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First image of the NEX-5N with external EVF | SonyAlphaRumors
Yep, more Sony rumors, this time a picture of the new EVF for the NEX-5N. Could be an interesting accessory (they note that it won't work with the current model cameras.)



Blu-ray Player for Mac & PC | MacGo
A new Blu-ray player application for Mac or PC that's currently selling for $39.95 ($59.95 regularly.)
Mac Blu-ray Player is the first universal media player for Mac&PC in the world. It can not only play blu-ray HD movies on Mac or PC, but support any movie, video, audio, music and photo you have ever seen.Bring your PC or Mac with the most popular Blu-ray HD video enjoyment, and this is what Mac Bluray Player can do. Feel free to download it now.


How to create better audio for your video production | Dan Taylor | TheNextWeb
A fairly detailed article about the audio side of things:
I’m hard pressed to find a decent outline regarding the production of crystal clear audio behind your video. Let’s face it…your production could be all the eye candy you could ever imagine, but if the audio isn’t up to par, who’s going to watch it?


New GlenColor Picture Profiles for the Sony FS100 | Frank Glencairn | Wordpress
"I ended up using two different PPs most of the time now. One has the knee set all the way up to blow highlights if I want, and one has the knee to 75% and protects your highlights."



Prototype Birger FS100 E Mount to EOS Adaptor | Den Lennie | F-Stop Academy
Review of the Birger E Mount adapter, (though there's still no release date for this device.)



Rodney Charters: Cinematographer | MacVideo.tv
An interview from last year with "24" director of photography Rodney Charters about DSLRs, Alexa and RED. Interesting comments about the importance of lighting and vision now that nearly anyone can buy a camera that produces great images.



Vincent Laforet coming to planet5D live this coming Monday August 22nd | Planet5D
Vincent will be live on the Planet5D podcast this Monday, August 22nd, 8pm ET / 7 CT / 5 PT – 24:00 GMT
Note the warning about the possibility of rescheduling.



Movies blue Exported through Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 | Adobe Tech Support
It seems there's a problem with some QuickTime clips that can cause the encoder to misinterpret the image and give it a blue cast. This tech note outlines a workaround:
Solution: In Adobe Premiere Pro, apply the Crop effect to each clip that has the blue color cast. Leave the properties of the Crop effect at their default values, so that the effect does nothing to the image.
The blue color cast occurs because the order of the R, G, B, and A channels is being misinterpreted at one stage of processing.


Eps. 66 Bruce Sharpe Interview | Art of the Guillotine
This podcast features an interview with Bruce Sharpe of Singular Software, makers of PluralEyes, as well as a discussion of Edit fest prep for Toronto's Pub Night.



There is no tomorrow... | Martin Prihoda | AtomicSafari.blogspot
Interesting thoughts about enjoying success (though I have to wonder if we all enjoyed where we are today, whether we would accomplish as much tomorrow?)
What I realized is that putting your visions of success and happiness into the future tense really is a negation of your success and happiness right here and now. We are unhappy with how things are so we fantasize about the future and how happy we'll be when we have our new car, house, salary, job, relationship.




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