Using fiber optic links to interconnect RF for wireless microphones offers many benefits. Clean signals, much longer interconnect distances and easy build-out are among the advantages an RF-over-Fiber solution can bring.
You don’t have to be a TV broadcaster for long to learn that lights, cameras and call letters can be fruitcake magnets. Several times in 2015, misfits turned local TV news into national news. This dangerous trend illustrates the escalation of illegal activities interrupting the otherwise controlled chaos of live local news.
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Some who shoot RAW using a digital cinema camera claim those who shoot with a video camcorder must live with the camera’s built-in look—a look designed by engineers in Japan. They also claim when you shoot with a digital cinema camera, during color grading you are able to “design your own camera.” However, today’s camcorders provide a wealth of adjustments, which can create almost any desired “look”.
It has long been known that video drives viewers to websites. But live streaming video was often too expensive for modest news and information outlets, forcing them to rely on video content provided by other sources. Now, the cost of streaming has fallen, making it possible for virtually anyone to become a live broadcaster.
In previous articles, John Watkinson argued that the concept of static resolution has been shown not to be a useful metric for moving pictures. In short, pretending that some quality of a still image tells anything about motion is absurd, and leads to flawed ideas like high line or pixel counts that don’t actually achieve anything.
When it comes to capturing aerial shots, nothing can beat a drone flown by an experienced pilot working along side a good photographer. Newbies to the technology benefit from learning by those already up-to-speed. Read on.
With hundreds of thousands of hobbyist drones expected to arrive as gifts this holiday season, the race is on to put some kind of regulation in place to mitigate the rising number of near miss air incidents recorded this year.
Live TV field production of one-off sports events is an open invitation for surprises of all kinds. The show must go on and it’s the worst possible time for drama. It’s a good fit for passionate engineers who thrive on winning and enjoy alternating bursts of despair and adrenaline. The more adrenaline a field sports production generates, the greater the thrill. Like a magic act, the trick is keeping production secrets hidden from view.
