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Joby GroillaPod 5K tripod.

Shooting Low With a Tabletop Tripod February 27th 2018 - 01:00 PM

As cameras have gotten smaller, so have the support accessories that allow them to be used creatively in production shoots. One interesting area is tabletop tripods, which are very light in weight but can often support fairly robust cameras.

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JEDEC Announces UFS 3.0 Flash Storage Standards, Allowing 8K Video on Portable Devices February 22nd 2018 - 09:00 AM

JEDEC, the standards group for the microelectronics industry, has announced the UFS 3.0 flash storage standard, which allows speeds of 2.9 GB/s and lower power consumption. It paves the way for 8K video on smartphones.

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Today’s broadcast and cine batteries are compact and powerful, allowing them to meet the combined load of both camera and accessories.

Video Batteries - Keys to Top Performance February 16th 2018 - 01:00 PM

As any photographer or camera assistant will confess, a dead or dying battery during production quickly becomes a crisis. To avoid the predicament and maintain top performance from your kit of batteries here are some tips.

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Elon Musk had a big idea. Nikola Tesla had a bigger idea.

What Does Dynamic Charging Mean for Broadcast Engineers? February 15th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla roadster was recently launched on an interplanetary space trip, complete with a multi-camera, ride-along, streaming-live-from-space view on YouTube. Some say it’s the longest and most expensive automobile commercial ever made. Others see it as a bizarre marketing gimmick. Either way, it put the Tesla name and brand back in the public spotlight.

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View of the lighting grid in the big TC1 studio at BBC Studioworks TV Centre

Inside TV Centre Where Wireless Intercom, AoIP And MADI Coexist January 19th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The opening of the rebuilt and refurbished Television Centre in west London was one of the most anticipated broadcast installation events of 2017. Five years on from being closed after the site was sold by the BBC, a smaller studios complex is now in operation. The facility is equipped with a 4k IP video infrastructure, while the audio side features Studer mixing consoles and the first installation of the new Riedel DECT-based wireless intercom running on an AES67 network.

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Lower-cost camera and support technology makes capturing good video easier than ever. But don

Welcome New Low-Budget Videographers January 5th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Because of the the holiday season, a lot of young people now have new video gear and may be anxious to try out their video production skills. The good news is today’s technology can provide great images at a lower cost than ever. An important, less technical, skill is for the director to bring organizational skill to the shoot.

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Sanken COS-1 Lav Mic.

Lavalier Microphones Keep Getting Smaller and Better December 13th 2017 - 01:50 PM

Nearly 50 years ago — 1969 to be exact — Sony introduced the ECM-50, a tiny peanut-sized electret condenser lavalier microphone that virtually ended the reign of large, cumbersome microphones used in television broadcasting. Since then, the scope, quality and price of lavalier microphones has dramatically expanded. Here’s a look at what’s available now.

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The bean-bag tripod is a stable in most camera person

The Changing Face of Camera Tripods December 13th 2017 - 09:00 AM

As long as there have been cameras, there have been tripods. In it’s basic form, a tripod is camera support. But, as cameras have gotten tinier in size over the past few years, tripods have morphed into new devices that would have not been recognized only a decade ago.

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