Aug 1, 2011

Avid a while back introduced two add on features for Avid Media Composer, Symphony, and News Cutter. These additions are known as ScriptSync and PhraseFind powered by Nexidia. Let’s First start with ScriptSync which is a very powerful tool. ScriptSync phonetically indexes all text and audible dialog within your project, and then automatically syncs all the...

Jul 29, 2011

This previous week I was happy to be out shooting with a local photographer Jason Thomson. We set out to see the differences in shooting stills with the Canon 5D and the Canon 7D. We also wanted to see if the small sensor in the Canon 7D could over come the 5D’s larger sensor advantage in low light with a slightly faster lens. We chose twilight shooting to...

Jul 20, 2011

Canadian journalist and technology expert, Mark Saltzman has weekly syndicated columns with USAToday.com and CNN.com just to name a few. Mark also holds a weekly podcast known as Tech Talk. Recently mark had teamed up with Intel Canada and Samsung to discuss their latest technological offerings. I was recently invited to be on the show to discuss the Samsung...

Jul 19, 2011

It’s a heat alert in the city of Toronto, that means many of us will spending a great deal of time shooting indoors or even sitting in our nice AC edit suites. scheduling is important based on weather. For instance I will be heavy into post production this Thursday, because I really don’t want to be outside in 47 degree weather.  There are some other...

Jul 13, 2011

Summer is in full swing, and what better way to stay cool, then to play with new gear.  I recently received a new Carbon Fiber Letus Hawk from Letus Direct. For those of you unfamiliar with what this is  or actually does… It is a view finder for dslrs such as The Canon 5D and Canon 7D.  This piece of gear allows you to gain a better visual reference for...