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DSLRs meet BBC broadcast standards (but only kind of), and the upshot of that

This is kind of like the joke where the man says to the doctor, “Doc, it hurts when I do this, what would you suggest?” and the doctor says,... 

Peter Broderick on hybrid distribution: Micro budgets and micro audiences

Peter Broderick has been one of the leading voices in the new approach to distribution, and in Micofilmmaker Magazine he breaks down the approach on how... 

‘Freakonomics’ will have iTunes release before theatrical – a truly Freakonomic decision

Another sign of the changing landscape in documentary film, and film distribution in general, is that “Freakonomics,” the doc from a best-selling... 

Testing the 5D’s dynamic range, and assessing the 60D

For technical geeks, the debate rages about the video quality of DSLRs. What seemed gained in sharpness and low-light performance seemed lost in such negative... 

Just don’t forget that tape doesn’t suck

Amid all the craziness about DSLRs and shallow depth of field, it’s important to remember that the budget-minded documentary filmmaker can pick up... 

‘Editing is the only aspect of filmmaking that has no similarity to earlier art forms’

There’s a thoughtful post in Mediajock about “iterations,” in which Daniel McGuire examines that word as used by “Speaking in Tongues”... 

Can you have too many facts?

An article in Miller-McCune magazine about the documentary “Bag It,” which tells us what happens to all those plastic bags we either throw... 

Editing Harry Shearer’s Katrina documentary

Harry Shearer is another celebrity making a Katrina documentary, but he’s someone who has done more serious and related work leading up to it, such... 

Nikon’s D3100 brings disappointment for serious video users

The Nikon D3100 is out, with 1080p, but the shortcomings of the camera are bringing about disappointment for Nikon fans hoping for their company to catch... 

Canon develops a 120mp CMOS sensor

TOKYO, August 24, 2010—Canon Inc. announced today that it has successfully developed an APS-H-size*1 CMOS image sensor that delivers an image resolution... 

Knight News21: journalism students produce short documentaries for multimedia projects

NPR has a blog piece on “News21,” the Knight Foundation initiative that funds eight “incubator” university programs in multimedia... 

Here comes Sony with two 1080(30)p DSLRs

Sony has joined the DSLR arms race with the A560, a sub-$1,000 camera that shoots 1080p on a 14.2m Exmor sensor, and the A580, with a 16.2m sensor for... 

Mixing fiction and fact in ‘quasi-documentaries’

The New York Times has a piece about something that’s worth noting, but not exactly a movement – the number of films that are attempting to...