Category: Education

Atomos Samurai Compared to Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle 2
February 17, 2012Posted by csandy

Today Blackmagic Design released a public beta, which enhances the DNxHD capabilities of the Hyperdeck Studio and Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. The two major enhancements are a Quicktime wrapper for DNxHD and the addition of embedded SDI timecode. Since it’s in beta, I won’t be updating the chart below just yet, but I will once a…

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NewTek Releases TriCaster Update with Important Streaming Enhancements
January 28, 2012Posted by csandy

Yesterday NewTek released version 4a of it’s high definition TriCaster software. This truly is a big revision and makes a lot of improvements – especially to the product’s built-in editor, SpeedEdit. The biggest gift from NewTek is the free inclusion of an AAC CODEC. For those of you who have attended one of my seminars…

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Nikon D4 Takes on Canon’s Lead in the DSLR Indy Film Market
January 28, 2012Posted by csandy

The following video gives and overview of the new Nikon D4’s video capabilities. Watch out Canon. Dslrnewsshooter video: Nikon D4 – video feature run through from Dan Chung on Vimeo.


NewTek TriCaster Audio Control Surface (ACS) to Debut at NAMM?
January 13, 2012Posted by csandy

The NewTek TriCaster has several hardware control surfaces that are all compatible with its various TriCaster offerings. There’s the massive CS850, the smaller version CS450, and the LC-11 and VM/RS-8. While they are all solid ways to get a tactile command of video switching, none of them have audio control capability. That may soon change….

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Video Features of Canon 1D X – No Competition for C300
November 3, 2011Posted by csandy

More on the Canon 1D X Video Capabilities. Unfortunately, no clean HDMI out. Really? $7000 camera and you’re worried about competing with your cheap siblings? The pregnant pause at 00:06:30 or so is telling. All he had to say was one name: “Canon EOS C300”. http://vimeo.com/31175496