Video Production Advice: Matrox MX02 Mini MAX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Video Production Advice   Today's question comes from a French Videographer who now lives in Bangkok, Thailand, who asks for advice about the Matrox MX02 Mini MAX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Video Production Question Hi Shawn, Hi…
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Video Production Advice: Sony FS100 adapters for Minolta AF Lenses

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Video Production Advice Today's question comes from a Videographer in New Zealand who wants to know which lens adapter I recommend for the Sony NEX-FS100 so he can use the Minolta lenses he already owns. Video Production Question Hi…
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Video Production Advice: ATEM 1 M/E & Sony FS100 settings

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Video Production Advice The last few questions have all come from American videographers but today's questions comes all the way from Sweden and is about the Sony FS100 HD video camera and the Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio. Video…
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Video Production Advice: Dance Recital Video Cameras

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Video Production Advice Earlier this week I was asked for advice from a videographer in Louisiana was considering upgrading from the SD Roland VR-5 video mixer to the HD Blackmagic Design ATEM 1 M/E video switcher. Only a few days later…
Sony NEX-FS700

Sony NEX-FS700 Review Pre-Release

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When I bought my pair of Sony NEX-FS100 video cameras last August I knew there were going to be trade-offs when I compared the way I shot video on the camcorders I had used over the previous ten years and my new FS100 workflow.  For starters,…
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Feature Predictions

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A Vancouver Videographer's Top 6 predictions   for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6   Last year was a good one for Adobe. Long time rival Apple and its Final Cut Pro video editing software program arguably left the professional video…
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Premiere Pro CS6 Video Editing Computer Build

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It is time to retire the "old" video editing computer that I built for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 in early 2009 (pictured below with green trim on the case). It isn't that it wasn't fast enough for my workflow but I got an offer I couldn't refuse…
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Top 5 Video Camera & Video Gear “Top Lists”

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No - that isn't a typo in my title. This post is about compiling my Top 5 list of the best video camera and video gear "Top Lists" in 2011. Now I guess I probably should have used "most noteworthy" because I'm going to point out a few selection…
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Top 5 Video Production Industry Trends 2011 – Part 5

Large Sensor Video Cameras Surpass DSLRs This is part five in a five part series listing my picks for the top five video production industry news stories for 2011. DSLRs that shoot HD video are what many video production companies adopted…
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Top 5 Video Production Industry Trends 2011 – Part 4

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External video recorders improve video recording quality This is part four in a five part series listing my picks for the top five video production industry news stories for 2011. At NAB two types of solutions to replace tape-based workflows…