Browsing Archive: June, 2014

Camera upgrade

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, June 29, 2014,

Above: 7-inch SWIT monitor put to use on a shoot in Sandton in May.

I recently took delivery of a couple of upgrade items for my Sony FS100 camera and thanks to a hectic June I had plenty of opportunity to put the new gear to the test. The NEX-FS100 is an awesome camera and I love mine, but like most things that come straight from factory assembly lines it can do with a few good aftermarket parts in a couple of key areas.

Most users will complain about its very plasticy build quality and ...

More GoPro fast jet awesomeness

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, June 29, 2014,

Dutch Air Force pilots certainly love their GoPros. The image above was taken by Dutch F-16 and Apache demonstration crews during recent airshow practice sessions in the Netherlands.

Above: A Dutch F-16 pilot's selfie with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Above: Another Dutch F-16 driver made himself the envy of fighter jocks everywhere a while ago by snapping a selfie just as he launched a Sidewinder missle from his wing.

Dank je, boys! Keep em' coming.

Images and stories from The Aviationist.

First look - Media Composer 8.0

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, June 16, 2014,

I've been using Avid software for what must be more than ten years now and honestly, I can't imagine editing with anything else. I even named my company Match Frame Media after a timeline function that I use a lot! I've been hanging onto my version 6.0 licence for a while now and a heap of cool new features in Media Composer 7.0/8.0 finally made me hand over the cash for an upgrade.

First things first - version 8.0 is basically version 7.0 with a few minor tweaks and of course renumbered for ...