The Tapeless Two Camera Shoot
God bless external hard disk video recorders - a Christmas stocking stuffer for anybody who shoots video for a living.
Live Gospel Production: The 40th Annual Brumley Gospel Sing
Jeff Moseley has always been in entertainment. Starting off as a self-proclaimed “rock’n’ roller” in the 70’s, he began video production from a simple request, and it went on to be a life’s work.
Video Production in the Church Community: Pastor Troy McQueen
Audio: Churches all across the world have been finding uses for video to communicate their message and connect to their community.
SMAC goes to Central Asia with the JVC gz-hd40u
SMAC Editor Alexandra Lerman brings the JVC GZ-HD40U on a documentary shoot to Uzbekistan and reports back on how this is the little camera that could.
HD Event Production at the Edison Ballroom
Video: Greg was getting the video feeds from 3 Sony HD cameras, two on either side of the room, and one ceiling mounted front-of-house camera. The audio feed wsa coming in from the main audio board. He was then sending out to the house LCD displays, the projection screens, and a DataVideo HS-1000 that we were using to do a live mix, not for the in-house audience, but to create on-demand videos that we released online the day after the event.
Behringer 2442FX: Big Tube Sound
After just one use on a live streaming video broadcast from our studio and a conference production out in the field I feel it necessary to award the Behringer 2442FX an unequivocal thumbs up.
The New York City Police Department, and two Audio Technica’s
I took the Audio Technica BP4029 shotgun microphone out for a test run with the NYPD. These versatile pieces of audio gear preform surprisingly well in a variety of circumstances, and allowed me to be more concerned with the shot that I was getting rather then worrying about audio quality.
A Tale of Two Drives… (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Duo Pro Drive)
This little, lightweight two-terabyte hard drive has gained a significant amount of respect in my book. Dollar for dollar I think the Duo Pro is a great purchase and would recommend it for those in the production space seeking more storage room.
Aja Hi5 HD-SDI to HDMI Converter
Video: Aja sent the Hi5, an HD-SDI to HDMI converter, for us to review. It’s cute and cuddly and gets the job done. The name makes me think of Johny-Five, the robot from Short Circuit, an influential movie of my youth that, in part, made me the man I am today.
Editing Flip Camera Video in Final Cut Pro
I love the flip camera. I’ve been in many situations where I have a small HD camera in my backpack and the flip camera in my pocket and I still reach for the flip. However, funny stuff happens when I want to do some light editing with the flip and drag the .AVI files into Final Cut.
