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Clouds, Strings & Flattened Things
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By Mark Schubin, Jun 23, 2009
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Some live in the clouds. They might be the leading edge of the future of videography, as revealed in April in Las Vegas at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).The common meaning.
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Amazing Adjectival Acquisition
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By Mark Schubin, May 18, 2009
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As a reader of this magazine, you almost certainly know what a video camera is. You can probably also differentiate a studio camera from a handheld version and have heard the adjectives HDTV and 3D. But do you know.
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Getting the Big Picture
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By Mark Schubin, Apr 15, 2009
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Just before this month's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, a group of producers, television-equipment suppliers, and talent representatives were scheduled to discuss such issues.
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The Take Away
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By Mark Schubin, Mar 16, 2009
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Thousands of us will gather next month in Las Vegas for videography's biggest annual event, the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). This year, however, attendance is likely to drop significantly..
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Talking It. Over.
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By Mark Schubin, Feb 16, 2009
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In 1854, 155 years ago, a New York City candlemaker left town and, ultimately, helped unify Italy. To some, the San Francisco rock bands Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane,.
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The Known Unowneds
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By Mark Schubin, Jan 21, 2009
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This month, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Next month, at the 15th-annual Technology Retreat of the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA), Charles Poynton will conduct a workshop.
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When Bad Is Good
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By Mark Schubin, Dec 16, 2008
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What do film scratches have to do with internet access at the South Pole? What do lens filters have to do with stereoscopic 3D, ultra-high-definition television, 300-frame-per-second (fps) viewing, and a concave.
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Revisiting the Future
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By Mark Schubin, Nov 11, 2008
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The Hollywood Post Alliance’s annual Technology Retreat seems a good place to learn about the future. Panasonic’s VariCam and Sony’s HDCAM SR are just two of many technologies introduced at the event, which often.
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Drink and Think: IBC 2008
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By Mark Schubin, Oct 14, 2008
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Howard Lukk, Disney's vice president of production technology, based in California, was in Amsterdam last month, where he accepted an award for Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour.
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Ten Myths About Digital
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By Mark Schubin, Sep 16, 2008
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We live in the digital age. Or do we? What does "digital" mean?The original Oxford English Dictionary (OED) doesn't seem to help. It notes the word's origin is the Latin digitalis ("of or belonging to the finger"),.
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Virtues of Reality?
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By Mark Schubin, Aug 12, 2008
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As usual, it has been a summer of epic battles at the movies. There were, for example, Indiana Jones's atomic-bomb explosion versus Fred Astaire's spoons, Speed Racer's Mach 5 versus Errol Flynn's wires, and Iron.
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The Future of Videography (All in One Place)
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By Mark Schubin, Jul 18, 2008
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What's the greatest change to occur in videography in the last 25 years? It's probably the introduction of HDTV, with its widescreen aspect ratio and high-resolution pictures. What will be the next great change?Perhaps.
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Strange But Wonderful
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By Mark Schubin, Jun 23, 2008
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Is it possible that the most important new product shown at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Las Vegas in April was a test pattern? Read on. There is no question that the.
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The Starting Point, Chapter 2008
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By Mark Schubin, May 20, 2008
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Imagine shooting someone against a window and being able to control the background brightness instantly without affecting the foreground. Imagine lighting a room with a 500-watt lamp aimed at the camera, instead.
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Under the Red Desert Moon
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By Mark Schubin, Apr 23, 2008
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As the desert moon turned red, the engineers on the roof might have contemplated the smell of 3D, the extraordinary visual detail from a microphone, and Dolby's amazing contrast between black and white. No, it wasn't.
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