Digital Video - December 2008 - (Page 4)

INSIDE DECEMBER 2008 DV Expo attendees pack in to hear (at table, from left) ASC cinematographers Rodney Taylor, George Spiro Dibie and Michael Goi. See page 8. VOLUME 16 NUMBER 12 PHOTO BY RICH SCHMITT IN REVIEW 12 FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE 35MM LENS ADAPTER LETUS Is this latest lens adapter setup really the ultimate? By Matt Jeppsen 15 VIDOCK GFX PRO VILLAGE TRONIC Make your own desktop mini multiplex. By J.R. Bookwalter 16 VIDEOSTUDIO PRO X2 COREL A solid, cost-conscious NLE for Windows users. By J.R. Bookwalter 26 ON OUR COVER MonsterQuest producer Doug Hajicek and friends. COLUMNS 18 INSTANT EXPERT Ned Soltz picks 10 essentials for his kit. FEATURES 8 DV EXPO GALLERY Check out some of what went down at this year’s DV Expo. Photos by Rich Schmitt 30 CLICK TO PLAY Nels Johnson on TodoCast’s mobile Webcast solution. 34 DV101 Wide-angle lens adapters, according to Jay Holben. 20 THE MAKING OF ROMAN The trials and tribulations of building my own pole(anski) crane. By Stefan Sargent 42 PRODUCTION DIARY Stefan Sargent remembers ditching “D-Day.” 24 CLOSE-UP: DAVE RUDDICK has the newest gear reviews, more expert advice and breaking news. Visit DV online. Braving the cold for authentic Arctic aural input. By Ty Ford ALSO ONLINE: 26 CRYPTO CAMERAWORK WWW.VIDEOGRAPHY.COM Office Supplies: Camera Support on the NBC Series WWW.2-POP.COM Matrox Axio: HD/Adobe Workflow The science series MonsterQuest seeks the truth in high-def. By Jay Holben DV (ISSN 1541-0943) is published monthly, with additional issue in April, by NewBay Media L.L.C.by NewBay Media L.L.C. at 810 Seventh Ave., 27th Floor, New York, NY, 10019. Telephone: 212-378-0400. Periodicals postage paid at New York, New York, and at additional mailing offices. U.S. subscription rate is $29.97 for one year; Mexico and Canada are $39.97 (including GST); foreign airmail is $79.97; back issues $7. Prepayment is required on all foreign subscriptions in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank. All rates are one year only. DV, Digital Video, Digital Video Magazine, DV Full Motion, DV Web Video, DV Expo, Web Video Expo, Digital Video Expo, and Digital Video Conference and Exposition are trademarks of NewBay Media L.L.C. All material published in DV is copyrighted © 2008 by NewBay Media L.L.C. All rights reserved. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DV, Subscription Services, P.O. Box 221, Lowell, MA 01853. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Bleuchip International, P.O. Box 255542, London, ON N6C 6B2. DV makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information published in the magazine; however, it assumes no responsibility for damages due to errors or omissions. Printed in the USA. 4 dv december 2008 www.dv.com http://www.dv.com http://WWW.VIDEOGRAPHY.COM http://WWW.2-POP.COM http://www.dv.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Digital Video - December 2008

Digital Video - December 2008 Contents DV Expo Gallery First Look: Ultimate 35MM Lens Adapter Vidock GFX Pro Videostudio Pro X2 Instant Expert The Making of Roman Close-up: Dave Ruddick Crypto Camerawork Click To Play DV101 Production Diary

Digital Video - December 2008

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.