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06Sep OCZ 512GB Agility 4 SSD Amazon Sale
If you want an old laptop or desktop to feel like a new machine an SSD drive will probably be the most noticeable upgrade you can make. The price per GB of SSD drives keeps dropping and now Amazon has the OCZ 512GB Agility 4 SSD on sale for $299. That’s about 58 cents a GB. I jumped […]
02Aug The GTX 670 4GB for CS5.5
After all of that research into graphics cards, I was dead set on the GTX 570 as the next upgrade to my editing workstation. But when I was about to check out, I saw Amazon’s “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” banner at the bottom of the screen with the GTX 670 4GB card at the front […]
01Aug Need to decrease your rendering times in CS6?
I’ve been using a Nvidia GTX 285 2GB card for rendering since CS5, but it’s always interesting to see what newer, more powerful cards can do. For larger projects it can sometimes take the GTX 285 over an hour to render a complex timeline, but how much would it be worth to have that same […]
31Jul OCZ Agility 4 512GB SSD Drive price drop
It’s always nice to see SSD prices keep dropping. Last month the Crucial 512GB SSD was on sale for $369, now it seems the new OCZ Agility 4 is following in their footsteps. The Agility 4 SSD drive appears to be using the same Indilinx controller as the latest OCZ Vertex but saves money by using asynchronous NAND […]
25Jul Nexus 7 with the DSLR controller app
A number of you asked if the Nexus 7 tablet would work with the dslr controller app and the answer is yes. The adapter cable showed up and I had just enough time for a quick test this morning. I can confirm that the image displayed is 30fps, video looks good, and controls work pretty well. The […]
19Jul DSLR Audio editing tips for post production: Auto Gate
Running audio and video equipment at the same time can be a lot of work. Sometimes it’s easy to miss simple things on one device or the other because your focus is divided between two sets of equipment. An example of this is ambient room noise from fans or air-conditioning systems. The noise might not be […]
12Jul Affordable 2560×1440 IPS editing monitor from YAMAKASI CATLEAP
I’ve always found it nice to edit on a single large monitor and for the past 2 years I’ve been relatively happy with the Hanns-G 28 inch screen I use. At 1920×1200, it gives me enough editing room to work, but I always find myself jabbing at the – and = key (or Alt scroll wheel if that’s […]
09Jun Canon 7d Firmware Version 2 coming soon? Manual audio controls to be included!
A post from Canon Rumors indicates that Canon briefly posted new features that will be enabled with the soon to be released Canon 7d Firmware Version 2.0 update. As I’ve mentioned before the Canon 7d is a great photography tool, but video features have been lacking since day one. Canon has been offering up many of these features […]
17May ASUS Zenbook 13.3 Inch Ultrabook
I have a very nice editing laptop that I travel with, but sometimes you want something that you have absolutely no real need for and this is one of them. The Asus Zenbook 13.3 inch ultrabook has a beautiful screen, the keyboard responds smoothly and the track pad is nice and large. I’m sure the Best Buy […]
30Apr OCZ Technology RevoDrive Hybrid 1 TB Solid State Drive for $329
A single 7200 rpm hard drive can usually handle 2 or 3 layers of hd footage with out drop outs, but if your timeline gets anymore advanced then that you’ll need something faster. There are a few options to choose from like raid drives, Velociraptor drives, or ultra fast SSD drives but the price per gig of […]
