Author: Paul Joy

To switch or not to switch

A few weeks back I made a post about the fact that I was considering switching from Final Cut to Premiere Pro. Now that I’m editing on this super fast 12 core mac and Final Cut Pro is only using a fraction of it’s resources this question has become a...

Dual SmallHD DP6 monitoring

One area where I use my DSLR’s a lot is for interviews. Because the cameras are so small and portable I’ve been shooting a lot of two camera interviews by myself. Up until now I’ve tended to hitch one camera to my Marshall monitor and treat that as my main...

Another short film

After working with Peter Naylor on Adrift he gave me a call to see if I’d be interested in shooting another short film he was working on. Un-named at the moment the film is still in production but Pete has recently posted some frame grabs from it which are looking...

European Bike Week 2010

Shot at the 2010 European Bike Week in Faaker See, Austria for Harley-Davidson. Mostly Sony EX1 footage including all of the riding and aerial footage. There are a couple of 5D markII shots in here as well, but I much prefer the results and additional functionality the EX1 provides for...

12 core Mac Pro tests

“The 12 Core shows up as 24 CPU’s, all flat out in compressor!” My new Mac Pro arrived yesterday so I spent my evening installing apps and getting it set up ready to take over as my main editing machine. Once I had the basics installed I couldn’t resist running...

SmallHD DP6 first impressions

I got back from my shoot in Austria last night to find the DP6 monitor from SmallHD waiting for me. To be honest I’m not going to have much time over the next few days to put it through it’s paces but thought I’d share a few initial thoughts with...