HDTV

Toshiba's Upscaling HDTVs Commercial

How Toshiba made their 'Matrix-like' commercial for their new range of up scaling range of HDTVs

Sony HVR Z7 HDV Camcorder

Tokyo's InterBee again for Sony's new Z7 HDV camcorder with interchangeable lenses and an optional compact flash drive

Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 Camcorder

Tokyo's InterBee show was the launch of Panasonic's first native 1080p camcorder with 10-bit processing and AVC Intra on-board

Camalot Get Their REDs

Dutch hire company are full of the joys of spring now they have their RED cameras.

Director Sidney Lumet on the death of film

As part of the New York Film Festival 2007 veteran director Sidney Lumet offers up his view of the HD revolution by explaining the inefficiencies of film against digital HD. Apologies for the bad camera work but worth a listen at least

TRIBUTE TO 16mm FILM BY ARRI

Arri's own very entertaining tribute to the history and legacy of 16mm film

NOX Digital Camera Demo - IBC 07

A short demo of the new Nox camera from GS Vitec in Germany. Basic specs and a run through of the menu structure

Hand Cranking an Arri D-20

Milan from ArriMedia GB at IBC 07 showing how to hand crank their HD camera

John Galt of Panavision Introduces New Recorder

At the recent IBC 07 John Galt of Panavision introduced their new flash-based recorder for their HD camera Genesis. John who has been so important in the introduction of HD to cinema talks about the Genesis, the recorder and what he thinks of 4K

HD Magazine SHOOT 'n POST Day

Our first SHOOT 'n POST day featured the new Sony F23 and Quantel's eQ FX at The Look in London's Soho. Included in the clip are some vox pops from the events

The Power of 16mm Film

Made by Arri this short film tracks the history of 16mm film up to the Arri 416 camera. Great footage and some great memories captured on great film

Cinematograher's Style - v.short version

A five minute glimpse of the recent DVD made by Arri, Kodak and Technicolor featuring various cinematographers talking about their art. Worth hunting down the DVD for!

Houdini 3D Software Showreel

Houdini CG software is giving products like Maya a run for its money. Here is their latest showreel featuring a mix of content and some Vox Pops from delighted customers

Original Report of CineGrid in 2005

The original CineGrid announcement sort to send media across from California to Japan in 4K using new fibre networks. The next video is one of the first uses of CineGrid

CineGrid 4k in practice

CineGrid was a pan-world 4K media transfer organisation formed in 2005. Formed to allow digital cinema images to be shared via fast optical fibre networks

Mammoth HD 2007 Reel

Featured footage includes library of scenics, sports, lifestyle and time-laspe in HD and 4K - original file is only iPod res at the moment

Microsoft Seadragon and PhotoSynth

From ted.com this demo shows how Microsoft are designing their future online media management - off topic but very interesting

HD Lens Adapter Test - Redrock M2/HVX200

A trailer for a movie called 'Illegal' which used the Redrock Micro Cinema Lens adapter in between a Panasonic HVX200 HD camera and a 35mm Nikon lens. Shot by Kenneth Yeung, directed by Andrew Oh

Rick McCallum At TEA 07, Spain

The recent TEA 07 HD conference was held at Zaragoza in Northern Spain and attracted many of the Spanish creative family. Also there and accepting an award was Star Wars Producers Rick McCallum who took questions from an enthusiastic audience

Skyworks HD Aerial Showreel of Italy

High Definition Aerial experts Skyworks shot this footage on the Cineflex HD CAM SR system.

Trailer for TUG

'Tug’ is a dark fairytale about murder, family, community and revenge which owes a narrative and stylistic debt to the Brother’s Grimm and Tim Burton amongst others. It was shot with two Sony f900/3 cameras on location with much of the film situated on boats at sea, hesitating boat to boat shooting.

Panasonic HD HVX200 and 35mm Lens

A test of the high definition Panasonic HVX200 with the fixed lens taken off and a Nikon 35mm lens put on

Holographic HD Storage Explained

This new storage technology uses non-spinning discs to store up to 300GB per disc. Non-spinning media means a future in consumer media for mobile devices as it won't draw as much power as drives or discs. At the moment marketing to the content owners