Smart phones have allowed us to play on some awesomely distracting apps … Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, Plant vs Zombies, but programmers did us a favor too by designing some apps that help out our industry as well. Timecode calculators have come along to help you in a pinch to figure out pretty much any calculation you may need.
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Back in the 1950’s when the first Nagra hit shelves, you didn’t need anything more than a good pair of eyes to see when you were about to run out of analog tape. In those days, you could play that wonderful game of “I’m pretty sure I got enough” only to shoot your crew a grin a few minutes later when the reel ended just as the director yelled cut.
Now that most of us have moved into the digital revolution, we find ourselves using SD cards, CF cards and Hallmark Holiday cards. One of the questions that come through our office most often is: How much record time do I have with that?
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The Solice Audio Mixer from PSC has been out for a few years now, and its rugged, laser cut aluminum housing still makes it perfect for the field. It was designed to fill the void of signal routing capabilities of today’s field mixers. This eight input channel mixer still continues to pack a punch. With its eight mixing busses and complimentary outputs, the Solice features the finest electronics components by Neutrik and others.
The recent advancement of DSLR shooting has brought on a lot of questions – Is it cool if I own a DSLR camera? Should I let my Facebook friends know if I went with the Canon 7D ‘cause I didn’t understand why the 5D costs more? Are seedless grapes still popular? What the hell is AGC? (Auto Gain Control) But the most demanding one we’ve come across is: How do I record better audio with my camera?
Challenging and creative productions are finding bodypack recorders an increasingly useful tool. This Quick Guide outlines how to manage bodypack style lavalier recording devices in the field. The step-by-step process below is relevant to the following products. Devices beginning with “ZFR” are recording units only. Products beginning with “TRX” record and transmit and may therefore be monitored and recorded on another device in real-time.
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