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REDs in space?

Well in near space anyway. Check out the latest video from the Red Bull Stratos team. They are using a collection of RED One 4k cameras and Canon 5/7D HDSLRs to record Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space… Crazy Stuff. Check it out: THE RED BULL STRATOS CAMERA SYSTEMS

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A better way to process 5D material…

I had lunch with a friend this afternoon who mentioned a little piece of software that processes the H.264 footage from the 5D much better than the Canon FCP plugin. I’ve not had time to test it out but the example images on the site look great. They are doing a public beta first then [...]

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Teradek’s Cube is one of the best ideas I’ve seen in a while…

So there’s this little company in Irvine called Teradek, they have a good reputation for building IP video streaming boxes. The kind you would hook up to your edit suite to share cuts with directors or producers in another location. Cool right? Well ya but not exactly mobile, until now. They have just announced that [...]

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Why you should go see Step Up 3D…

I really liked Step Up 3D, I know, crazy right. I was tricked into seeing it and ended up enjoying it. As you can imagine the story was not exactly the greatest (hilariously bad at times, which is a good thing), but the dancing was truly amazing. Now to be fair my wife comes from [...]

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Is it time to ditch your tower?

I know, crazy talk right? Well maybe not. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about moving my “home computer” off of an old G5 PowerMac and onto the new Mac Mini. Why! You may ask… It’s all about how my computer use has changed over the years. You see I have that tower [...]

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Worried about your iPad on set?

I’ve often thought about using my iPad “Off Road” if you will. The only issue I have is accidentally destroying it. Well in my surfing today I came across the coolest case for the drop prone crowd. It’s made by a company called OtterBox and it’s called the DEFENDER… It makes your iPad into a [...]

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Time to Jail Break?

Well here goes nothing? With jail breaking being given the ok by Uncle Sam does that mean it’s time to go jail break crazy? Maybe, there is a lot of cool stuff that is only available when using a “fugitive phone”. So, I’m going to give it a go and update my thoughts on how [...]

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Hipstamatic

You know with the advent of the iPhone 4 and it’s not-too-bad camera, I’ve been spending some time looking at Apps that make iPhone photo-taking a little more creative. In large, I’m not a big advocate of all photography happening on your phone; I think the depth of field you get from a 35mm film [...]

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