Briefing

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
BVE - 2011
On March 4th 2011, Peter Kidman gave an update on the latest trends in video cameras as seen at the Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) held at Earls Court in February. His report was as follows: I showed the video that I made at the BVE drawing attention to the various 3 D cameras, the fantastic rigs now being used for the Canon 5d Mk2, The Panasonic AF 101 –DSLR Killer plus sundry gadgets and camera support systems. Using the club laptop I was then able to look at loads of stuff on the internet about these various cameras etc. (the links we used are shown below). We also looked at the kind of quality delivered by the Samsung Galaxy Tab owned by one of the members – it’s a kind of small iPad and includes a camera, we also tried a small lipstick camcorder but what really blew us away was another member who bought along his new Canon 5d Mk2 which we plugged into the full HD projector and tried both recorded material and a live feed of the room in a very low light. The quality from this camera was just stunning and especially at low light levels - in an instant we could see why everyone has been going to such lengths to use it andhow the combination of a good lens and large chip sizes was so effective in delivering professional quality at a reasonable price.
3D TV
On February 26th 2010 Peter Kidman gave a talk on 3D TV and Video - whilst this talk covered both broadcasting and filming a very good video on 3D viewing technology can be seen on the AV forums site here.
EQUIPMENT NEWS On Friday April 27th Bob High demonstated the Merlin Steadicam; all who saw this were impressed with how neat and effective it was - but maybe tricky to master. If you missed this or just want to know more see this link. On March 23rd Peter Kidman and Bob High gave the latest camcorder technology update. These are the links to some of the various sources used.


USEFUL LINKS These are links to the various websites used to produce this March 4th briefing:
3D cameras. http://ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20027091-283.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9w_Vze0tw http://www.simplydv.co.uk/reviews/camcorders/panasonic-hdc-tm900/ http://www.which.co.uk/technology/camcorders/guides/camcorders-at-ces-2011/sony-hdr-td10-handycam/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/video/2011/jan/06/ces-2011-sony-3d-camera http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-TD10-First-Impressions-Camcorder-Review/Compression-And-Media.htm http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-TD10-First-Impressions-Camcorder-Review/3D-Features.htm http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-TD10-First-Impressions-Camcorder-Review/Handling-And-Use.htm http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-TD10-First-Impressions-Camcorder-Review/Conclusion.htm http://www.simplydv.co.uk/2010/01/sony-bloggie-mobile-hd-snap-camcorder/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7TjO9mUHE http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9393762.stm
Digital SLRs for video making and the Panasonic AF101 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_II#Video_functionality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/index.php?t=product/panasonic_ag-af101 http://www.adaptimax.com/ http://philipbloom.net/2010/10/19/af100/