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Sony F35 Reviewed at PVC

Thursday, 15 January 2009 14:42 SBFinalCut

Art Adams has a great review and analysis of Sony's F35 over at ProVideo Coalition.

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The F35 is amazing. Which it should be, as it costs around $200k. It is very much designed to be used film-style, utilizing a Super 35mm-sized sensor and no filter wheel. The built-in gamma curves will work to the satisfaction of nearly everyone, and the options for additional curves are attractive both in terms of cost and added benefit.
The most interesting part of the camera is the sensor . . .

Click here to read more at PVC.

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 January 2009 14:46

Introducing the JVC GY-HM100

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 15:24 SBFinalCut

At the FCPUG Network Supermeet in San Francisco, January 7th, 2009, JVC dropped a bombshell by announcing the GY-HM100. This light-weight professional camera records high quality native QuickTime files direct to solid-state media which can then be edited straight away inside of Apple's Final Cut Pro. There is no need to transcode or change the files from one format to another. The media is ready to edit immediately, either from card or by bringing the files straight into Final Cut Pro through the Log and Transfer facility.

Rick Young has a video introducing the new camera at MacVideo.tv.

Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink Studio

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:00 SBFinalCut

Turbocharge your creativity with DeckLink Studio, the SD/HD broadcast video card that costs hundreds of dollars less than standard definition solutions! DeckLink Studio features SDI and enhanced analog connections, plus a built in hardware down converter, and an incredible 4 channels of balanced analog audio. DeckLink Studio lets you move seamlessly between SD and HD workflows for the ultimate in creative flexibility!

Connect to Anything

DeckLink Studio includes highest quality 10 bit SDI video combined with enhanced analog connections to support a massive range of video equipment. DeckLink Studio includes fully independent connections for SDI, analog component, S-Video and composite video. Both the SDI and analog component connections auto switch between SD and HD, plus there's an extra SD SDI output via a built in hardware down converter for when you're working in HD. When you're working in NTSC and PAL, you can use the SD-SDI output as a key output! Also included are a massive number of audio connections, with 4 channels of balanced analog audio, 8 channels of SDI audio plus 2 channels of AES/EBU digital with sample rate converters. For a broadcast strength solution, DeckLink Studio also has RS-422 deck control and blackburst and tri-sync reference input. Click here for tech specs.

Now you can capture and playback to the widest range of equipment, such as HDCAM, HD-D5, HDCAM SR 4:2:2, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, HD receivers, HDV cameras, televisions, VHS recorders, analog broadcast monitors, mixers and many more!

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:08

Final Cut Pro: The Movie

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:08 SBFinalCut

MacVideo has posted a film about Final Cut Pro from 2003. It's a great snapshot in time of a program coming to maturity:

It was 2003 and Final Cut Pro was the everywhere; whoever you spoke to was either using Final Cut or thinking about switching to it. DVD Studio had just been released and the editing community, centered around Final Cut Pro, formed the core of the digital editing community as it exists today. This film remains as a document to a time when the digital video scene was changing so quick we were just hanging on for the ride. Affordable HD had yet to be released, most of us were still using Mac OS9 and working on G4's. Note: many of the people featured in this film have changed jobs and titles, however, what is shown presents a snapshot of the FCP community from the early days.

Here's the link. Enjoy.