This is an article not about licensing music. Music should always be paid for when the artist makes money from the work of others. This article is instead an impassioned plea for unrestricted use of music in non-profit personal videos, as long as the artist is credited. However there is a worrying trend of some recording artists who look negatively at their work being used in non-commercial films without prior…
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[vimeo]14725782[/vimeo] Rather than getting bogged down over which DSLR has the best microphone socket and lug straps, and then discussing it for 7 days on a 500 page thread, some take the approach that I too prefer. Get your arse outside. Shoot something. Preferably not your arse!
(Rig by Jay Shaffer) Good news. I have received a rumour from a very good source close to the Panasonic group that the Panasonic GH2 features manual audio control.
CPN (Canon Professional Network) has released an interview with Tsunemasa Ohara. A brilliant engineer whose team developed the first every digital EOS camera, Ohara is now Senior General Manager for the Canon Photo Products Group. Here are the interesting bits…
Image of Rick McCallum & Canon’s 4K concept camera from Philip Bloom Canon have revealed a prototype / concept camera which shoots 4K video at 60p on a 2/3″ sensor.
The Canon Expo ([url]https://expo.usa.canon.com) is about to kick off, and features an overwhelming bias toward HD DSLR video, with seminars by Shane Hurlbut, Vincent LaForet, Alex Buono, Russel Carpenter and Rodney Charters.
Above: left Canon’s ultra-large-scale sensor and right is the 5D Mark II’s full frame sensor. Is this really a cover for something about to hit commercial production? I think it is.
The GH1 could be turned into a high-tech 3D camera suitable for broadcast use at the BBC and Sky, if the efforts of one company are anything to go by. The company, named Beampath, has recently been working on a 3D rig for the Panasonic GH1 and is seeking collaborators.