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A family living in the shadow of a space elevator. A short sci-fi epic. Watch it big (in HD!). Watch it loud!! Shot in Melbourne, Bendigo and on – quite literally on – Lake Eppalock. www.payloadfilm.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/payloadfilm Review us on...

The Future Forms Of Life from David Lance is a demonstration of just how far CG has come and what can be done when these incredible tools are put in the hands of the truly talented. Sit back and enjoy something very...

I was just reading a members request for advice on RAID storage and I felt I had to share my experience of living long-term with my Drobe 800fs I would strongly recommend anyone looking at storage solutions look at the Drobo products. Since I’ve reviewed them and used them extensively I...

There seems to be no end to the capabilities and features offered by mobile phones these days, and each new smart device brings new concepts and aspects that are extremely exciting. Of all of these features and developments, however, there are few that gain as much widespread recognition as...

Apple announces next-generation MacBook Pro: Retina display, 0.71-inches thin, shipping today. From £1799 Be honest – is there anyone in the world doesn’t want one of...

It’s a great time to be a film maker! From July $3000 will get you: 2.5K image sensor 13 stops of dynamic range built-in SSD recorder popular open standard uncompressed RAW and compressed file formats EF and ZF lens mount LCD touchscreen monitoring plus metadata entry Full details...

Manfrotto have released their own DSLR and video support system with a new range of rigs called SYMPLA. It features an electronic follow focus that plugs in to the USB port of your camera. It even lets you automate focus pulls. Sweet. More...

I’ve put together this 5 minute piece to show what to expect out of the new 5D MkIII. Here’s the set up: No grading, cuts only edit in Edius 6 Camera set up Profile: Sharp 0 (-4), Contrast -4, Colour -2 Lenses: Canon 25-105/4L & Canon 70-200/2.8IS L MkII Firmware 1.0.7 Music...

With so many DSLRs now HD video-enabled you have the chance to offer an extra service to your wedding clients. Philip Nash shows you how to make this option a profitable reality A large number of pro photographers, whatever sector they might be working in, will photograph the occasional...

Beautiful and stunning experimental piece by Andrew Huang SOLIPSIST from Andrew Huang on...

In the process of writing a review of Sony’s new SLT A77 DSLR for my column in PhotoProfessional I thought I’d put it through its paces by shooting the first scene of the movie I have in my head. Unfortunately we had less than 4 hours to do everything from learning the camera to...

A really beutiful combination of stills and video by the very talented photographer Mark Bramley.

Audio recording is superficially simple. Place a microphone in front of your subject, set the record levels – and you’re done! However reality is very different. Correct microphone selection, placement and technique is critical to good audio quality. And nothing will kill a...

In case you weren’t already aware, Hollywood’s film editors have been besieging Apple’s headquarters demanding they reinstate Final Cut Pro 7 as there are so many professional features missing from Final Cut Pro 10. This they have now done, however now I’ve had a good...

Following my previous post: Shooting and editing with multiple cameras, I’ve had a number of people asking me about the best type of camera to use as a “second” or “safety” camera. If you’re shooting live events, which for a lot of us is going to be weddings,...

Rode have enjoyed great success with their diminutive Videomic on-camera condenser microphone. Because it produces such high-quality audio it has become immensely popular amongst non-broadcast videographers. They have now introduced the Videomic Pro at a price point slightly above the original...

Taken at a wedding last week. It’s a shame, but I rearly use my infrared converted EOS 450D. Perhaps I should use it more...

I’ve added 8x 2Tb Drives and copied my entire business on to it. The headlines so far… Beautiful and elegant engineering. Great tech support (yes, I did need it). I totally get why people rave about their Drobos. This is RAID storage done right. More to...

Once you’ve shot your first few productions you’re going to be keen to develop your skills and improve the overall quality of your work. Introducing a second camera to you live event coverage brings many advantages but also introduces another level of complexity. Safety Camera The...

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JTS KA-10 Videographer & Sennheiser EW 112-p G3 Radio Mics The Sennheiser G3 and its predecessors have enjoyed a long period as the non-broadcast radio mic of choice. There’s plenty of cheaper products, mostly little more than toys. There are also many higher end £800+ broadcast...

The licencing and allocation of radio spectrum in the UK for programme-making, entertainment and special events is managed under contract from Ofcom by JFMG www.jfmg.co.uk As a result of Ofcom’s decision to clear the 800 MHz band there have been a number of changes to the frequencies...

Apple have issued a press release effectively acknowledging the huge number of complaints they have received from the the pro editing community. It seems many of the short comings are to be addressed in forthcoming updates, with others fixed by 3rd party developers. Its a strange state of...

I cant believe people are trying to defend Apple! Of course Version 10 is supposed to be an upgrade from version 7! When, in the history of software, has a new version of a professional product been released with half the features of its previous version? And not been able to open previous...

The new version of Final Cut Pro has arrived to almost universal criticism from professional cutters. I cant remember Apple making such a big error since Steve Jobs returned to the helm. Read more at just about any site read by editors. Heres a couple of examples: Creative Cow:...

A great question today on the excellent Institute of Videography forums. If youre not an IoV member – you should be. Find out more at www.iov.co.uk —————————- Hi all, Have a bit of audio that has turned out a bit on the echoy...

When the worse happens If you do something long enough anything that can go wrong, no matter how unlikely, will go wrong. I have shot many hundreds of weddings, nearly every one of them digitally, and in all that time I have never had a memory card fail; until Last January. Worst...

Maybe I’ve got a bit hardened by the mass of cheaply made, cheaply finished lighting equipment coming in from the Far East but when I opened the Rotolight packaging I was immediately impressed by the care and thought that’s gone in to this product. Everything about it screams class, and...