Author: Paul Joy

Zoom h4n as a desktop mic

The Zoom H4n audio recorder is loved by DSLR filmmakers worldwide, it’s a low cost device that provides high quality results. But did you know that it can also be used as a desktop mic?

FCP to Premiere Pro CS5 – basic editing differences

Im general I’m really enjoying Premiere Pro at the moment, working with DSLR footage is a breeze and I really like the workflow, but there’s a few fundamental differences when making basic edits that catch you out as a FCP user and I thought I’d throw together a quick video...

Nvidia quadro 4000 (mac version) – £73 off normal retail price

I’ve been using Adobe’s Premiere Pro CS5 a lot recently and the app is starting to grow on me, so much so that I’ve decided to invest in a new graphics card that should be able to to provide GPU processing for the Mercury Playback Engine. If all this sounds...

Zoom H4n

The Zoom H4n gets independent level controls

Zoom have released a firmware update  (v1.70) for their H4n Handy Recorder. The new firmware adds the ability to set the recording levels for channels 1 & 2 individually. Prior to this update both channels shared a level setting making it tricky to record from two sources at the same time....

Sony NXCAM HD S35 35mm lens off

Sony announce the NXCAM HD Super35 35mm camera

Sony have announced yet another addition to their new lineup of Professional 35mm video cameras in the form of the NXCAM HD. This new camera was announced at the Sony Professional 35mm event that I was invited to on the 17th November and there was a camera on show, albeit...

Sony PMW-F3 footage

Ater Sony’s 35mm Professional event yesterday footage shot on the new camera has started to appear from around the world. I thought it might be useful to have a separate post dedicated to sharing those examples as they are made available. For more information about the camera used see my...