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Media Professionals of Florida, Inc. provides informative meetings on the second Tuesday of each month For more information contact David Rosenblatt at info@mediaprofessionals.org |
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“Highlights and High Tech from NAB and Photoshop World" |
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"Hightech" and"highfun" were combined in one "highflying" meeting |
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Meeting new people and hearing about potental jobs is always exciting. Of course some good "Eats" doesn't hurt as well. |
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The hightech evening started with Merrily Miller and David Rosenblatt of Silver Image Interactive, Inc. who had just returned from Photoshop World in Las vegas. They talked about the size and scope of Photoshop World and the professional seminars that covered topics from digital photography, painting with Photoshop, understanding layers and improving the look of your text. Over 3,000 happy Photoshop users from around the world attended this conference. |
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Jon Novosielski also was at Photoshopworld as a representative of WACOM. Jon brought us the newest graphic tablet from WACOM called Graphire and it is a bluetooth enabled pad so you can use it anywhere in a conference room or office without any wires. Jon is also the owner of the Digital Technology Center in Sarasota and provides classes in all of the latest technologies. For more information go to http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm or http://www.DigitalTechnologyCentre.com |
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Our first presenter from NAB was Barry Bienstock of TV Journal, Inc. DBA/Dahill Studios, who showed us several different camera mounting systems to make hand holding cameras more stable. His best choice was the Easyrig 2,5. it was light and easy to use.For more information go to http://www.easyrig.se |
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Bryan DiCerb, a freelance director, producer, camera, editor, gave us a good look at Panasonic's answer to the new "Low Cost HD Systems" with the introduction of their P2 based HVX200 camera that doesn't use video tape. The data is stored on solid state cards. |
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| Steve Brown of 10-20 Productions showed us the DPA WINDPAC from DPA Microphones. It's a collapsible zeppelin-like windshield is made from an innovative fabric that blocks wind noise in gusts of up to 56 mph while allowing accurate sound reproduction and audio transparency. For more information go to http://www.dpamicrophones.com | ||||
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| Steve also showed us the Lectrosonics SM Wireless Mic Transmitter which has 256 UHF frequencies, four-level audio metering in a splash-proof, machined aluminum housing. For more information go to http://www.lectrosonics.com The final item from Steve was the JVC GY-HD100U, which provides full HD progressive recording at 24 fps, 3 1/3-inch CCDs, bayonet lens mount, 16X Fujinon ProHD lens included, HD Focus Assist, Live 720/60P analog component output, Dual Media option (record to disk and tape simultaneously), XLR Audio inputs (x2), HDV/DV Recording. For more information go to http://pro.jvc.com/prof/ | ||||
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| Jeremy Hummer of Hi-Tech Enterprises showed us two products from Sony, first the new HVR-M10U which records the new HDV format as well as DVCAM and DV. An excellent tool for those of us looking into the new HD format. Jeremy also showed us the ASG500 Sony Anycast Station Live Content Producer that is a studio in a laptop. It's an audio mixer, video switcher, character generator and can produce streaming video in real time. For more information go to
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?m=10008&p=13&sp=102&id=76323 or http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?m=10014&p=16&sp=142&id=78440 or |
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