Red Scarlet annnouncment – Personal View Talks.
5k video camera for under $10k. Amazing device.
Demonstration of 2 shot gun mics used for stereo recording
The following video was recorded using an XH-A1 and two on camera mounted long shot gun AT-835b microphones. This was not an ideal way to mount the microphones but it definitely performed “good enough”. When the camera and mics are a long ways from the field, there is not as much stereo channel separation as you might expect.
But the stereo mics add a depth to the sound that was missing when using a single shot gun mic. Why use a shot gun mic? The shot gun mic definitely records higher quality audio than the on camera mic and helps to reduce crowd noise.
The following is the performance of the Mt. Spokane High School Wildcats Marching Band at the 2011 Puget Sound Festival of Bands in Everett, Wa. MSHS band performed an original composition and this is posted on Youtube at the request of and with the permission of the band director.
Here is a photo of my set up for the recording. The two shot gun mics are above the camera. Output from the HDV camera is sent over a long Firewire cable to a Mac notebook computer, where the video stream is recorded direct to disk using QuickTime Pro. By recording direct to disk, the videos are immediately ready for conversion to MPEG4 without any time spent on import.
2011 Fall Colors Video
3 minute video. Filmed in the Finch Arboretum on November 3, 2011.
The walking scenes turned out quite nice, I think. Filmed using a Lumix GH-2, Manfrotto tripod, 501 head, Tamron 4-12mm C-mount surveillance lens for wide angle shots, and a Sigma 28-70mm Minolta mount lens for all other shots. Music is from the Sony Content royalty free library.
Nikon and Sony DSLR Production May Be Delayed
Nikon and Sony DSLR Production May Be Delayed for Months Due to Thai Floods.
The factory that made 90% of Nikon SLR cameras is underwater, and the plant that makes Sony DSLRs is apparently surrounded by flood waters but not, itself, flooded. (Another report says the Sony plant is underwater.) The Canon inkjet printer factory is underwater. Saw a Getty Images photos showing the plant underwater.
Related articles
- Nikon’s Thailand factory flooded (techradar.com)
- Sony delays NEX-7 and a65 launch (techradar.com)
- Canon, Nikon market share dropping in Japan (coldstreams.com)
- Flooding Affects Camera Manufacturers (theonlinephotographer.typepad.com)
- Sony delays new camera launch due to Thai flooding (macworld.com)
“How smartphones are changing digital photography”
How smartphones are changing digital photography: Digital Photography Review.
Smart phones are largely replacing the point and shoot low end cameras. Will they move further up the camera tree to higher end functionality? Probably. But in the mean time, a lot of smart phone customers are now looking at the higher end “bridge” cameras that include many manual overrides, long zoom lenses, and generally better photo and video capabilities.