Entries by Shawn Lam

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Sony a7S Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera, Part 2: Adapting Lenses to the E-Mount

This article was originally published on Streaming Media Producer Now that we have covered some of the important characteristics of lenses from a videographer’s perspective, we’ll discuss several of the lens-and-adapter combinations for E-Mount cameras, like the Sony a7S, that are also relevant for the Sony FS100 and FS700/R. Now that I have covered off […]

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Review: Canon XF205 Professional Camcorder

This review was originally published on Streaming Media Producer The Canon XF205 pro camcorder resembles the acclaimed XA25 consumer model introduced last year in several respects, but adds welcome features such as individual rings for iris, zoom, and focus; 2 additional channels of internal microphone recording; 1080/30P HD-SDI output in the XF205, and more. As […]

How to Develop a Viable 4K Production Workflow

This article was originally published online at Streaming Media and in the June edition of Streaming Media Magazine Since the NAB conference in April, 4K workflow options have swelled. Here’s a look at the hardware, recording media, and codecs needed to produce and stream 4K video. The disc is long dead, 3D has left the […]

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NAB Interview: Sony’s Juan Martinez on the NEX-FS700R and Latest E-Mount Lenses

This article was originally published on Streaming Media Producer Streaming Media Producer contributing editor Shawn Lam and Sony Senior Product Manager Juan Martinez convened at NAB 2014 to discuss the pending firmware upgrade for the Sony NEX-FS700R and NEX-FS700 and its implications for users of the popular Sony production cameras, as well as new developments […]

Streaming Media’s 2013-14 Gear of the Year

This article appears in its entirety on Streaming Media Producer. Rather than tempt you with the Next Big Thing, in this “Gear of the Year” feature we invited three contributing writers—and producers in their own right—to choose four products each, all released in the last year, that have proven themselves indispensable to professional online video […]