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Harley-Davidson doc: update 1

Only a month now until the BMW GS is dropped off and we set off on the ride the St Tropez…. can’t wait! Preparations are coming on nicely. I’ve been talking to the local BMW dealership about the luggage on the new GSR and they were not confident about how...

New Zacuto Z-Finder family

Zacuto are listing a new range of Z-Finders on their website, and mighty interesting they look too. As well as introducing a more basic solution in the form of the Z-Finder Jr the standard Z-Finder has now transformed into two models, The Pro 2.5X and Pro 3X. I felt the...

Pluraleyes for Final Cut Pro

  Note: PluralEyes was purchased by Red Giant Software since this article was written so many of the links to singular software no longer work. One of the challenges that faces us from time to time is working with either multiple cameras or with footage where the sound has been...

Transcoding – the truth!

I’ve just been running some transcoding tests to compare the speed of Canon’s EOS plugin E1 for Final Cut against MPEG Streamclip and it’s made me realise just how slow this job is in comparison to working with something the the Sony XDCAM-EX format. As you can see in the...

Canon DSLR interview workflow

Before describing my DSLR workflow for shooting interviews let me first explain why it’s worth doing all of this rather than sticking to my EX1 and making life easier. When shooting an interview with something like the EX1 it’s best to put a lot of distance between the camera and...

Using the Canon EOS Movie plugin-E1 with Final Cut Pro

Canon have released the EOS Movie plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro and initial tests look pretty good to me. The plugin uses FCP’s Log & Transfer functionality much like Sony’s plugin for the EX1. Like using the plugin for the EX1 however the directory structure of the EOS footage must...