Billy Fire LLC – design, marketing and technical commentary
One of my children bought an Asus EEE 900A. Its a very attractive little machine. 9 inch screen that is surprisingly easy to view, a small but ergonomic keyboard, and, because this device uses solid state storage, it is silent and has excellent battery life. The downside, the disk drive is only 4 Gb. Before [...]
Tue, October 13 2009 » Gadgets, Marketing, Office productivity, Software, Technical » No Comments
DIY Steadicam, Glidecam http://tinyurl.com/krmmwe via http://www.diigo.com/~whittam
Thu, August 13 2009 » Film making, Gadgets, Video » No Comments
Ikonoskop is an innovative manufacturer of movie cameras based in my favorite city, Stockholm, Sweden. A few years ago they created a super 16mm film camera called the A-cam SP-16. The camera was designed to be inexpensive and light. It was able to achieve this by using 100ft spools of 16 mm film (rather than [...]
Wed, September 10 2008 » Gadgets, Technical, Video » No Comments
I just bought the full version of Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition and I can confirm that, just like trial version mentioned previously, it seems to be able to use the AVCHD files from my Canon HG10 camcorder. I purchased it from Amazon, opting for the CDs and box version, rather than the download, and [...]
Thu, July 31 2008 » Gadgets, Technical » No Comments
A client of mine has started a series of podcasts. Thus far I have recorded the podcasts using the Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone discussed in a previous blog posting. We had always planned that my client would ultimately be able to create his own podcasts and he asked me to get him a [...]
Thu, June 19 2008 » Gadgets, Marketing, Technical » No Comments
I recently took another look at the current state of play for AVCHD video editors. Things are definitely improving. I downloaded a trial of Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition and I have been VERY pleasantly surprised. Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition is from the Sony stable of editing software and falls between their entry level [...]
Mon, June 9 2008 » Gadgets, Technical, Video » No Comments
I mentioned previously that my Canon HG10 replaced a ZR, whose firewire port had ceased to function. I realized a few weeks ago that the ZR replaced another Canon, but not a video camera, a Super 8 film camera, the Canon 318M. I’ve had this camera in my cupboard for over 25 years and I [...]
Wed, April 2 2008 » Gadgets, Technical » 3 Comments
One the huge benefits of a hard drive video camera is the ability to find and playback any clip within a matter of seconds. On the Canon HG10, when you change the mode to play, up to six clips are displayed on the screen. You can easily navigate between the clips using the control to [...]
Fri, March 21 2008 » Gadgets, Technical » No Comments
We recently introduced a virtual PBX into our business. The system from 800PBX.com provides us with a toll free number, together with a local fax number. I have initially opted for their lowest cost option ($14.99) per month, this means that since a fax number is included, it is almost cheaper than what I used [...]
Thu, March 20 2008 » Gadgets, Marketing, Technical » 9 Comments
I have been investigating several microphone and recorder options (some probably a little unorthodox) in order to help my clients as they enter the world of podcasting as well as actually recording podcast for some of them. My basic criteria are as high a sound quality as possible, without spending a lot of money. I [...]
