2011 was an important year for cameras, photographers and filmmakers. In the wake of the HDSLR revolution brought about by the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, manufacturers finally got the message (more or less) that what independent filmmakers want is a large sensor, interchangeable lens camera, with a professional feature set, at an affordable price and responded with the Panasonic AG-AF101, Sony PMW-F3, Sony NEX-FS100 and Red Scarlet. But, it wasn’t just about large sensor camcorders. Panasonic understood the need for a small(ish), full HD, broadcast quality camcorder and released their answer to the 8 bit 4:2:2 Canon XF305 – the 10 bit 4:2:2 AVC Intra AG-HPX 250. On the stills front, Fuji realised that real photographers want real cameras in small packages and released the retro styled Finepix X100. However, the much anticipated and widely rumoured Canon 5D Mark III, Nikon D4 and Nikon D800 were nowhere to be seen and the Sony A77 and Sony NEX-7, though announced, were delayed by floods and earthquakes. So what can we expect in 2012? Well given that it is both a Photokina and an Olympics year, a fair bit Actually. Continue reading “New Cameras in 2012”
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WordPress 3.3 Released
5 months, 4 betas, 3 release candidates, 2 many developers to name, 1 jazz saxophonist…Wordpress 3.3 has lift off.
The Muppets
I’m delighted to see that, after a 12 year absence, The Muppets are finally back with a brand new movie. I’m even more delighted that it is a film which my friend Mike Quinn had a hand in…quite literally. Though it was touch and go, so to speak, as the day before he was due to fly off to LA to start work on ‘The Muppets’, he was still putting the finishing touches to the puppetry for The Toadlickers – the promo I directed for Thomas Dolby. Continue reading “The Muppets”
‘The Toadlickers’ wins a Davey Award!
I am delighted to announce that The International Academy of Visual Arts has just awarded The Toadlickers (the music video I directed and produced for multi Grammy nominated artist, Thomas Dolby,) ‘GOLD’ at The 7th Annual Davey Awards. This is the second award The Toadlickers has won, having been awarded ‘GOLD’ in the W3 Awards, earlier this month. Continue reading “‘The Toadlickers’ wins a Davey Award!”
The Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2011
Every year, they key players in the British broadcasting industry gather in Scotland, for the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. The event, now in its 36th year, comprises a weekend of seminars, screenings and parties, that this year included appearances by all of the major channel controllers, Dr. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, Glenn Brown, Director of Business Development at Twitter, a handful of TV comedians…and Ricky Gervais… Continue reading “The Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2011”