A product that strikes our fancy.

Here's a product we've been looking at for a quite a while and finally had the chance to see in action at NAB:

Reflecmedia's Chromatte and LiteRing.

Okay so, unlike conventional chroma key fabrics that are usually blue or green in colour, in ambient light Chromatte is grey to the eye. The fabric contains millions of tiny glass beads that act as reflectors: when any light - such as the directional light from Reflecmedia’s lens-mounted LiteRing – hits the fabric, it is returned on the same path back into the camera’s lens. This retro-reflectice process means the camera ‘sees’ the apparently grey fabric as a perfectly even blue or green background. All you need to do is place the LiteRing (pictured below) around the cameras lense and the work is done for you! Normally the process requires a green screen to be lit individually and evenly, separate from the talent. Reflecmedia's solution really simplifies things tremendously.




Here's a picture from their booth at NAB. They put a LiteRing infront of my iphone as I took a photo. Notice how their grey chromatte is turned blue to the eyes of the camera.

We're back from Vegas/LA

When we weren't partying Vegas style, were at NAB.   There was so much to see, but the major highlight for us was the RED booth.   They debuted 2 new cameras, the Epic, and Scarlet.  

The Scarlet Specs:

- 3k resolution

- New 2/3" Mysterium X Sensor

- 1-120FPS (180FPS Burst)

-Up to 100mb/sec REDCODE RAW and RGB recording to dual Compact Flash

- 4.8" LCD

- 8x T2.8 Red zoom lense

- Full auto or full manual shooting modes

- HDMI and HD-SDI

- Firewire 800 and USB2

- Still Mode

- Compatible with many RED ONE accessories

- Wi-fi control

and the most incredible thing is you get all of this for around $3,000!  3k for 3k.

The Epic Specs:

- 5k resolution

- Full Frame S35mm new Mysterium X Sensor

- Up to 100mb/sec.  Redcode Raw and RGB recording to REDFLASH

- Full size dual link HD-SDI, 2-XLR audio inputs and HDMI

- Wi-fi control

- Firewire 800 and USB2

- 6 lb. fully machined aluminum body with Hybrid S

We are going to the NHL playoffs!

We'll be there! -Tonight at 7pm, the Caps host the Flyers in Game 1.  

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NAB show here we come!

Just received our tickets to the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show, April 14-17 in Las Vegas! (devilish grin)
We're really excited to see the new RED Scarlet, which is rumored to be a small 2k resolution camera meant to compete with professional video cameras such as the Sony EX1 and Panasonic HVX200.

NYC Times square footage with the Sony EX-1

Here is some of the first footage we took with one of our new Sony EX-1 cameras. We spent about a total of 45 minutes in Times square, sucked the footage into FCP, and outputted for the web. Very little else was done to the video...just some gamma tweaks.

NYC Times Square from 8112 Studios on Vimeo.