]

Matrox definitely won the “surprise announcement” award from this year’s NAB with its Avid partnership.

Tweet Go Pro is new to the broadcasting scene and has decided to take NAB by storm.  At NAB 2010, Go Pro decided to park themselves in the middle of the central hall and wow the passers by with their amazing footage.  Go Pro started as a consumer camera company that provided surfers, snowboarders and [...]

Connect your Mac to your monitor any which way you like.

Tweet The folks at Prompter People keep finding new ways to make teleprompters lighter and more affordable. Gone are the days of the fifty pound CRT monitor hanging off the edge of the tripod, and even the large LCD screens seem antiquated now. The iPhone prompter is a cool idea, but for those with less [...]

Tweet American made, boom pole extraordinaires, K-Tek have been a favorite of mine for years. K-Tek specializes in all things remote audio. This NAB, they’ve debuted a new device called Norbert to get them into the HD SLR world.  It features 23 shoes to hold any accessory you can imagine, in any position you can [...]

Tweet Redrock Micro is a company that knows how to stay ahead of the curve.  As innovators in the depth of field adapter market, Redrock Micro made a name for itself with the M2.  The M2 started a revolution among young film makers that has now bled over to the HD SLR market.  Redrock Micro [...]

Tweet If you’ve ever been any part of a large-scale video production, or have had the pleasure of working for a live television broadcast, you’ve definitely come in contact with a Clear Com system. Clear Com has been around since 1968, and has provided communication support for productions ranging from local television news outlets all [...]

Tweet I have been hearing about the new NXCAM camera from Sony for a little while now, and I was anxious to get a chance to try one for myself.  I am constantly getting asked about “a good camera under $8000″ and I honestly don’t know what to say most of the time.  In a [...]