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NPPA Posts Memorial Video of Bob Brandon
From: NPPA.org Sunday’s (1/10/10) memorial service for Bob Brandon held in Denver featured a touching video tribute. “The two-time national Emmy Award-winning television journalist died December 9, 2009, in New York while visiting his daughter. Bradon twice won NPPA’s top video journalist honor, the Ernie Crisp Television Photographer of the Read More →
Fujinon Signs On to Sponsor b-roll.net AWARDS
We are excited to announce that Fujinon Broadcast – makers of fine motion picture lenses – and long-time sponsors of b-roll.net – have signed on to be a GOLD sponsor of the b-roll.net AWARDS. Their assistance will help us reward the impressive work being entered, as we speak, in the Read More →
KUSA Highlights One Of Their Own
11 time NPPA Station of the Year, KUSA in Denver showcased the work of long-time lensman Dan Wood to celebrate 30 years of shooting TV news. It’s an inspiring piece – showing why we do this job. Check out KUSA’s page…
Read More →Steadicam Creates “Smoothee” for iPhone
LAS VEGAS, NV – January 7, 2010 — The Tiffen Company, award winning manufacturer of still image and video accessories, announced today at the International Consumer Electronics Show, the release of the Steadicam Smoothee, a new “easy to use right out of the box” image stabilizer for use with the Read More →
WBBM Reporter Shoots CES with iPhone
From: Cult of Mac Ed Curran, a reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago, is shooting the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with an iPhone outfitted with an Owle bube lens attachment. I guess it makes sense for a technology show – but how soon will we see this everywhere in Read More →
3D “Avatar” Shot on Fujinon Lenses
It turns out James Cameron‘s latest epic film – the three-dimensional sci-fi flick, Avatar – was shot on Fujinon lenses. I don’t see TV news going to 3D anytime soon, but it does show you what top quality lenses can do in the hands of a great DP like Vince Read More →
b-roll.net AWARDS Entry Begins on New Year’s Day
The champagne and confetti may still be on the floor from New Year’s Eve, but New Year’s Day marks the beginning of the 2010 b-roll.net AWARDS. Many responses last year asked for more time to enter and judge the contest, so this year we’re extending the contest schedule. Don’t look Read More →