Category: Television
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Mount Washington TV Geeks
Mount Washington and Television, two of my life passions in one book. Marty on the Mountain is a wonderful book full of neat stories about life as a TV engineer on top of Mount Washington. Â Only 157 pages, the book is a fun read over a quiet weekend. I’ve had the opportunity to hike and…
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GoPro Phantom
Watching and learning from New England Tech instructor Matt Morin as he pilots his Phantom GoPro rig around the college campus this morning. The stand on the left is hold up an LCD monitor with a wireless link to the GoPro. Weather is great today, although there were some decent wind gusts.  I was impressed with…
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FreeNAS, Twit.tv Exposes Me to Anouther Great Tool
Not sure why I’ve not heard about FreeNAS before, but this looks great! I’m definitely going to spend some time learning more. Wonder if this could be a good, low-cost solution for storing archived video files, raw footage, and other large production files.
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Canon XA25 Low Light & Video Gain Test
A couple weeks ago I tested out Canon’s new XA25 High Definition Camcorder in low light, check to see how it handled different situations. I also turned on gain boost, which normally introducing noticeable grain or noise in the picture. I was impressed with the XA25 low light performance. I was also excited to see…
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List of Lighting Apps for iOS / Android
Here’s a great resource I want to pass along for my techie friends. Really, anyone who workings with lighting equipment will like this. Todd Proffitt, a blogger who writes about Theater lighting has compiled a massive list of iOS and Android apps designed to help with lighting and stage direction. The list is organized by…
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SMPTE Presentation & WCVB Tour
On December 14th I attended the SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) New England Section chapter meeting. The presentation was titled “THE LATEST IN HIGH DEFINITIONTELEVISION MOBILE UNIT DESIGN”. Two local companies made presentations, Little Bay Communications and Thistle Communications. Below are photos from the event, mostly from the WCVB Station tour which…
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Camera Boot Camp
I was turned onto these commercial spots by a a colleague, all featuring a cameraman army style boot camp. The commercial series promotes the Rugby World Cup 2011 Second Commercial in Series – Camera Operators Don’t Speak! Third Commercial in Series – Announcers