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Friday, 28 November 2008

Micron planning super-fast SSDs

Lucas Mearian, Computerworld (US)

Micron technology is planning a high-end solid-state disk (SSD) drive that could achieve 1GBytes/sec throughput, according to a Micron executive.

Thursday, 27 November 2008

Panasonic forecasts 90 percent drop in profits this year

Martyn Williams

Citing "deteriorating sharply" business conditions, Panasonic has slashed its full-year sales and profits forecasts.

Saturday, 15 November 2008

RED Digital Cinema redesign Scarlet and Epic

Rick Young

At NAB 2008 RED digital cinema showed off prototypes of Scarlet and Epic. Scarlet was to be a 3K digital cinema camera and Epic was to be 5K. RED boldly declare that the one thing we can all count on with RED is that everything will change. They have lived up to the motto and now, once again, in mid-November 2008 RED has rewritten the camera rulebook, completely redesigned both Scarlet and Epic, and lived up to their reputation as the most innovative of the camera manufacturers on the planet today.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Gadgets: Flip Mini goes HD

Ian Paul PC World

The makers of the pocket-sized Flip Camcorder, Pure Digital Technologies, Wednesday launched a new product: the Flip Mino HD. The new camera weighs a little over 85g, records 60 minutes of HD video, takes HD still photos, and sells for about US$230 (around £155).

Friday, 14 November 2008

Canon upgrade professional HDV Camcorders

Rick Young

In what is seen as a significant development in Canon's high-end HDV line of camcorders, the XH G1 and XH A1 have both been upgraded with several new key features. Key enhancements include a re-designed lens; enhanced audio features; an expanded range of creative shooting options.

Friday, 07 November 2008

New SSDs will boost speed says SanDisk

Eric Lai, Computerworld (US online)

SanDisk has announced a new flash memory management system that it claimed would dramatically improve two of the main weaknesses today in the emerging technology of solid-state drives (SSDs)

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Special Event: MacVideo Live 25 Oct.

Rick Young

Bringing together the best the UK production industry has to offer, MacVideo Live is an entire day of nothing but digital video. Covering everything from post-production, encoding, content distribution and camera technology, MacVideo Live presents to you tips and tricks to speed up your editing workflow, a one hour lighting demonstration from one of the UK's top cinematographers, and a detailed overview of current camera technology. MacVideo Live is the digital video event of the year, not to be missed.

Saturday, 20 September 2008

New product: Kingston Memory Card for HD cameras

by Cliff Joseph

Kingston Technology has launched several new flash memory sticks, as well as its first 32GB memory card for use with high-definition cameras and camcorders.

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Canon EOS 5D Mark II records HD video

Martyn Williams

Canon has updated its three-year old EOS 5D digital SLR camera with a new model, the EOS 5D Mark II, that features the ability to record high-definition video.

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

New Product: Panasonic DMC-FX150

by Cliff Joseph

The DMC-FX150 camera costs £299 and boasts a thumping 14.7-megapixel resolution and wide-angle lens that makes it ideal for large group shots.

Friday, 12 September 2008

JVC camcorders to work with SxS media

Rick Young

Sony and JVC announced a partnership giving JVC SxS card recording in exactly the same format as the Sony XDCam EX cameras.

Friday, 12 September 2008

Last chance to sign up for the 1st Annual IBC FCPUG Supermeet

Rick Young

The 1st Annual IBC FCPUG Supermeet takes place in two days time - on the evening of Sunday 14th September.

Friday, 12 September 2008

Ikegami and Toshiba to launch tapeless acquisition system

Rick Young

Ikegami and Toshiba have produced a new tapeless acquisition system, GFCAM, which is ready to ship next month. The system uses new solid-state removable media, the GFPAK, a proprietary format, using Flash memory.

Friday, 12 September 2008

Red Digital to launch "a replacement for digital SLRs"

Digital Arts Staff

Red Digital, the company behind the groundbreaking Red One digital cinema camera beloved of independent movie makers, is working on what it calls "a replacement for digital SLRs".

Friday, 12 September 2008

Sony adds new pro-level HDV camcorder

Digital Arts staff

Sony today announced its HDV compact camcorder for professional creatives, the HVR-Z5E, as well as the memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K. The camcorder features a new fixed 'G Lens' system, native progressive recording capabilities, increased sensitivity for low-light conditions and an array of other features that the company says are designed for general TV production, videographers, budget movie-makers and corporate video production professionals.

Friday, 05 September 2008

New Product: Canon HG20 camcorder

by Cliff Joseph

Canon has launched two new HD camcorders this month.

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Sony launches two DV-tape hi-def camcorders

Martyn Williams

Sony has unveiled two DV-tape based high-definition camcorders. The HDR-FX1000 and HVR-Z5J will be going on sale in the next couple of months.

Thursday, 21 August 2008

IBC: Final Cut User Group meeting details revealed

Jonny Evans

The event is expected to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and digital filmmakers on the planet during IBC week.

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Sanyo Makes A Splash

Cliff Joseph

We’ve seen a few water-resistant cameras designed for taking pictures when you’re larking around on the beach on holiday, but Sanyo’s Xacti VPC-CA8 is the first completely waterproof camcorder that we’ve come across.

Monday, 18 August 2008

App makes stop-motion films on iPhone

Peter Cohen

Watch It Change is a new application for the iPhone available for purchase from the App Store for US$6.99. It lets you use your iPhone to create stop motion movies and time lapse films.

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