Do you have a Sony EX1 (or other camcorder of roughly the same size)? Ever wish you could carry it, a laptop, and all your accessories in one sweet bag? Well Petrol has just released the Camlap Trolley Backpack. It’s a new bag from one of the most trusted names in camcorder protection accessories. More [...]

Wescott has announced a new 50-watt florescent lamp for their Spiderlite series. Each 50-watt lamp gives off the equivalent of a 200 watts of tungsten light. They’re priced at an affordable $39.90 each, or available as a multiple light pack for $159.90. From a F.J. Wescott Press Release 50-WATT DAYLIGHT FLUORESCENTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SPIDERLITE TD5 The [...]

Reprinted from a TMPG press release: TMPG, Inc. (www.tmpg-inc.com), the company that makes digital video easy, is introducing their latest software, TMPGEnc KARMA, a digital video library organizational tool. It will be the company’s second freeware product, joining the highly-rated TMPGEnc video encoder. The English language version of the software is available now at the TMPGEnc [...]

Adobe will release CS4 on September 23rd 2008. That is all we’re allowed to tell you Keep checking back at here for updates as the NDA’s expire…

Good news from our friends at SmartSound, looks like Hollywood is jumping on the Sonicfire Pro train, and scoring some recent features using their software, including the recent Ben Stiller hit Tropic Thunder. Of course independent video producers have known for years about SmartSound and the the cool mood-mapping features of it’s audio software. Now [...]

Reprinted from a Roxio press release: Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today launched Roxio Creator™ 2009, the latest version of the company’s market-leading suite of photo, video, and music authoring, burning, and online sharing applications. Creator 2009 introduces a range of pioneering audio features, integration of family-friendly [...]

Reprinted from an Adobe press release: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 7 software with new Photoshop.com membership, a milestone release of the No. 1 selling consumer photo-editing software*. Available for Windows®, Photoshop Elements 7 makes it quick and easy to organize, edit, create and share amazing photos with others by leveraging the [...]

An updated version of the TELMAX was announced today from Gilbert & Company. The new TELMAX design features enhancements based on customer feedback that improve the camcorder mount and the tripod head’s versatility. Edward Gilbert, owner and teleprompter-designer says “I believe we have built a product that will meet the needs for every consumer.” The reasonably [...]

Over at ArsTechnica, there’s a great writeup on the FCC’s proposed ban on wireless microphones that operate between the 698-806MHz frequencies. The FCC recently auctioned this space off due to the end of terrestrial analog broadcast in February of 2009, and the telecom companies that bought this spectrum, don’t want wireless mics interfering with their new [...]

We did a live review of the new Panasonic AG-HMC150 on Tuesday, and today we have the answers to some of the questions you asked that we didn’t know the answers to: Is the audio PCM or Compressed: Compressed AC3 (Dolby Digital (Dolby AC3) 2 CH) Are the batteries the same as the DVX-100? No. The batteries [...]