Monthly Archives: October 2011

Convergent design Gemini S-Log frame grabs.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by alisterchapman

Hi all. A very brief post as I’ve just got back to the hotel from a long day at Broadcast India. I finally found a little bit of time to upload a couple of quick frame grabs from the Gemini. … Continue reading →

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Workshops in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Taiwan plus Broadcast India.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by alisterchapman

Im currently doing a grand tour of Asia. I’m writing this post from my hotel in Mumbai as Broadcast Asia starts tomorrow. I’ll be running some short F3 seminars at the show so please drop by. After Broadcast Asia, I’m … Continue reading →

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Canon DSLR’s fight back.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by alisterchapman

Well there is still a lot of mystery surrounding Canon’s big Hollywood announcement, but in the mean time this landed in my in-box. The Canon EOS-1DX. Skipping through all the blurb about pixels and dual Digic 5 processors I wanted … Continue reading →

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Project “Hush Hush” Recce and Pre-Shoot.

Posted on October 16, 2011 by alisterchapman

I’m working on a big project to shoot some top secret locations using new technologies and new techniques. Part of this project involves trying out various ideas and equipment to see how it works. So on Saturday myself, Geoff Boyle … Continue reading →

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Convergent Gemini first shoot.

Posted on October 16, 2011 by alisterchapman

Well I’ve been out and shot a few short clips with the Gemini just to shake it down before I fly to Mumbai in the morning. It works well, even though the firmware is a very early development issue. First … Continue reading →

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Convergent Design Gemini on it’s way!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by alisterchapman

According to FedEx there is a Convergent Design Gemini in a van on it’s way to me. I’ll be testing it out with S-Log. Then trying the whole backup/transcode(optional)/edit workflow as soon as it arrives. More news to follow.

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CamRade PMW-F3 Rain Cover. WS PMW F3

Posted on October 11, 2011 by alisterchapman

As winter rapidly approaches, with all the talk in the news papers of mini-iceages, cold spells and the knowledge that winter generally means rain here in the UK I thought it would be a good time to take a look … Continue reading →

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Picture Profiles – Scene Files – Crispeneing. How to clean up your image.

Posted on October 8, 2011 by alisterchapman

I promised I would re-visit some of my Picture Profile stuff. I thought I would start with this one as it is one of the least well understood settings. It’s effects are quite subtle, but it can mean the difference … Continue reading →

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Refreshing an old Mac Pro.

Posted on October 6, 2011 by alisterchapman

First of all – rest in peace Steve Jobs. A great visionary. I’ve had my Intel Mac Pro since Apple first switched to Intel. So it’s a version 1.1 Mac Pro, or at least it was. Originally it had 2Gb … Continue reading →

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Short Site Outage – Too Many Readers!

Posted on October 4, 2011 by alisterchapman

A few of you may have experienced a brief site outage today. My apologies for this. My web host turned off the domain without any notice due to my consumption of  ”excessive resources”! The main reason being the number of … Continue reading →

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