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Snow Leopard, 2.2 Gamma at last!

After my initial wingeing about snow leopard I’m starting to notice some of the good stuff about the new OS. The first of those things is that Mac OS now sets it’s gamma to 2.2 by default, and not only that but in the display calibration pages it actually lists...

Replacing the ATI X1900XT in a Mac Pro 1.1

As far as computers go my current mac has to be one of the longest lasting machines I’ve owned. Purchased nearly three years ago it’s still going strong and although I’ve been tempted to replace it a few times the performance gain by doing so just doesn’t seem worth the...

EX1 mic holder replacements

Read any of the popular Sony EX1 and EX3 forums and you’re bound to notice that a lot of people break the mic holders on their EX cameras. I’m not entirely sure if the weak holders on these cameras are a feature to stop the camera getting damaged or a...

New gear

I’ve been doing some shopping recently and have a few more gadgets lined up to review. Before going into the full reviews though I thought it might be useful to outline my initial thoughts on these new tools. SmallHD DP1 I’ve been meaning to pick up a larger monitor for...

European H.O.G. Rally 2009 – Latvia

Here’s the first video from my shoot for Harley-Davidson at the 2009 H.O.G. Rally in Jumala, Latvia. I used my trusty EX1 again but this time took along my Steadicam Pilot to give me a few more options in achieving movement in shots. For the first ‘in the field’ shoot...

Steadicam Pilot BP-U conversion

When I purchased my Steadicam Pilot it came with the AA battery option which allows you to run the sled mounted monitor using 10 standard AA batteries in a removable pack on the sled. I found that dealing with AA batteries was too much hassle, they are very fiddly to...