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We tried a bit of an experiment today using the Apple iPad and onOne DSLR  Camera Remote software. A new pro version now runs in HD on the iPad so we thought it might be a good way to monitor video. Althogh this app is primarily designed to allow remote management for camera functions is [...]

I have finally assembled the components required to make better use of the Canon EOS 5D Mk11 HD video capture. This set up should allow greater stability, better focus action and view and a way better solution than just mounting on my stills tripod. I am looking forward to testing on some unsuspecting children. What [...]

Bruce from benallaonline.com.au gets up to speed with HD video. Includes 24 inch iMac, Canon 7D DSLR shooting 1080p video, loaded to Aperture 3 and edited in iMovie. Export at 720p and embedded from Vimeo upload.

It rain and it rained big… So the Zacuto Z-Finder attached to the Canon 5D Mk11 has proved to be the pivotal device for using the DSLR as a video shoot platform. Great stability is generated by using this device alone, but I now know why I need a lanyard on it. More later..

A very recent installation job nearly went pear shaped when a new “feature” in iWork 09 Keynote stopped us from scheduling a shutdown of a kiosk style big screen sideshow on 3 screens. The job is a display of news and coming events on 3 big screens for The West Footscray Neighborhood House. The screens [...]

In shooting Melbourne’s best heritage listed trees this morning we decided to try a little piece to camera, just to see how it looked. Steve you are a natural. Angophora costata (Smooth-barked Apple) from Philip Greenwood on Vimeo. This is my favorite from the shoot, Cussonia spicata (Cabbage Tree) Cnr Inkerman and Hawthorn Rd Caulfield [...]

The webcast from The Dog theatre went well last night and we will continue to improve our assembly of technical specifications for this type of event. The concept was for a lightweight portable and affordable two camera streaming solution. Video to follow soon of the recorded stream.

As of Monday 24 August we are lowering the price of the Student Subscription edition. For annual subscribers, the subscription will drop from $49 per month to $29 per month. And for students who subscribe on a month to month basis, the price will drop from $69 to $49. With now up to a further [...]

Finally time for the Premiere release of Sarah Watts new film “My Year Without Sex” Petrina did the graphic design for the graphic slides that appear throughout the film. Much stuffing around with dog biscuits and the like in the photographic studio for quite a few weeks but the result was worth it. If you [...]

As Street view goes live in Australia I was sent this from Alan in The USA. It looks like the young bloke was on the way home from school as the Google van went past. Google Earth gets an update and now has Sun effects. Our 3D model now can appear as it would look [...]

I have found a place to put Pics of Luie on his skateboard so that all his mate can see… Flickr for Big Trousers page is up for this purpose. Keep an eye on it if you a fan of the things 9 year old boys are up to.

The great Photoshop killer Pixelmator was released on Tuesday this week and it packs a punch. As a 20mb download for $59 US, you can experience how Photoshop should have been made or how it may look in the future. As the worlds first GPU image processor it applies filters almost instantaneously in an interface [...]

Released a week or so ago, USTREAM provides a method of streaming live video and audio to a worldwide audience. According to Cris Pirillo, this is indeed a revolution as it allows bloggers and video bloggers to go live with text chat to their audience. I suppose with Skype you could have live interview and [...]

This is a little job for Ringo, an artist from The StKilda Esplanade market. Ringo wanted to know if we could reproduce from an original oil painting, a color accurate reproduction to canvas using the wide format Epson printer. The 4800 pro uses 100 year archive pigment ink and also is amazing at this sort [...]