New Promotion Alert – Atomos Pre-NAB Sumo Instant Rebates!
By Jim Bask
Instant Rebate Specials on Atomos SUMO 19 Monitors: Available 3/01 through 4/15 – Plus, Dealer Bonus!
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Roland Now Shipping V-60HD Multi-Format Video Switcher
By Jim Bask
Roland Professional A/V is now shipping the V-60HD, a compact, integrated video switcher and audio mixer. Its sophisticated feature set is perfectly suited for live event production as well as broadcast, recording and streaming.
The Media of the Future Depends Upon Storage
By Jim Bask
But, what surprises me is how few questions I get, asking about what storage to buy. Yet, as we move into 4K, 6K, 8K and HDR images, storage needs explode. Recently, during a Digital Production Buzz interview, Gary Watson, cofounder and Chief Technical Officer for Nexsan told me that a 4K HDR video file requires 1.8 GB / second of storage bandwidth. And 8K files are four TIMES bigger than that!
New Product Line: Introducing SlingStudio Portable, Wireless, Multi-camera Broadcasting Platform
By Jim Bask
Portable, wireless multi-camera broadcasting platform. Monitor, record, switch, edit and stream live HD-quality video wirelessly to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter/Periscope, Livestream, Ustream, Restream.io and other RTMP destinations. It’s portable, affordable and easy to use.
Sony A7R III and Atomos Ninja Flame 4K monitor recorder for amazing Log and HDR video
By Jim Bask
The Sony A7R III is one of the top hybrid cameras available. Capable of extreme high resolution stills and 4K video. Combine it with the Atomos Ninja Flame to get awesome 4K Log and HDR footage recorded directly to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHR.
How to Match Cameras with TriCaster® Scopes | NewTek Tutorial
By Jim Bask
NewTek production systems include broadcast quality professional waveform and vector scopes for video signal analysis, and proc amp controls for signal adjustments. These tools allow producers to ensure that output signal is properly calibrated for broadcast, and that input signals are both proper and matched so that when you switch among cameras and inputs you have a consistent look and no jarring disparities.
PTZ Cameras Gain Acceptance in Broadcast News Studios
By Jim Bask
“In broadcast markets of every size, news operations are replacing traditional, pedestal-mounted studio cameras with pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) models.”
In fact, PTZ camera performance is so strong that some stations are using them side-by-side with traditional studio cameras for weather sets, while others have replaced all their studio cameras with PTZ models.
TechCrunch: Sling Studio Perfect for Multi-Camera Productions
By Adam Noyes
Tito Hamze gives an in-depth review of the Sling Studio, a multi-camera production studio that turns your existing cameras wireless and makes your phones into cameras with the ability to control everything from an iPad as a switcher.
Atomos Dealer Webinar
By Adam Noyes
In this weeks Broadfield Distributing Live Webinar, Jim Bask goes over the Atomos product line. Broadfield Distributing Inc is your source for Atomos.
2017 brought VR cameras to everyone — in 2018 they might even use them
By Jim Bask
It’s been an exciting decade for video and still-photography cameras, but if we were to sum 2017 up as anything, it would be the year that virtual reality (VR) cameras became accessible to a much broader “prosumer” and consumer market.