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The folks over at Zacuto have taken the new HPX-300 for a test drive. Their video review – shot in pure cinematic style – gives thumbs up to a camera that merges the form factor of a shoulder mounted ENG / EFP cam with the price point of the P2 HVX-200 camera. I can see [...]

Contributed by:  George Butters There’s nothing more intriguing, exciting and – depending on your point of view – disturbing than watching an old industry try to hang on as a tsunami of innovation sweeps up the shore, smashes everything in its wake, and leaves the landscape forever altered. The list is very long. Horse, meet [...]

From: Al Tompkins, Poynter.org Flag-draped coffins arrive from Iraq and Afghanistan every week — mostly out of public sight. While the Bush administration banned photographs of the arrival ceremonies, the Obama administration is now considering lifting the ban. This raises several important questions for journalists: What should our response be if the ban is lifted? [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV, February 17, 2009 – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, is debuting its QR-RH RED One Handle for the RED camera at NAB 2009 (Booth C6201). Designed by Anton/Bauer, in conjunction with leading camera rental [...]

Midwest Media Group introduces the T-KIT1 and T-KIT2, designed to give flexibility and mobility for news photographers and journalists. Based on the Apple MacBook Pro, Final Cut Studio and the Matrox MXO2, this integrated toolset offers support of HD and SD, motion graphics and audio production wherever you go! Included in the T-KIT1 is a [...]

Contributed by: Brian Young, Miami Beach, http://flacaproductions.com I took the plunge and bought a set of Kleer DigiFi Opera Wireless Earbuds recently and i think they’re really great. I used them yesterday on an all-day, network news, run-n-gun shoot (7 tapes off the shoulder, multiple locations, multiple vehicles, a quick 45 minutes in a helicopter…you [...]

I know you’ve cursed your stations live truck once or twice – claiming its old and should be in a museum. This truck has you beat. The folks at the Early Television Museum have a 1948 Television Remote Truck at their museum in Hilliard, Ohio. This video tour will make any truck you’re riding in [...]