February 27th, 2008 by Josh Chesarek - 5 comments
Update: This Article was last updated 3-26-08 to reflect changes in Windows Vista SP1. Vista no longer needs special 3rd party drivers to utilize the NNovia Unit at full speed.
NNovia QC HD
Overview
For every hour of tape you use you have to spend an equal hour to capture it, sometimes more if you log your tapes. This can make the time between shooting and editing a long gap. Enter portable capture devices. These are not new but only in recent years have they started to shrink down to the size where you can easily carry them with you, be able to capture more than an hour of footage, and have a battery life long enough to fill the hard drive.
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Tags: 120, Camera, HD, Mount, nNovia, QC, QC-HD120, Small
February 10th, 2008 by Josh Chesarek - 4 comments
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I have been asked about clear coating my printable DVDs for a while now. I never tried it and simply said, Please, don’t get your DVDs wet. It is not a good idea. But even when printable DVDs were not wet they could smear from simply being handled. I finally tried some Taiyo Yuden Water Sheild DVDs and they work great. They can be had for about $0.70 a DVD which is not too bad. The video shows a DVD that is about an hour old being put under running cold water and does not smear even when patted and rubbed with a paper towl. Very little ink came of at all on the paper towl and it did not smear on the DVD. It is worth noting that when held at certain angles you can see “strips” of clear coat unlike the usual matte finish. When casually looking the disk is nice and shiny and professional looking.
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Tags: DVDs, Sheild, Taiyo, test, Water, Yuden
December 16th, 2007 by Josh Chesarek - 4 comments
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Download me
I am testing out using h.264 files inside of the FLV Player for beter quality. You need the latest flash player to see this video. What does this mean for the viewers? It should mean a few things.
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Tags: download, flash, FLV, h264, stream, test
November 5th, 2007 by Josh Chesarek - Leave a comment
Canon ZR-1000
The Canon ZR-1000 is a control device that uses the LANC specification to control compatible cameras. It is made by canon and is one of the cheapest controllers available. One of the things that probably makes this controller cheaper than others is the fact that it has a plastic body.
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Tags: Canon, Controller, LANC, Remote, Review, Zoom, ZR-1000
October 14th, 2007 by Josh Chesarek - Leave a comment
Here are some older cameras that I have. I will try to add more information about each one.
Camera List
- Pathfinder Land Camera 110A
- Custom Electra - Dejur
- Kodak TB 1
- Revere Eight
- Polaroid SX-70
- Bell & Howell 8mm
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Tags: 110A, Bell, Camera, cameras, classic, Custom, Eight, Electra, Howell, Kodak, Land, old, Pathfinder, photography, Polaroid, Revere, school, SX-70, TB1, videography
October 2nd, 2007 by Josh Chesarek - 16 comments
Update: This post was last updated on 4-14-08 to include a 3rd demo video by Nick Weeks!
Glidecam 2000
So I wanted to be able to run around with my camera and avoid the typical shake you get. After looking at my budget and what was out there I went with the Glidecam 2000. These are my experiences.
After getting the Glidecam 2000 I broke it open to find the contents nicely backed in peanut foam and paper. After a quick flip through the manual I ripped everything open and started to build based on the directions. The directions were OK but sometimes the pictures a page refered to were on the previous page which I found annoying.
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Tags: 2000, A1, Canon, Glidecam, Steadicam, XH, XH-A1
September 26th, 2007 by Josh Chesarek - Leave a comment
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I was pretty excited about this feature and I only just now got a few minutes to play with it. I have seen some posts asking about it as well as any new features so I thought it would be fun to share one of them in use. More examples to follow.The tutorial to use the effect from adobe can be found @ Time Remapping Tutorial
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Another example using some wakeboard footage with multiple slow downs and speed ups. Video provided by Awaking Productions
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Tags: Adobe, CS3, premiere, Remapping, Shifting, Time
November 27th, 2005 by Josh Chesarek - Leave a comment
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Dan and I wanted to see if we could do some Chromakeying and the results were not half bad for our first attempt. All and all the project cost about $21 with some way to powerful lights from home depot comblined with other things I had around the apt.
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Tags: blue, chromakey, green, lights, premiere, screen
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