Tag: NAB

  • NAB in the Rearview Mirror

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe last week has been an exhausting sprint, beginning with the arrival of the LiveU box on my doorstep last Friday and ending with the Pixel Corps Q&A stream this evening. Along the way, both LiveU and uStream have been very supportive partners in the process. The “live” team is off for…

  • Behind the scenes at NAB

    Reading Time: 1 minuteFolks have been asking about the rig we are shooting with. Here it is, top to bottom. Litepanels LP Micro Compact LED Camera Light Universal Cold Shoe Adapter Sennheiser ew 135-p G3 Handheld Wireless Microphone System Apple Earbuds (Audio Monitor) Canon VIXIA HV30 MiniDV High Definition Camcorder BeachTek DXA-6vu Dual XLR Adapter…

  • Comfortable Shoes and Other Lessons

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWe wrapped Day 2 of NAB shooting and I thought I’d share some lessons already learned from the experience. These are presented in no particular order. Redundancy is your friend. Always assume some important part of your kit will fail. Have a back up ready to go. We did not experience any…

  • Off to the Pixel Corps

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI remember the first time I became aware of Alex Lindsay. It was somewhere between 2000-2001 when TechTV was still going strong. Alex was a frequent guest on The Screen Savers (TSS) with Leo LaPorte and Patrick Norton. I found Alex’s segments intriguing because they usually touched on the tech of film-making.…