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MARCH 2006 - RED is a new entry to the world of digital cinematography capture and come from Oakley Sunglasses. Unravel this one with an interview with Oakley MD Jim Jannard. MARCH 2006 - New North of England film company Ironopolis make their first film in high definition and aim to start their own high definition training centre MARCH 2006 - We take our first look at Panasonic's great tapeless hope the HVX200. DVC PRO HD on a P2 card, which is the BBC's preferred way of gathering data in the future MARCH 2006 - If you asked most film DPs what was the one thing they missed when using HD it would be depth of field. We do some tests using Arri's new D20 and the stalwart Sony f900 JANUARY 2006 - 'Where Did All The Pixels Go' explains that for the first time times in decades we are acquiring on lower quality and resolution than the display medium. Mike Brennan explains the situation. JANUARY 2006 - 'Review Canon XL-H1' - Carl Mrozek takes the new Canon HDV camera on an assignment. "Its ability to output pristine 8GB/s elevates the H1 at least a notch above being the latest HDV camcorder'. JANUARY 2006 - 'The Fringe Effect' Through testing various high definition wide angle lenses we found some alarming colour fringing effects. "How many DPs struggling to get an extra stop to improve lens performance when it was undone by this effect.' JANUARY 2006 - 'Where Did All The Pixels Go' explains that for the first time times in decades we are acquiring on lower quality and resolution than the display medium. Mike Brennan explains the situation. DECEMBER 2005 - The year ahead for those making HD and those thinking of making it. "2006 will be the year of hard decisions for many producers". NOVEMBER 2005 - Arri D20 user reviews. Two different reviews of Arri's first digital camera, both positive. But when will Arri release the camera to the mainstream movie business? APRIL 2005 - The future of high definition shooting by Michael Brennan. "The f900 is no longer the highest quality HD camcorder". JANUARY 2005 - Ross Video Input Adapter review by Michael Brennan. "Not only does this adapter work with existing equipment that is in mainstream use but it has more functions for half the cost". JANUARY 2005 - Sony HDV z1 camera review by Michael Brennan. Also the basic of HDV format. What the compression means and how it compares to HDCAM JANUARY 2005 - Interview with Larry Thorpe who was the first to persuade George Lucas to use HD in Star Wars and a big driver for f900 use. OCTOBER 2004 - SONY SRW-1 RECORDER reviewed by Michael Brennan. "The promise of 60p recording for slo-mo will make this a versatile machine but possibly the last in a long line of Sony field tape machines". OCTOBER 2004 - Canon 8x5.5 KLL-SC lens review by Michael Brennan. "Its clear that this is a repackaged 11x4.7 lens with the zoom restricted". SEPTEMBER 2004 - Director Peter Davies and DP Jason Shepherd shoot the UK's first HD 3D corporate for Euro Tunnel. "This is my first HD shoot and I'm 100pc converted", Peter Davies. JUNE 2003 - SOAPBOX : Optex introduce their Excellence Lens range and the applications it has been designed for. Sadly Optex is no longer but their Excellence is still available. JUNE 2003 - High Definition and 24P Cinematography, book review by DoP Terry Flaxton. Terry finds the book very useful on the basics of 24p shooting. JUNE 2003 - CINEFLEX HD gimbal lens review by Michael Brennan - "The HD gimbal promises to be the killer 'APP' for airborne footage - its hard to think of an application where HD excels as much!" JUNE 2003 - Sony f900 MKII review by Michael Brennan - "A 1/2 to 2/3 of a stop isn't much at the highlight end to the naked eye. At this rate the dynamic range of film will be met in under a decade!" APRIL 2003 - Accuscene Personal Monitor, review by Michael Brennan - "The images on the Accuscene were simply the clearest display of these images I have ever seen".

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