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Name that JAG!

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Congratulations to our NAME THAT JAG Contest WINNER Greg Vasilakis who submitted entry #1026 – The Field Runner Thanks to all you guys for submitting your ideas, it really was overwhelming reading thru all 1800 entrees. We need your help! If you’ve been following some of our progress with some of these affordable products, then [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Kristen Hunter

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While at NAB 2010 Thomas Roberts talks with Kristen Hunter of Lens Baby about their line of Lenses, as well as about some of the different TV programs that are using their lenses in production.



Cine Gear 2010: Chris Collins

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Thomas Roberts talks with Chris Collins while at Cine Gear 2010. Chris works with Jared Abrams on a lot of different commercial work, along with creating content for a couple of very popular websites. Cinema5D which has grown to become a very big source of information for the DSLR Community. Chris talks about their busy [...]



Which Audio Device do you prefer?

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We’ve been using our Zoom H4n recently to shoot our NAB 2010 and Cine Gear 2010 Interviews, and have been loving it so far. We really haven’t tried any other Audio solutions, although we hear that some people are happy with other options as well, and want to be able to mount their devices to [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Jared Abrams

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Got a chance to interview Jared Abrams of Cinema5D.com. He handles the News Section of the website. He talks with Thomas Roberts about his experience while working on Planet of the Apes, as well as the Sopranos. He also talks about his new work with Cinema5D, gathering content for the website as well as keeping [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Curt Von Badinski

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Thomas Roberts talks with Curt from View Factor about his collaboration with stargate to create a monster setup which allows them to shoot all angles of a background setting in one take, using their powered cage module as a basis it allows them run battery life to all cameras and also sync recording for all [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Bruce Dorn

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Thomas Roberts talks with Bruce Dorn of IDC Photo Video about some of the products he’s developing. Bruce is an experienced shooter and is a part of the Explorers of Light program and a Canon Beta Tester, which means he gets to try out the Canon Cameras before they are available.



Cine Gear 2010: Rhonda Vigeant

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This Year at Cine Gear 2010 Thomas Roberts got a chance to talk with Rhonda Vigeant of Pro 8mm who is keeping 8mm film alive. They do everything that has to do with 8mm from loading the film to developing and transferring. This year at Cine Gear they actually trained attendees to shoot 8mm film [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Illya Friedman

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This Year at Cine Gear 2010 we got a chance to talk to many very interested and talented people. Thomas Roberts got a chance to talk with Illya Friedman of Hot Rod Camera about the work he does with this new DSLRs. He actually opens up the cameras and changes the lens mount to a [...]



Cine Gear 2010: Eric Harnden

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While at Cine Gear 2010 at the Paramount Studios backlot Thomas Roberts talks with Eric Harnden, founder of the Independent Filmmakers of the Inland Empire about his group and experience attending Cine Gear. The Independent Filmmakers of the Inland Empire is a group of filmmakers started last year and has very quickly grown and gotten [...]