Welcome to the first episode of The Purple Fringe: a podcast about the high-end of low-end digital media production. Today we discuss the news from CES and take an in-depth look at the minimum required equipment when shooting event, corporate or doing live video production. We also chat about Neat Video’s denoiser plugin.
SHOW NOTES
News
- UHD Alliance reveals its specs for ‘premium’ 4K TVs
- Nikon Officially Unveils D5
- Nikon Unveils 4K 360º Action Cam (Keymission) Designed For Vr Capture
- Samsung’s T3 SSDs Put 2Tb In Your Pocket
- Dell’s first OLED display is 4K and uses USB Type-C
Discussion: The minimum basic video kit for corporate, event, live.
Chris (Run n Gun):
- Good on-the-go balanced video cameras: Sony EX1 / Sony PXW- X70 / Panasonic AG-DVX200 / Canon XF-200
- A super portable underdog: Sony RX10 II (tiny, shoots 4k / s-log, great audio, decent lens, built in ND and pro recording formats)
- Mic: Rode Lav (for budget sit down interviews
- Tripods / MonoPods: Manfrotto 509 HD Fluid Head for larger cameras. Anything stable and light-weight for small locked-off shots.
- Potential Extras: HDMI Capture AVerMedia Capture Device / Kaiser Baas HD
Jonathan (Live):
- BlackMagic ATEM TV Studio
- BlackMagic SmartView/Scope Duo
- Cameras: Preferably something with SDI that is light (Canon XA25)
- Gator Rack Roller Case – GR-RACKBAG-4UW
- Blackmagic UltraShuttle Express
- Tripods – Manfrotto 502HD Head & 755B Legs (or something smaller if using small cameras)
- Wireless lapel: Sony UWP-D16
- Atomos Recorder (optional for backup recording)
- Laptop (Macbook Air, Macbook Pro preferable) x2
- Software: BlackMagic Media Express
- Software: Wirecast Pro (Streaming)
- Record into Prores 422
Review
Neat Video (Denoiser plugin)
Booze
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