iPhone Video Blogging, What Worked and What Didn’t

On the Friday before NAB, I decided that I was going to try and live video blog from the show floor. I knew that I wanted to get information out quickly and efficiently and that I didn’t want to have to run back to the media room to ingest, transcode, edit, encode for the web and upload. Shooting video with a DSLR seemed impractical for my goals which was confirmed on site by Jared and his crew from Cinema5D who were doing a great job but working their asses off – I’m too old for that and life is too short.
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Steadicam Smoothee and Merlin NAB 2010

Steadicam Merlin and Smoothee for iPhone from Michael Britt on Vimeo.

Hand held steadicam rigs for DSLRs and the iPhone at the Tiffen booth NAB 2010. I guess I am not the only one wanting to live video blog with the iPhone. Stay tuned for images and photos of my Redrock iPhone rig and the details about instant video blogging.

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JMR BlueStor 888

JMR Bluestore 888 from Michael Britt on Vimeo.

JMR has some great storage systems that solve problems on set. The BlueStor 888 is an 8 bay unit that costs around $4k. More information here.

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Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 at NAB 2010

Zeiss Compact Primes CP.2 at NAB 2010 from Michael Britt on Vimeo.

Richard Schleuning shows off the new Zeiss CP.2 lenses that have interchangeable mounts. Shot by the shaky hand of a PhotoCineNews blogger who in no way stayed up drinking too late last night.

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Zoom H2 at NAB 2010

Zoom H2 at NAB 2010 from Michael Britt on Vimeo.

The Zoom H2 at NAB 2010. The smaller sibling to the H4 can record two or four channel in two different directions. It would have been great for my iPhone video blogging rig.

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Anton Bauer Gold Mount Battery Plate for Redrock Micro Cheese Plate

Anton Bauer Gold Mount adapter for VDSLR from Michael Britt on Vimeo.

Anton Bauer Gold Mount battery adapter plate for Redrock Micro Cheese plate and VDSLR cameras.

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