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From: Tech News Today After all the hub-bub back in May about the licensing of H.264, many people were worried about the future of the latest HD cameras using the MPEG4 compression. There was even talk of development of other codecs that would be more “open source.” The MPEG Licensing Association announced yesterday that they [...]

Take a talented photographic market like Seattle and bring together some of the best photogs from around the country. You’ll be hard pressed to not absorb a little a lot of image capturing knowledge. Why not join the pros at the 2010 Northwest Video Workshop the weekend of October 15, 2010. The “ticket price” is [...]

With “As the World Turns” and “Guiding Light” now canceled, the void is being filled with a  new Soap Opera in Seattle, WA. Back in May, we saw the drama begin when freelancer Jud Morris, sold video of alleged police brutality to a competing station. This raised a lot of questions on who owns the [...]

It was only a matter of time, but Sony just announced a new consumer camcorder, the NEX-VG10. Details here: http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_ro…ase/58004.html It will be priced around $2000 and will shoot 1080p video @24MBPS or 14 MP stills. I didn’t see anything about recording format, but I’m assuming it will be AVCHD or something along those lines. [...]

The folks at DPReview.com have uncovered new details about the Panasonic AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds camcorder. Basically, this is Panasonic’s first attempt at a merger of best of DSLR and video cameras. The lens selection and larger sensor of a DSLR in a practical video camera configuration with XLR and HD-SDI connections. Rumors to run [...]