Comments on: AVCHD becoming less of a bear

By: Teaching Online Journalism » Best journalist gear (audio & video)

Teaching Online Journalism » Best journalist gear (audio & video) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:09:25 +0000

[...] Video: AVCHD becoming less of a bear [...]

By: Tapeless video kit for less than $1,000 | News Videographer

Tapeless video kit for less than $1,000 | News Videographer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:43:38 +0000

[...] when they need to produce videos. I was inspired to try a tapeless camera after reading posts by Mindy McAdams about AVCHD and Colin Mulvany about workflow experiments with a tapeless [...]

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:02:40 +0000

That URL is:

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/canon-vixa-hf-10/

Thanks, Jerry!

By: Jerry Monti

Jerry Monti — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:16:37 +0000

We have just used the Canon VIXA HF10 for two (third in progress) separate week-long boot camps here at UCB Graduate School of Journalism. The students all used the HF10 for reporting and FCP for capture and editing. The project videos were great and there were no real issues using the AVCHD video.
Jeremy Rue from the Knight Digital Media Center did extensive research and then wrote this great tutorial that anyone is welcome to use…http://tinyurl.com/4ppuxq.

By: Matthias Krause

Matthias Krause — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:19:41 +0000

While a tapeless workflow sounds intriguing I found archiving all the material really demanding and costly. That was the reason why I stuck with tape for now which is my immediate archive right there. And if I´m on a very tight deadline I shoot with a Firestore and with tape for backup.

By: Peg Achterman

Peg Achterman — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:39:52 +0000

There are still some “grumpy bear” afflictions with file recording v. tape recording even with the b-cast entities. Many stations working through adjustments to P2 and XDCam can attest to hurdles with even the highest-end cameras and editing gear. It’s all still in a bit of an adolescence, but growing up fast.
A disclaimer here – I teach the Grass Valley Aurora system during my summer breaks. Our software deals with these two entities quite well, but a lot of coding has gone into making it work seamlessly enough for news.