tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833Thu, 13 May 2010 07:24:04 +0000<b>High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers</b><br><i>A How To Guide for Digital Filmmakers</i><br>Welcome all! This is my blog to share my latest research, <br>thoughts, etc. on utilizing HD for independent filmmaking.<br><br><b>YES, I am available for consulting</b><br>Contact me at <a href="mailto:mike@hdforindies.com">mike@hdforindies.com</a><br><br>All content <a href="http://www.hdforindies.com/2004/03/copyright-notice-legal-disclaimer.html"> copyright 2004-2007 Mike Curtis</a>.http://www.hdforindies.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)Blogger3555125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3166836907990703888Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:55:00 +00002010-04-29T13:55:52.898-06:00Thoughts on Flash: "Apple has adopted HTML5, CSS and JavaScript – all open standards. Apple’s mobile devices all ship with high performance, low power implementations of these open standards. HTML5, the new web standard that has been adopted by Apple, Google and many others, lets web developers create advanced graphics, typography, animations and transitions without relying on third party browserhttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/thoughts-on-flash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-6841389384868126959Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:19:00 +00002010-04-21T15:19:18.353-06:00CHART OF THE DAY: In Case You Had Any Doubts About Where Apple's Revenue Comes FromNote where Final Cut falls in the pantheon.Note Apple's complete and utter lack of presence at NAB, even when they released new laptops during the show.We Are Not A Priority.http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/chart-of-day-in-case-you-had-any-doubts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-8758339257697952779Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:16:00 +00002010-04-21T15:16:56.972-06:00Pay $100, Jump From the Top of Vegas' Stratosphere - Stratosphere - GizmodoWish I'd known while in Vegas.http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/pay-100-jump-from-top-of-vegas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3740059354820874470Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:38:00 +00002010-04-13T11:38:04.563-06:00Hitachi Working On Glasses-Less 3D LCD - Hitachi 3d lcd - Gizmodo: "We've always said glasses would prove the barrier for most people considering buying a 3DTV, but it's not yet known whether the parallax barrier technology can actually compete with what we've seen from Panasonic, who's the only manufacturer with a 3D plasma out."http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/hitachi-working-on-glasses-less-3d-lcd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3867561721205585085Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:37:00 +00002010-04-13T11:37:29.018-06:00Solar Path Recorded By Pinhole Camera Over Six Months - Mr mallon solar path - Gizmodo: "Between the months of June and December last year, 'Mr. Mallon' was filming the sun's activities on a single film cell, which lay forgotten in his back garden. This is the beautiful result."http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/solar-path-recorded-by-pinhole-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3356104739532194549Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:37:00 +00002010-04-13T11:37:04.245-06:00Phantom Flex Camcorder Shoots 1080p Video at 2,800fps - Phantom flex - Gizmodo: "This particular one has a 4K 2,560 X 1,600 CMOS sensor with 12bit color depth. As mentioned before, when shooting 1080p it films in 2,800fps, but you can get 1,560 when pushing the resolution even further."Mitch from Abel posted about this last week, been meaning to check it out further. Of course will be checking ithttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/phantom-flex-camcorder-shoots-1080p.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3650971244666756376Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:35:00 +00002010-04-13T11:35:10.308-06:00MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 Benchmarked: It's So Fast - Macbook pro core i7 benchmark - Gizmodohttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/macbook-pro-15-inch-core-i7-benchmarked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-4581419633975948063Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:34:00 +00002010-04-13T11:34:42.464-06:00Canon 5D Mark II used to shoot entire House season finale, director says it's 'the future' -- EngadgetI call bullshit.The rolling shutter, the sampling fuckups, etc - this is bogus, and the director doesn't know what he's talking about.Now, will smaller cameras be the future, ones that can shoot stills and video? Quite possibly. But for high end narrative network broadcast television, I promise http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/canon-5d-mark-ii-used-to-shoot-entire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-2018395818366457453Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:33:00 +00002010-04-13T11:33:18.514-06:00Sony produces 7.4-inch OLED display for professionals, prices it accordingly -- Engadget: "We're still waiting for the OLED revolution to make our monster LCD HDTVs obsolete, but until it finally gets here we're left covering niche devices like this, the 7.4-inch PVM-740 professional monitor from Sony. It has a 960 x 540 resolution, can be connected directly to camera systems, is rack-mountable, http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/sony-produces-74-inch-oled-display-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3042689972879038480Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:25:00 +00002010-04-13T11:25:18.454-06:00Engadget: "In the Tech Specs section that went up with this morning's MacBook Pro refresh, there's a fourth video output listed: 'HDMI output using Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (optional).'"Probably $29, probably May.http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/engadget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-722256672078149369Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:10:00 +00002010-04-13T11:10:14.628-06:00Apple - MacBook Pro - Meet the new MacBook Pro family.Core i5&i7 processors (higher clock speeds, Turbo Boost, Hyperthreading), faster GPUs, longer battery life, aluminum unibody, etc.2.4-2.66 GHz i5 on all, with optional i7 on 15&17" models.13": $1199 2.4GHz i5, 4GB/250GB, $1499 2.66 i5/4GB/320GB15":$1799 2.4GHz i5/4GB/320GB, $1999 2.53GHz i5, 4/500GB, $2199 i7 2.66, 4/500/512MB VRAM (all othershttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/finally-new-macbooks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-9212939771509014060Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:51:00 +00002010-04-13T05:51:56.261-06:00REDCINE-X V2 - REDUSER.netBuncha stills and relevant comments from the Red team throughout. Support for the (I think) Euphonix control surface, modularity for plugins (using what - OpenFX?), saved looks, stillstore, and a ton of the things they talked about for Red One that never quite got here....till now.Download link goes live wednesday.-mikehttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/redcine-x-v2-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-9205250079603131953Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:39:00 +00002010-04-12T15:39:50.599-06:00Calibrated Software: "Calibrated{Q} Import components are cross-platform QuickTime components for NATIVE Importing and Playback of select MXF or MP4 Files in QuickTime Player and CatDV on Windows & OSX, and in Final Cut Studio 2 & 3 Applications and other QuickTime enabled applications on OSX."http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/calibrated-software.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-6208629037410593097Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:10:00 +00002010-04-12T13:10:53.976-06:00Star Wars: UncutA zillion DIFFERENT sweded shots cut together to remake a scene from the original Star Wars. TRY AND TELL ME you didn't smile just thinking of this.-mikehttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/watch-this-you-will.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-8155278162485354763Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:56:00 +00002010-04-12T10:56:44.111-06:00Epic Reservation: "Stage 2 EPIC-X package will be $28,000 less $8,500 for keeping your RED ONE. So, a net price of $19,500.Stage 2 EPIC-X package will include: an EPIC-X S35 MYSTERIUM-X brain with a PL mount, a 5' touchscreen LCD, a REDMOTE, a SIDE CF MODULE, a MODULE ADAPTOR, a BASE I/O MODULE, a PRO BATTERY MODULE, two REDVOLT batteries, and a travel charger.The standard M-X sensor upgrade costhttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/red-taking-reservations-for-epicif-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3608057177321055668Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:55:00 +00002010-04-12T10:55:03.541-06:00The World Would Be Better If Everyone Watched This Video - Pale blue dot - GizmodoCarl Sagan's pale blue dot.Made Of Awesome.http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/world-would-be-better-if-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-721667349484917411Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:54:00 +00002010-04-12T10:54:32.971-06:00Avid | Media Composer Software 5: "Directly access and edit RED files through AMA, without transcoding (images are scaled to HD frame size)Work natively with QuickTime video formats, including Apple ProRes and H.264Edit video and audio by dragging and dropping elements in the timelineKeep high-end finishing projects in-house and gain great color precision with HD-RGB support (including dual-link http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/avid-media-composer-software-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-1201080147647483892Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:52:00 +00002010-04-12T10:52:01.387-06:00Released - RedUser iPhone app - REDUSER.net: "Released - RedUser iPhone appNo more Mobile Safari; absolutely free: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/code-...366359884?mt=8"Now if they only had a "find relevant posts" option....http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/released-reduser-iphone-app-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-8353607675205219404Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:51:00 +00002010-04-12T10:51:14.639-06:00EPIC Dynamic Range... - REDUSER.net: "EPIC Dynamic Range...Today... we tested EPIC dynamic range with the following test systems:1. DSC DX1-102db v1 OSG chart2. Stouffer chart3. Arri DRTCAll tests show 13.5 stops or greater.For those that missed my post on another thread... EPIC has a REDCODE mathematically lossless compression option (2.5:1) that records to onboard SSD module (not to CF).Lots ofhttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/epic-dynamic-range-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-4804241478722820399Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:50:00 +00002010-04-12T10:50:15.732-06:00A few new things... - REDUSER.net: "A few new things...Came out of the oven functional today.. can you spot them?"(Jarred Land)see link for pics1.) 64GB CF cards2.) record button on CF reader3.) side grip with record and LCDhttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/few-new-things-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-8021367473986034070Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-04-12T10:43:24.392-06:00RED STATION - REDUSER.net: "The RED STATION modular reader system will begin shipping April 14th. The RED MAG 2.5', RED CF, and BASE STATION are priced at $250 per module and $250 per Base. Each Module can be used independently or linked together as a system, using E-SATA, FIREWIRE 800/400 or USB2.0."(Jarred Land posted)pics on the linkhttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/red-station-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-944011051248682763Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:42:00 +00002010-04-12T10:42:24.213-06:00EPIC is alive... - REDUSER.net: "EPIC is alive and shooting incredible images... actually, the best we have ever seen.Jim"pictures on the first page and scattered throughout the many, many pages of this thread. Other good tidbits to know: Epic brain weighs 5 pounds, boot time is 12 seconds currently (probably will trim a bit before release - time not weight).-mikehttp://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/epic-is-alive-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-6658101849590174890Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:36:00 +00002010-04-12T10:36:18.314-06:00EPIC Schedule Update... - REDUSER.net: "We expect the Tattoo EPICs to be out in May.Given our commitment to debug and enable most features before shipping production models, we expect a 2-3 month shakedown of Tattoo which puts Stage 2 delivery somewhere in the neighborhood of July-August. A lot depends on what happens throughout the Tattoo period."Based on prior estimates vs actual shipping, I'd http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/epic-schedule-update-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-5337053449472171556Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:34:00 +00002010-04-12T10:34:10.925-06:00Proxy Module... - REDUSER.net: "Proxy Module...RED is increasing the workflow flexibility on Epic and Scarlet with Proxy Modules… the first of which is an H.264 Module.This module encodes a 1080P stream (high quality scale from full frame) and records to Compact Flash in a rear module. The module also offers secure password protected streaming over dedicated WiFi and ethernet to iPhones, iPads, http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/proxy-module-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597833.post-3393941117320586118Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:33:00 +00002010-04-12T10:33:07.663-06:00RED FOCUS - REDUSER.net: "Self-Powered illuminated PL Mount Diascope for setting PL Backfocus/ Flange distance on the RED ONE / EPIC / SCARLET cameras.$1900 Alone, $1500 for new/existing owners of the RED PRO PRIME set."http://www.hdforindies.com/2010/04/red-focus-redusernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike Curtis)1