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Video Production Advice: Matrox MX02 on iMac

Shawn Lam — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:06:33 +0000

Video Production Advice Following a previous post of mine about the Matrox MX02 Mini Max, I received a follow-up question from an Iranian Videographer, who asks for advice about the Matrox MX02 Mini MAX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 on his iMac. Video Production Question Hi Shawn, I’m editing on adobe premiere CS5, and [...]

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 PC VS MAC

Shawn Lam — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:37:02 +0000

By how much can Shawn Lam’s 2012 Video Editing PC beat Jan Ozer’s 2009 Mac Pro? This article is in response to Jan Ozer’s recent article in Streaming Media Producer entitled: “Benchmark Tests: Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 vs. Apple Final Cut Pro X“. Video Production Article Discussion I wasn’t too surprised by the results [...]

Video Production Advice: Matrox MX02 Mini MAX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Shawn Lam — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:48:59 +0000

Video Production Advice Today’s question comes from a French Videographer who now lives in Bangkok, Thailand, who asks for advice about the Matrox MX02 Mini MAX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Video Production Question Hi Shawn, Hi Shawn, thanks for this detailed writeup, it’s always fun to have a shiny new PC, isn’t it? [...]

Video Production Advice: Sony FS100 adapters for Minolta AF Lenses

Shawn Lam — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:03:11 +0000

Video Production Advice Today’s question comes from a Videographer in New Zealand who wants to know which lens adapter I recommend for the Sony NEX-FS100 so he can use the Minolta lenses he already owns. Video Production Question Hi Shawn, Hi Shawn, Just saw your post about lenses on DVinfo.. and wondered what adaptor you [...]

Video Production Advice: ATEM 1 M/E & Sony FS100 settings

Shawn Lam — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:02:01 +0000

Video Production Advice The last few questions have all come from American videographers but today’s questions comes all the way from Sweden and is about the Sony FS100 HD video camera and the Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio. Video Production Question Hi Shawn, Just wanted to drop you an email in desperation. I have a [...]

Video Production Advice: Dance Recital Video Cameras

Shawn Lam — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:09:55 +0000

Video Production Advice Earlier this week I was asked for advice from a videographer in Louisiana was considering upgrading from the SD Roland VR-5 video mixer to the HD Blackmagic Design ATEM 1 M/E video switcher. Only a few days later my inbox has another question from another Louisiana video producer. Video Production Question Hi [...]

Video Production Advice: VGA and ATEM 1 M/E

Shawn Lam — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:03:22 +0000

Video Production Advice Last week’s question came from a videographer in New York who wanted advice deciding which video camera to buy – he was considering the Sony NEX-FS100 and the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. This week’s question comes from a legal videographer from Louisiana who is considering switching from the the Roland VR-5 to the [...]

Video Production Advice: Sony FS100 or Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera

Shawn Lam — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:31 +0000

Video Production Advice I get a lot of questions from video producers around the world. I do my best to respond to them all but moving forward rather than simply replying directly I’m going to start publishing the questions and responses on my Vancouver Video Production blog and leave the post open for comments and [...]

Sony NEX-FS700 Review Pre-Release

Shawn Lam — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:36:31 +0000

When I bought my pair of Sony NEX-FS100 video cameras last August I knew there were going to be trade-offs when I compared the way I shot video on the camcorders I had used over the previous ten years and my new FS100 workflow. For starters, the FS100 and its large Super35 sensor allow a [...]

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Feature Predictions

Shawn Lam — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:11 +0000

A Vancouver Videographer’s Top 6 predictions for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Last year was a good one for Adobe. Long time rival Apple and its Final Cut Pro video editing software program arguably left the professional video editing market when they announced Final Cut X at NAB. Well it wasn’t technically at NAB [...]