Recent content by Brock Samson

After who knows how many hours scouring the interwebs and fiddling with cameras that I have come across, I have yet to find what I am searching for. Where are you, oh magnificent figment of my imagination? What I speak of is this: does there exist a camera that is capable of the speed and...

Anyone know of a setup that will let you have one-button recording for both a DSLR and Zoom H4N Audio recorder? Short story is that hitting two record buttons is ungainly and an extra step which creates room for error, in my opinion.

I've got a small business owner, (the business is the guy, his fiance, and his mom,) who I am in talks with to produce a couple of half hour "how-to" DVD's using his product. This is the same type of thing as what I do in my day job, so the content will be familiar territory. Thing is, I have...

Quick Question, If I'm exporting an XDCam EX 108060i sequence that's about 50 minutes long to a quicktime file that's Vimeo friendly, (720p, 30fpsAAC audio,) is 9 hours an oddly large amount of time, or does that sound completely within reason? The iMac I'm using has the quad core I7 with 16...

I'm starting to undertake the journey of doing some freelance work on the side, and I've managed to line up a couple of pretty good-sized gigs due to people that I know. I'd like to slowly but surely begin getting my name out there. I've got a good wedding reel from a wedding I recently did...

Ebay and Craigslist both make me a little leary, since the possibility of purchasing stolen gear is pretty high. Does anyone know of a reputable website where I can get used equipment that will be on the up & up?

Collaborate.... ....and listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

Just curious, but does anyone know a ballpark figure for how many calories one would burn in a good solid hour of shooting?

If someone were looking for the familiarity of a big-bodied ENG style camera, what would you guys recommend for someone who is looking for the maximum bang for their buck in terms of a quality video gathering tool? It would have to be HD, of course, and capable of either 30p or 60i framerate...

Anyone seen this movie yet? Just curious if they managed to make photogs look like idiots and reporters vastly superior, as usual.

While in the process of considering making this change, I figured I might get some insight from some of the peeps on b-roll. We're talking about moving back home, and possibly applying for a bureau reporting job. It's one of those one-man-band situations where you produce a smal cut-in that...

Anyone know what the most ideal settings are for exporting from Avid to upload to the popular internet sites? I have to admit this is one reason I didn't enter the contest, because it seems I literally cannot make this work. FYI, this would be standard def 16x9 source video. I know the files...

Hey Kevin, the front page of the site was all crazyfied. My puny mind cannot grasp the intricacies of HTML coding, so I wonder if my browser perhaps made a poo poo in it's britches instead.

After I updated to the latest version, the address bar won't open up to show previously visited pages. That's how I like to get around to my regular websites! Lame. Anyone know a fix?

I know a lot of shooters out there have a thing about not liking music in stories as kind of a general rule. That is, unless it's natural sound recorded at the scene of the story, of course. I'm interested in hearing people's philosophies on the use of music. I have quite a large collection...