Zacuto Releases Consumer Grade Handgrip for Iphone 3Gs

 
A handgrip that helps you shoot stable video with your Iphone 3Gs.  Novelty or really good idea?  Unfortunately, I bought my Iphone and a month later, it was obsolete, so it will be some time before I know the joy of shooting video with an Iphone, but I vote for good idea.  A good [...]

Emmy Winning Filmmaker and Sacramento Area Native Todd Stanley Talks to Sacramento Magazine About “Deadliest Catch”

Rocklin native, Todd Stanley, the executive producer of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, sat down with Sacramento Magazine, talked about the show and his future plans, including a new show on El Dorado County:
Yeah, and you know, we did our time in L.A. [but] we want to live here. So our big dream is to [...]

The Insertion of Handsome Dave: First Date

So i see you have returned for another “round” of insertion. Are you ready for true “mental” penetration?
Today’s session will be a quick reference guide for dating..places to go..things to do and say that may lead you to your dates metaphoric and literal door step..These are suggestions, they are in no way a fool proof [...]

The Insertion of Handsome Dave

Greetings to all-
I would like to introduce myself to all of those who dont yet know who i am or have
not yet felt my presence. My name is Handsome Dave. I am a Sacramento resident and have
spent most of my life here. Its a wonderful city when you know your way around and associate
with its [...]

Make a Short and Win a Red Scarlet

In Skarlets’ Digital Age Short Film Competition, first prize for the best 1 minute short film is a Red Scarlet.  Deadline is 9/1/09, and you can enter as many shorts as you want. Details here.
via Student Filmmakers Magazine at studentfilmmakers.com

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A Warning from Filmmaker Alex Ferrari on Using the Red Camera

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Below is a message from filmmaker Alex Ferrari from numbrobot.com on using the Red Camera.  And see some of the amazing looking images he is getting with the Red and color correction:
I was just at [...]

Pick Your Brain- Red’s Jim Jannard Reveals New Red Scarlet and Epic Specs

With the goal to make “Obsolescence Obsolete,” Red unveils pictures and specs for their new DMSC system (Digital Stills and Motion Camera or is it Digital Motion and Stills Camera?).
We promised that we would make “Obsolescence Obsolete”. In our minds, when we released the RED ONE, we imagined that we would offer an upgrade for [...]

Face and Speech Recognition Technology and Video Production

Interesting article from Videomaker on Face Recognition Technology for Video Cameras
And somewhat related, I recently saw a demo of the new Adobe CS4, and Premiere Pro now has speech recognition technology which allows you to search footage by keyword:
Turn spoken dialogue into text-based, timecode-accurate, searchable metadata. Jump to a specific area of a shot by [...]

New New Scarlet News

Sounds like these two cameras are probably the reason that Red went back to the drawing board with Scarlet.  Any day now, Red will release the specs for the new Scarlet.  Fresh DV has fun and informs with Red Announces Announce Date of Announcement.
Update: A review of the D90s video capability (suprisingly, for all the hype, it [...]

CMOS Chip (Instead of CCD Chip) About to Revolutionize Film and Photography?

For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking — and it’s largely thanks to advances in the semiconductor technology used to make the image sensors inside these cameras.
From Wired magazine.  Interesting.