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YouTube Adds Automatic Closed Captioning

Posted Sunday 7th March, 2010
Every video on YouTube can now apply for automatic speech recognition subtitle generation

New Canon 5D mk II Firmware Adds Standard Framerates

Posted Monday 1st March, 2010
Canon's new firmware adds 23.976, 25 and 29.97p recording along with manual audio control

Greenscreen Setup and Lighting Webisodes

Posted Tuesday 16th February, 2010
Jem Schofield from theC47 shows his portable greenscreen solution

Canon Announces EOS 550D / Rebel T2i DSLR

Posted Tuesday 9th February, 2010
A new DSLR with the same HD video specs as the Canon EOS 7D but for $1000 less

Home Made Ikea Dolly Track

Posted Thursday 14th January, 2010
Ikea offer some side units which are perfect for dolly rails

A $400 3D Camcorder

Posted Thursday 14th January, 2010
DXG have announced a pistol style pocket 3D camcorder

RED One Sensor Upgrade Program

Posted Wednesday 13th January, 2010
Details of the Mysterium-X sensor upgrade program for RED Ones have been released

RED News And 3D TVs In A Living Room Near You?

Posted Wednesday 13th January, 2010
New display technology is unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show and RED release more information about Epic and Scarlet

Canon Announces EOS 7D DSLR

Posted Monday 31st August, 2009
Canon have added a new model to its range of HDSLRs which includes 24p and 25p full HD recording

A Comparison of Fifteen Video Upload Sites

Posted Friday 7th August, 2009
Karel Bata from the UK compares a variety of video hosting websites

Spheron's Digital VFX Camera with 20 Stops of Dynamic Range

Posted Friday 7th August, 2009
A new camera released at Siggraph boasts incredible latitude

Nikon Release Digital Camera With a Built In Projector

Posted Wednesday 5th August, 2009
In a world first, Nikon have released a point-and-shoot digital camera with a built in LED projector

A Look at How Live HDTV is Made

Posted Friday 24th July, 2009
Gizmodo takes us on a tour of an HD outside broadcast van

Magic Lantern Firmware Enables Canon 5D mk II Features

Posted Saturday 27th June, 2009
An unofficial hack for the Canon 5D mk II enables some much needed features

New RED Colour Science Makes RED One Footage Even Better

Posted Sunday 14th June, 2009
RED Digital Cinema have released updated software which gives the RED One more accurate colour and better low light performance

ProPrompter, The Teleprompter for the iPhone

Posted Friday 1st May, 2009
Bodelin release a clever teleprompter for the iPod Touch or iPhone

NAB 2009 Coverage on FreshDV

Posted Saturday 25th April, 2009
FreshDV are comprehensively reporting from NAB Show 09

RED Announces RED Rocket

Posted Wednesday 22nd April, 2009
RED Digital Cinema have released information about a new computer video interface card called RED Rocket

First RED Scarlet 2/3" Footage!

Posted Sunday 15th March, 2009
RED have released a short clip from the prototype 2/3" Scarlet Cinema Camera

Kogan Offer 1080p Camera For AU$369!

Posted Monday 9th March, 2009
Is Kogan's sub $400 dollar solid state camcorder too good to be true? Not quite!

Scarlet Lives! Red Post 2/3" Sample Images

Posted Sunday 8th March, 2009
RED Digital Cinema have posted some sample images from a prototype of the upcoming 3K Scarlet camera

Panasonic Introduce DMC-GH1 DSLR with HD Movie Mode

Posted Wednesday 4th March, 2009
Not just another DSLR with an HD movie recording mode, the new Panasonic boasts some impressive specifications

Gizmodo Photography Articles

Posted Friday 27th February, 2009
Gadget blog Gizmodo has posted some interesting articles about cameras recently

Soundsnap.com, High Quality Sound Effects

Posted Saturday 21st February, 2009
A site which offers your choice of five high quality sound effects per month free

Creating Custom Bokeh

Posted Thursday 5th February, 2009
Change the shape of the out of focus circles in your images

The New RED Scarlet and RED EPIC Revealed

Posted Thursday 13th November, 2008
The new information about Scarlet and EPIC is here!

Information About the Brand New Scarlet and Epic On November 13

Posted Monday 27th October, 2008
Scarlet is not the same, read about the hype surrounding the upcoming announcement

Sony's 4K Professional Cinema Projector

Posted Thursday 2nd October, 2008
Sony's Lamborghini of cinema projectors

Canon Release 5D mkII, a DSLR with HD Video

Posted Tuesday 23rd September, 2008
Canon continues the trend of DSLRs with video capture modes

More News of the RED Scarlet 3K Cinema Camera

Posted Saturday 19th July, 2008
RED have released some exciting new information about and images of their new 3K digital cinema camera Scarlet

Professional Broadcast HD Camera Tour

Posted Saturday 14th June, 2008
Professional TV Cameraman Tom Guilmette takes us on a tour of the professional broadcast HD camera which he uses

"Scarlet" Announced at NAB

Posted Wednesday 16th April, 2008
RED has certainly surprised everyone as promised while they unveiled their new 3K camera "Scarlet"

Photography and the Law

Posted Tuesday 18th March, 2008
An article about what the law says about photography and how to react when you're confronted

The Trench, Philip Bloom's New EX1 Short

Posted Sunday 2nd March, 2008
Bloom strikes again with a new Sony EX1 short

Blu-ray Wins Format War (Definitely)

Posted Wednesday 20th February, 2008
It's now officially over for HD-DVD

RED To Unveil 2K Camera "Scarlet" at NAB

Posted Sunday 3rd February, 2008
The company behind the revolutionary RED One 4K Digital Cinema Camera is going to launch a brand new camera.

Vimeo Offers HD Video Sharing

Posted Thursday 31st January, 2008
For those who want to share a video a little larger than YouTube

EX1 Short Films by Philip Bloom

Posted Wednesday 30th January, 2008
A couple of films I've come across by a cinematographer in the UK called Philip Bloom

Blu-ray Takes 93 Percent of Market

Posted Thursday 24th January, 2008
The end seems to be nigh for HD-DVD

Blu-ray Wins Format War (Probably)

Posted Tuesday 22nd January, 2008
In the fight for the new high definition format Blu-ray Disc seems to have come out on top over HD DVD