Have you ever watched a movie and marveled at the sunlit scenes and dramatic "natural" light effects? Have you ever wondered how directors achieved the rich warm glow that fills a scene with dramatic serenity? For years, film and videomakers have utilized the sun and its array of light...
Hi8 on the Go and in Control
CCD-TRV65 Hi8 camcorder
($899)
Sony Electronics
One Sony Drive
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
(800) 222-7669
www.sony.com
The Sony TRV-65 is a Hi8 camcorder that does a nice job balancing price and features. The TRV65 has all the core functions of the more expensive Sony TRV models, but it's more affordable...
Groovy Ruvi
Sony recently introduced the Ruvi, a pocket-sized camcorder. The Ruvi stores 30 minutes of Hi8 quality video with AFM hi-fi audio, by using an internal Hi8XR cartridge. The Ruvi will operate for one hour on two AA batteries, or 90 minutes on the supplied rechargeable Infolithium battery. For...
This month:
Casablanca DV Nonlinear Editor
Azden ECZ-990 Zoom Microphone
Sharp VL-PD1U Slimcam
Cool-Lux Video Kit light kit
Magix Music Maker music creation software
Standing Alone
Casablanca version 2.7.1 nonlinear editor
(9GB: $5,195)
DraCo Systems
3380 Mitchell Lane, Ste. 102
Boulder, CO 80301
www.draco.com
(303)440-5311
Looking more like a VCR than a computer, the Casablanca is a stand-alone
nonlinear editor that saves the user...
Dreamy
Want your audio to sound as if it were coming from a dream? It's easy. Just make a copy of your original sound track on another tape. Then, play the original and the copy through an audio mixer slightly out of sync. It will take some practice to start...
Camera! Action! Wait. Something's missing. What happened to the lights? You see, just like the famous "Lights! Camera! Action!" we hear reverberated by directors in studios across the land, your production needs lights to make it complete. Proper lighting can give your images depth and dimension, help fill in...
Oh, the glorious sun.
This magnificent ball of burning gas sheds immeasurable power on our world from millions of miles away. It orders our seasons, defines our calendar, lights our days and warms our summers. And, unchecked, it makes for really bad video.
That's right--for all the things our sun does...
Here's a quick three-part quiz for you to take:
Which offers better image quality?
poorly lit, first-generation VHS footage
poorly lit, second-generation VHS footage
well-lit, third-generation VHS footage
Which looks best?
poorly lit video from a $10,000 camcorder
poorly lit video from a $2,000 camcorder
well-lit video from a $500 camcorder
Finally,...
