By Chris Blair
I just completed our first broadcast project using the Canon 60D and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the results. Since the 60D is primarily designed as a still camera, I was initially skeptical about both the camera’s reliability and quality in a broadcast environment. But once I got used to [...]
Filed under: Production Techniques, Video Production on April 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Chris Blair
I’ve read with great interest and some skepticism all the hype surrounding digital single lens reflex cameras, commonly called either HDSLRs or DSLRs. I’ve also watched quite a lot of video shot with a variety of these cameras and the results are impressive to say the least. Since our digital still camera is [...]
Filed under: Production Techniques on January 12th, 2011 | 5 Comments »
How much will that cost? That’s a question I’m sure every business gets almost daily. With some products, like a television or computer, the answer is relatively easy. Go online, find the model you want, compare specs and prices, and choose your retailer.
But for most things, figuring out the cost is much more difficult. From buying a car [...]
Filed under: Marketing, Production Techniques, Thoughts & Musings on November 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
By Chris Blair
I ran across an interesting article this morning about the status of 3D in movie theaters and on television. You can read it here.
The gist of the article is that director Christopher Nolan won’t be shooting the next Batman movie (The Dark Knight Rises) in 3D, and that ESPN is questioning it’s foray into [...]
Filed under: Production Techniques, Thoughts & Musings on November 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
By Chris Blair
For our first 11 years in business, we used direct attached storage for reading and writing files on our computer systems. But in early 2008, we switched to an enterprise level, network attached system (NAS) for project and media files. The reasons for the switch were varied, but the biggest was to improve productivity and efficiency.
With direct storage, [...]
Filed under: Computers, Production Techniques on August 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »