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  • Review: Kymera Wand Remote Control; fun and brilliant!

    At $79.95 it makes a fantastic present. The Kymera is beautifully presented in its box, the instructions are almost worth laminating and framing and well… what more can I say. They even provide the AAA batteries it uses in the price.

  • Panasonic SD700

    Are three chips better than one? This month we test drive the Panasonic SD700 camera and look at the picture quality against a single chips rival

  • Sony Releases Palm Size Pro Camcorder

    ... is a great tool for journalists and a range of field shooting applications that require optimum mobility... say Sony

  • Review: Panasonic SDR S50

    A good camcorder for only $399? It's a Panasonic!

  • Review: Canon XF305

    Canon has finally entered the world of file based solid state professional cameras

Cover Story

Using the Kymera Wand. A video!

Using the Kymera Wand. A video!

by David Hague

Tue, Nov 15, 2011

The Kymera Wand is truly wonderful and really, really magical. See here!

Happy Birthday TRS80

Happy Birthday TRS80

by David Hague

Fri, Aug 06, 2010

The TRS80 was the first mass produced consumer oriented computer. And David Hague was at the birth. Here's what it was all about.

Tutorial: Using SonicFire Pro for great soundtracks

Tutorial: Using SonicFire Pro for great soundtracks

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Motion graphics expert, Jeff Foster, shows you how to use the Sonicfire Pro 5 Soundtrack Workflow with After Effects CS5.

Tutorial: Zaxwerks makes a falling leaf

Tutorial: Zaxwerks makes a falling leaf

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

In this After Effects tutorial I’ll show you how to make a fluttering 3D leaf effect using Zaxwerks 3D Warps plug-in.

SPECIAL INVITATION: Sydney Manfrotto Launch

SPECIAL INVITATION: Sydney Manfrotto Launch

by David Hague

Sun, Jul 11, 2010

Be among the first - and its all FREE. And meet Phil Balsdon to boot!

The Shed in the Field Part 6

The Shed in the Field Part 6

by David Hague

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

The mystery of Home Networks. I solved it, but needed help. See why.

Interview: Douglas Spotted Eagle

Interview: Douglas Spotted Eagle

by David Smith

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Douglas Spotted Eagle ("Spot" to his mates) is well known to many AusCam readers. David And Denby Smith had a very interesting chat to him some time back, and here it is in full.

First Interchangeable Lens Handycam!!

First Interchangeable Lens Handycam!!

by Press Release

Thu, Jul 15, 2010

Is this the way of the future? Sony seems to think so and let's face it, it was for dSLR cameras

Lead Stories

Gadget: Kaiser Baas Road Recorder

Gadget: Kaiser Baas Road Recorder

by David Hague

Wed, Aug 04, 2010

This could pay for itself with only one use. Not that you'd want it to ...

News from Norton

News from Norton

by Press Release

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

I thought many might be interested in security so here's some information I received last week as a Norton Seminar

$30 off Toast Titanium

$30 off Toast Titanium

by Press Release

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Special price for Mac users for Toast Titanium

Corsair and QSAN team up

Corsair and QSAN team up

by Press Release

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Corsair Solutions has announced a new relationship with storage area network (SAN) manufacturer, Qsan Technology Inc

AVID announces student pricing

AVID announces student pricing

by Press Release

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Special educational pricing for students

The Weather Report

by Various

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Very simple, but very clever use of compositing - and time!

Panasonic Announces Development of World’s First Interchangeable 3D Lens for LUMIX G Micro System

Panasonic Announces Development of World’s First Interchangeable 3D Lens for LUMIX G Micro System

by Press Release

Thu, Jul 29, 2010

Panasonic has announced the development of the world's first twin-lens digital interchangeable lens that makes 3D shooting possible

Targus deal for laptop owners

Targus deal for laptop owners

by Press Release

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Targus and The Good Guys are offering the ultimate all-in-one accessory bundle for laptop users

Cinedeck has new Australan distie in Blonde Robot

Cinedeck has new Australan distie in Blonde Robot

by Press Release

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Cinedeck LLC (www.cinedeck.com) has announced it has signed a distribution deal with Blonde Robot, an Australian-based distributor

New Settings for Contour Design Shuttle

New Settings for Contour Design Shuttle

by Press Release

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

New Settings for Adobe CS5, Apple Logic Pro, Avid Media Composer 5, and More

Video Competition Websites

Video Competition Websites

by David Hague

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

Want to know what video competitions are around? Here's a place to start.

New Wondertouch particleillusion TRIAL available

New Wondertouch particleillusion TRIAL available

by Press Release

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Create beautiful effects quickly and easily with particleillusion

New Infortrend ESVA FC Series of RAID storage systems
New Distributor for Grass Valley

New Distributor for Grass Valley

by Press Release

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

Corsair Solutions to be master distributer of Edius and other Grass Valley products

Blackmagic claim first USB 3.0 professional capture and playback solution

Blackmagic claim first USB 3.0 professional capture and playback solution

by Press Release

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

10 bit SDI, HDMI, component, s-video, composite in SD and HD, plus hardware up, down, cross converter

Adobe CS5

Adobe CS5

by Drew Turney

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

We were curious to see how long it took to install the Suite after the interminable wait of the previous version.

Company 3 Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on Universal Pictures’ “Robin Hood”

Company 3 Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on Universal Pictures’ “Robin Hood”

by Press Release

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

“The grading of Robin Hood was a very exacting process, and Resolve gave us the power and feature set that we needed"'

Transcoding, down converting and compression

Transcoding, down converting and compression

by John Westwood

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

Here are some of the questions, oh!, and answers

Features

The Shed in the Field - Part 4

The Shed in the Field - Part 4

by David Hague

Sat, Jul 17, 2010

The eternal quest to get gadgets and gizmos working from the Shed in the Field continues. Today its a Netcomm 3G router.

The Shed in the Field - Part 2

The Shed in the Field - Part 2

by David Hague

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

Today was frustrating .... and still is .... but slowly, slowly The Shed is taking shape.

The Shed in the Field - Part 1 **Now with added video!"

The Shed in the Field - Part 1 **Now with added video!"

by David Hague

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

It’s true! I am in a shed in a field with room for the big screen TV, a desk, my laptop and desktop, a bed, kitchen 4 seater table and a workbench for preparing food on. Let's see what tech can do here?

News from around the world via DMN

Steve Turner's Blog

IS THIS THE END OF THE TRIPOD?

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

The new generation of camera stabilisers allied with new gen post software might well render the humble tripod obsolete!

IS THIS THE END FOR FINAL CUT?

Sun, May 15, 2011

The harsher critics are calling it iMovie HD and that is what it looks like....

TRICK OF THE TRADE

Mon, Nov 22, 2010

Hand held filming is not easy so how do you make it work?

THE WAR ALREADY LOST

6 comment

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

HDV is losing the battle against AVCHD and it's not good...

GOING MOBILE

Wed, Sep 29, 2010

Mobile phones are now half decent mobile cameras too..

Miscellaneous

The Shed in the Field - Part 2

The Shed in the Field - Part 2

by David Hague

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

Today was frustrating .... and still is .... but slowly, slowly The Shed is taking shape.

The Shed in the Field - Part 1 **Now with added video!"

The Shed in the Field - Part 1 **Now with added video!"

by David Hague

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

It’s true! I am in a shed in a field with room for the big screen TV, a desk, my laptop and desktop, a bed, kitchen 4 seater table and a workbench for preparing food on. Let's see what tech can do here?