Shelf Stackers is a new BBC comedy series shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mk2Shelf Stackers is a new six episode BBC comedy (Part one is transmitted tomorrow Saturday 4th September at 12.50 pm on BBC2) shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mk2 without a rig or even monitoring, the Director Dom Bridges also shot the series and the only stabilisation used was the camera strap tensioned against the back of his head!
The Road To Coronation Street airs September 16Following our story on the use of the Canon 5D Mk2 on a BBC drama - transmitted on September 16, 9.00pm BBC 4 - we got a call from the BBC Technology department today asking us to emphasize that DSLRs were not on the approved camera list for the BBC but were being looked at for use on a 'case by case' basis.
Panasonic's HMC41 - a workhorse for the videographer
The people who know about and count these things have said that the camcorder market with the most growth at the moment is the ‘Flip camera’ type one. I wonder if there’s another measurement that would reveal how much those cameras are used once they’ve been in the handbag for a while.
DP Tim Palmer with the Canon 5D Mk2 rig shooting the BBC's Road To Coronation StreetThe rise of the video DSLR is concurrent with the world’s acceptance of a certain amount of compression, for compression you can read ‘effected’. I know some audiophiles who can’t listen to mp3s because they can hear the compression and I know some videophiles who see the shortcomings in the compression of video DSLRs and hope that the madness of shooting with them will stop as soon as possible.
The new Canon XF100 camcorderCanon today expanded its XF series of professional camcorders with the launch of the XF105 and XF100 – their smallest models ever to include the broadcast-quality MPEG-2 Full HD recording codec (50Mbps, 4:2:2).
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POV camera from the Huashi companyThe Chinese Huashi company has sent us some details on one of their new cameras. It is an HD Sports Camera 1920 x 1080P which shoots 30p and 60p (60 at a smallish resolution). Also will shoot 720p at 30.
Orad who produce real time 3D broadcast graphic solutions will be showcasing this IBC its iPad application for its interactive graphic solution.
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IBC 2010 Preview as a digital issueOur initial IBC 2010 Preview is now available, just click the cover above or here to access the digital issu
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