Canon Debuts Its New Wunderkind, The C300 HD Camera

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Joshua Papp

The Canon EOS C300 EF Mount body shown here with a CN-E85mm lens

Owning a quality Canon camera never fails to inspire and bring out the best in your shots, whether stills or video. On the 3rd of December in Hollywood, this famous Japanese brand raised the curtains on its all-new EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera line. Is it time for you to upgrade, now that it joins the ranks of high performance, high-resolution digital movie capable devices? Here at John Barry, we are certainly looking forward to its imminent release.
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Shooting Green Screen – Part 2; Lighting basics

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Andrew Neilson

Green screen material choice depends on a number of factors

Your choice of material depends on a number of factors

First, you need to decide on a green background material, Paper, Textile or Paint ?

Your choice will depend on a number of factors for the scene, however, all the above mentioned options designed for this purpose work well, as they are manufactured to provide the high luminance values and color saturation for keying effects, specifically produced for the digital video system.

Next you need to light your Green Screen. Generally, what you’re after is a large, diffused, light source that will wash over the screen evenly.

Frequently used light sources are 2 x Lowell Tota Lights, some people also use the Tota Light with umbrellas as reflectors, which offer a softer light or 2 x Red Heads, but it can be difficult to get that smooth even light.
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Shooting Green Screen – Part 1; Selecting the screen material

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Andrew Neilson

You need to shoot a scene using green screen technique, but what screen options are available ?

Download the Colorama brochure

Background Paper

Colorama Paper 33

  • Available in standard roll size of 2.72m x 11m  Chroma Green or Blue
  • The advantage of using paper is it’s relatively inexpensive to purchase

Collapsible Backgrounds

Photoflex – Flexdrop2

The new improved 2-way stretch fabric is sturdier and virtually wrinkle-free, making for a smoother background. The FlexDrop®pops into shape and maintains a rigid flat surface that can be clamped or hung from a LiteStand, doorframe or leaned against a wall. The quick setup is great, but the time saved in post processing is remarkable because of the lack wrinkles.

The large, reversible FlexDrop®2 will provide you with the perfect backdrop for many digital photography or video uses. The 5×7 foot reversible fabric panel is a semi matte finish that does not reflect green or blue onto the back of your model or subject—and does not allow light to leak through. Great for shooting digital composites or drop-outs, or any shots where you want to control the background. Panel is guaranteed to open flat and folds down to 1/3 its size for storage in its own carry bag.
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We’re On The Move!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by John Barry Sales

John Barry’s NSW office is on the move. But don’t worry, we aren’t going far. In fact we will soon be relocating our Botany showroom to our premises just across the Harbour at: Continue reading →

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Remote wireless video monitoring with the IDX CW-5HD Transmitter

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Stephen Thomsen

The IDX-CW-5HD wireless video transmitter

The IDX CW-5HD offers an elegant and effective solution to monitor SD and HD video capture wirelessly

Directors and cinematographers would love nothing more than to see what camera operators capture in real time. That’s what video monitors do. Videographers often get bothered when their production bosses peer through the same eyepiece to establish camera shots. Video monitors for these people are the practical solution, whether for SD or HD shoots, but until recently, this can be difficult without wires feeding to these monitors from various cameras that directors simply switch between. Thanks to wireless MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) coupled with OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) technology, the IDX Cam Wave 5HD provides a wireless monitoring solution for directors.
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Rethinking the Fresnel for the 21st Century with the Litepanels SOLA 6

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Tracey Parker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvVSIG-R7N8

LED technology has taken over artificial commercial lighting in nearly all applications, from flashlights to car headlights and it no different in the professional film and photography industries either. Litepanels, one of the leading industry suppliers of lighting solutions for theatre, film and TV production, have introduced their revolutionary LED-based Sola 6 series that brings high performance free standing, eco-friendly, daylight balanced Fresnel lighting into the 21st century.
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