Two years interest free credit on Panasonic's new HPX250

The Panasonic HPX250 has been passed for use by the BBC and now has a limited interest free deal from PanasonicThe HPX250 records 100Mbs AVC-Intra, carries a full complement of HD-SDI ports and XLR inputs for 16 bit 4 channel audio, as well as dual P2 slots enabling hot-swap recording. Its 22x zoom lens, in conjunction with 2.2m pixel 3MOS sensors and a 20 bit digital signal processor, delivers enough image quality to warrant a place in the approved BBC camera list. 

Panasonic is offering interest free credit  on a camera package in conjunction with Fineline Media Finance. Buyers can pick up a bundle of the HPX250 with two 32Gb P2 cards, with 0% interest over 24 months. 

The offer is available through authorised resellers until 19th March 2012. The offer is subject to availability and credit approval. Full terms are available online.

REVIEW - Apple FCP X 10.0.3

Apple's new Multicam feature works really well in the new release but isn't the best featureMovie editor ADAM GARSTONE finds out what really works and what really doesn't in the latest update to Apple's FCPX editor

I love Apple gear. Not as a ‘fan-boy’ - I certainly don’t believe that they can do no wrong - but, for me, in the things I need to do every day, Apple’s products work better than any other.

Except for FCP X.

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HD Magazine Launch Industry Book Store

HD Magazine's new eStore will carry books from the industry sold through AmazonHD Magazine, owners of definitionmagazine.com, have launched their own bookstore, powered by Amazon. The books on show will appeal to the professional film and video world especially the production world. Initially there will be books on the following subjects - Cinematography, editing, lighting and film business. But other subejcts will be added as well as selected product categories.

The book store is all part of this site as you browse the books you can also read the reviews and more details about the books. All purchasing is handled by Amazon and so is very secure.

The bookstore is up and running right now at http://www.definitionmagazine.com/hd-magazine-estore/

Blackmagic Design Announces New Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt Technology

Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle, a new video capture and playback solution that uses Intel’s Thunderbolt technology.

Intensity Shuttle is being displayed on the Intel CES 2012 booth at Central Hall #7253.

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JVC Launch 4K Camcorder

JVC's answer to the call for 4K acquisition, the new HMQ10JVC Professional today announced the GY-HMQ10 what they are calling the world’s first handheld 4K camcorder, which captures, records, and plays video images at four times the resolution of high definition television. Powered by JVC’s Falconbrid large-scale integration (LSI) chip for high-speed signal processing and a 1/2-inch CMOS imager with 8.3 million active pixels, it delivers real-time 3840x2160 footage at 24p, 50p, or 60p. 4K recorded to four separate card slots.

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Hollywood RAW

Light Iron did the Digital Intermediate and Digital Mastering for David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon TattooWhile post houses look for alternative revenue streams in distribution and archiving, Light Iron Digital in central Hollywood have veered the other way and are taking their expertise in processing RAW digital camera footage to the set. CEO and Founder Michael Cioni explains to JULIAN MITCHELL where their thinking comes from and how they are changing the role of the traditional post facility bit by bit

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Canon’s Hollywood Ambitions

Martin Scorsese gave the Canon event a Hollywood seal of approval if not his own recommendationIt was a hot and sunny November day in Los Angeles as we waited outside of a Paramount Studios theatre for what we guessed was going to be a historic announcement ostensibly about a new camera from Canon. But as I looked about at the scenery and the embedded movie props - the bench from Forrest Gump, the wall from The Truman Show - at the pockets of drama, there was a throng of Japanese Canon executives following cinematographer (and perhaps more importantly producer of the film Reverie) Vincent LaForet around at a respectful distance, taking pictures of him.

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Case Study: Rampart

Rampart was one of the first movies to record 4:4:4 colour space direct to SxS cards on-board the Arri ALEXARampart is a new movie shot in LA on the Arri ALEXA camera straight to on board SxS cards in ProRes 4:4:4. DP Bobby Bukowski used the freedom of not having a tethered recorder to his advantage to accentuate the style he wanted.

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4K Digital Muppets

Muppet - No post house involved until the digital intermediateMichael Cioni from Light Iron Digital started work on the new Muppets movie last October and has called it the best looking movie of this year - until The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo comes out that is. He talks about the some of the barriers the movie broke down production wise and how on-set production saved the production money and lots of time.

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Titan Lite Rigs Designed For Epic Cameras Then Others

Aeon Lite's new Titan Lite rig is the first from the Danish companyNew support company Aeon Cine has released details of their first rig, Titan Lite, designed for small cameras and their own Epics in mind. They promise though that eventually, they will work with any camera, especially smaller ones, like the Canon's. They are working on small changes to have all solutions fully compatible with "almost any camera". 

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