Link here to: CANON-EOS-1D-Chuck Westfall audio Interview
Canon announced their new EOS 1D at NAB 2012. Cirina Catania interviewed Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor, Pro Engineering at Canon.
Chuck Westfall, Canon, on the EOS C500 4K Cinema Cam, Audio Interview with Cirina
Link to the interview here: Chuck Westfall, Canon, talks about the Canon EOS C500
Chuck Westfall is the Technical Advisor for the Pro Engineering and Solutions Division of Canon. He took some time away from the busy booth at 2012 NAB to talk about their new EOS C500, the top of the line 4K cinema camera.
Cirina interviews Chuck Westfall at NAB 2012 – Canon raises the bar once again with its C500 Cinema 4K camera
Curt Schaller of Artemis at 2012 NAB – Audio Interview w/ Cirina Catania
Curt Schaller talked with Cirina Catania during NAB 2012 about his designs for steadicam rigs.
Link to Cirina’s interview with Curt Schaller of Artemis about his steadicam designs
2012 NAB
I’ve been reporting live from the NAB 2012 Show Floor for the last few days – Roz McNulty of Pitch Page flew in from Vancouver to help shoot and we’ve been streaming live to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nabshownews – I also recorded separate audio interviews with such vendors as Canon, Panasonic, Sony, Manfrotto, Marshall etc. ! Check back again soon for the latest in gear, cameras and news.
Smart Phone’s Plug-N-Play Technology Wins “Best of CES Innovations 2012” Nod
(International CES, Las Vegas, Nevada – January 9, 2012)
The Smart Office Phone has been named one of the “Best of CES Innovations 2012” and is described by it’s inventors as the first “plug and play professional phone.”
Small office and home office managers (SOHO’s) will likely be interested in the Smart Office Phone from Invoxia, a French high-tech business founded by Eric Carreel, Serge Renouard and Jackques Lewiner in 2010 and specializing in telecommunication devices.
No need to contact a phone company. No need for major planning or price quotes with business growth projections in mind. The system is flexible, easy to use and can grow with you.
These devices with superior sound quality and easy plug-in installation, including IP telephone technology, will soon be sold at an office supply store near you.
Invoxia handles the VoIP service billing and bystreamlining the sales and distribution process is able to pass savings along to the customer. We haven’t seen the rate card yet, but it just might be promising for businesses looking for cost savings and mobility.
The phones use iOS devices as an interface for communications and the 8-broad-spectrum speakers and up to 8 digital microphones in “conference” mode makes group calls easier, more accessible and improves sound quality. The calls can be answered on either a mobile device or on the landline.
And forget complicated instructions for features you’ll ever use. The Smart Phone is simple. Keys for incoming calls, volume adjustment, mute and voicemail do pretty much everything you’ll need.
The Smart Office Phone system is available from www.invoxia.com for $599 (excluding tax) and is compatible with the iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2 and iPad. Seems like a slightly steep price, but it may be worth it if it makes your business communications sound as professional as the big guys.
To see and try the Smart Office Phone during CES, visit booth #6406 in the North Hall or visit www.invoxia.com.
(This article, authored by me, first appeared on Technorati here:
LapKeyBoard from SeeWright – Perfect for Jammie Junkies
January 6, 2012 – 2012 from the International CES Show in Las Vegas, Nevada
This article first appeared (authored by me) on Technorati.com here: http://technorati.com/technology/gadgets/article/lapkeyboard-from-seewright-perfect-for-jammie/
Superstars such as Justin Bieber, Dennis Rodman and Miss America (Miss America?) will make special appearances and companies such as Panasonic, Fox Home Entertainment, LG, Sony, NVIDIA, Ford, etc., are juggling their event guest lists.
Over 2,700 innovative exhibitors and 140,000 attendees from 140 countries will pack the aisles like spawning lemmings. I’ll be elbowing for information along with 5,000 other media and analysts.
How do I cope? Well, for now, I write from bed in my jammies! Yes, I confess. I sometimes do my best writing from the goose down.
So, here I am wading through hundreds of press releases from PR/Marketing friends all trying to make sure that I have what I need to do my job: Information. There are new patents, compelling games, the latest high tech necessities and some stuff that makes your jaw drop.
How on earth do I decide what to write about and who to talk to when there is only one of me and so much news?
What is my response? I’ve taken to my bed and am having a hot cup of tea with lemon as I ponder the future of electronics.
But wait! Here’s something….the LapKeyBoard from SeeWright Productions. Could this be my one of my first Fav Gadgets from 2012 CES?
Guess I’ll have to get out of bed and wander over to the booth to try it out. I think it will go great with my jammies and it will keep my MacBook from burning up my lap while I write the Great American Novel.
For further information on the ergonemetric LapKeyboard visit http://www.lapkeyboard.com or stop by Booth #73505 in the Bellini Ballroom at CES.
More on the 2012 International CES here: http://www.cesweb.org/default.html
Berlinale 2012 Competition Heating Up – Billy Bob Thornton & Angelina Jolie Both Screening Films
(Berlin, Germany – January 9, 2012)
An additional ten world premieres have been announced by the Berlinale 2012 and will be screening in the Competition program.
Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competing for this year’s Berlinale Bears.
On the first weekend of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Angelina Jolie will make her directorial debut with, In the Land of Blood and Honey, in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele’s new cinema.
In Competition
Aujourd´hui
France/Senegal
By Alain Gomis (L´Afrance, Andalucia)
With Saül Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Djolof M’bengue
World premiere
Barbara
Germany
By Christian Petzold (Yella, Jerichow, Dreileben)
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
Italy
By Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padrone, La notte di San Lorenzo, La masseria delle allodole,San Michele aveva un gallo)
With Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano
World premiere
Gnade
Germany/Norway
By Matthias Glasner (The Free Will, Sexy Sadie)
With Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange
World premiere
Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Russian Federation/USA
By Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, The King of Luck, All the pretty Horses)
With Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon
World premiere
L´enfant d´en haut (Sister)
Switzerland/France
By Ursula Meier (Tous à table, Des épaules solides, Home)
With Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston
World premiere
Metéora (Meteora)
Germany/Greece
By Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1)
With Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva
World premiere
Tabu
Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France
By Miguel Gomes (The Face You Deserve, Our Beloved Month Of August)
With Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta
World premiere
Csak a szél (Just The Wind)
Hungary/Germany/France
By Benedek Fliegauf (Dealer, Rengeteg, Tejút, Womb)
With Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Géza Jungwirth
World premiere
Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend)
Germany
By Hans-Christian Schmid (Storm, Requiem, Distant Lights)
With Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
World premiere
Berlinale Special:
In The Land Of Blood And Honey
USA
By Angelina Jolie (directorial debut)
With Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šrbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo
German premiere
Canon USA Premiering Herbie Hancock Music Video at 2012 International CES
This article first appeared (authored by me) on Technorati here: http://technorati.com/technology/article/canon-usa-premiering-herbie-hancock-music/
(International CES, Las Vegas, Nevada – January 9, 2012)
Although Canon U.S.A., Inc is showing numerous new models of their ever-popular consumer-targeted still and video cameras during the 2012 International CES. their professional work-horses, the EOS 7D and EOS 5D Mark II are still the big-daddies for most pros.
What better way to showcase the amazing images that can be created using the best of this Canon gear than to highlight them at the premiere of a mind-blowing music video with the music of one of the world’s most beloved musicians, Herbie Hancock.
The crowd-sourced video features the music of legendary jazz great, Herbie Hancock and his now-classic hit, “Chameleon.” The song was written in collaboration with Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason and was originally performed in the 1973 album “Head Hunters” released by Columbia Records.
“Chameleon” has become one of the world’s most recognized jazz melodies, and combined with breathtaking imagery from Canon, has resulted in a work that may just offer some of the most entertaining few minutes you can spend on the CES show floor.
Over 1,800 hi-res images were taken by attendees at Canon’s “Legends in Imaging” concert in October of 2011 with the Canon EOS7D and EOS 5D Mark 11 cameras. Hancock performed at the event and Canon took the images shot by their guests, printed them with the Pixma Pro-1 professional printer and edited them in post using time-lapse and traditional stop-motion film techniques.
It is a regular tradition to stop by Canon’s booth at all trade shows, because their videos are a must-see and always inspiring, but this particular work is a not-to-be-missed one of a kind event.
If you are at CES this week, you can see the music video at the Canon Booth #13304 in the Central Hall or go to http://www.facebook.com/CanonUSA for more information.
The “Head Hunters” album is available on Amazon or iTunes.
For further information on Canon products go to http://www.usa.canon.com.
Read more: http://technorati.com/technology/article/canon-usa-premiering-herbie-hancock-music/#ixzz1j4rwMgTj
Nikon D800 on the DSLR Horizon
Is Nikon taking a marketing tip from Apple and employing the freak-n-leak-technique?
Sipping coffee on this cold Berlin morning, I came across an interesting photo. The Nikon webmasters are 1) in trouble for posting the wrong pic or 2) are simply following orders from marketing and creating even more buzz for the long-awaited D800 DSLR.
Either way, the picture on Vlad Sayoy’s post at http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/6/2686643/nikon-unannounced-pro-dslr-on-german-website revealed an official image of the D800 that has been on our wish lists since 2008.
Take a look at the second camera from the right:
This gaffe from the folks Nikon.de might prove that we are one-step closer to D800-Day. Followers believe that this D800 über-DSLR will be released at the upcoming 2012 International CES in Vegas January 10-13 http://www.cesweb.org/ or at CP+ in Japan February 9-12 http://www.cpplus.jp/en/
Featuring a 36 MP sensor (7360×4912), 100% viewfinder coverage and auto-focus utilizing 51 points, this DSLR boasts an ISO range of 100-6400, according to our favorite Nikon Rumors site http://ndikonrumors.com/2011/12/22/upcoming-nikon-products-all-you-need-to-know-recap.aspx/
I’ll call Nikon, but I don’t think they’re talking yet, and a visit to their site pro-product page at http://www.nikon.de gives me an error message that the site is down due to over capacity. So, time for another cup of coffee and another dose of patience.
This article (authored by me) first appeared on Technorati. Read more: http://technorati.com/technology/gadgets/article/nikon-d800-on-the-dslr-horizon/#ixzz1j4phb3YR