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  • Sharp QC-54 / Konica: Cable Pinout
    July 5, 2020 Cameras, Editor's Blog

    Sharp QC-54 / Konica: Cable Pinout

    Short set of stills on the Sharp QC-54 / Konica video camera which someone reworked into a breakout box.

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  • From Doorstop to Doin’ It Again: Re-aligning the Panasonic AG-W1 Multi-standard VCR
    June 16, 2020 Editor's Blog

    From Doorstop to Doin’ It Again: Re-aligning the Panasonic AG-W1 Multi-standard VCR

    Short account of re-aligning the gears and tape carriage of Panasonic’s multi-standard conversion vcr using a trio of YouTube videos, and lots of swearing.

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  • Your Showmaster Video Colorizer May Not Be Dead
    April 21, 2020 Editor's Blog, Gear Tests, Mixers + Processors +SEGs, Other Gear Tests, Vimeo channel, YouTube channel

    Your Showmaster Video Colorizer May Not Be Dead

    Do you own a Showmaster Video Colorizer that’s flawed or perhaps non-functional? Or are curious about these 35+ year old gizmos? Then check out how I managed to fix a flawed and separate non-functional Colorizer…

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  • Unlocking the Sony SRP-X700P Media Mixer
    February 18, 2020 Editor's Blog, Gear Tests, Mixers + Processors +SEGs

    Unlocking the Sony SRP-X700P Media Mixer

    Thinking of buying a beastly Sony SRP-X700P multimedia mixer? Need more info on how to connect it to your PC using Windows 7, Windows XP, and Windows 2000? Is your unit stuck in “Lock’ mode? READ ON for a step-by-step solution that worked for me…

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  • Making of: the Amin Bhatia-Ari Posner IGTV Podcast Teaser
    February 7, 2020 Editor's Blog, Uncategorized

    Making of: the Amin Bhatia-Ari Posner IGTV Podcast Teaser

    Short Making-of blog on my IGTV teaser video for my podcast interview with composers Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner on scoring the CBC-Netflix series ANNE WITH AN E. Along with video links are stills, and an outline of the workflow using vintage analogue broadcast gear.

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  • Making-of: Dante Tomaselli Interview Video Teaser
    August 12, 2019 Editor's Blog, Extracts, Montages, Video Feedback, Vimeo channel, YouTube channel

    Making-of: Dante Tomaselli Interview Video Teaser

    For my latest written interview with filmmaker-composer DANTE TOMASELLI and his new album OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE, I created a short teaser for the Q&A, using a dying Hi8 camera, a CRT monitor, a vintage Numark PPD mixer, Krohn-Hite audio filter, and trusty Showtime Video Ventures processor for strobing, pulsing images set to a cue from Tomaselli’s arresting album.

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  • Sharp QC-54 / Konica: Cable Pinout
  • From Doorstop to Doin’ It Again: Re-aligning the Panasonic AG-W1 Multi-standard VCR
  • Your Showmaster Video Colorizer May Not Be Dead
  • Unlocking the Sony SRP-X700P Media Mixer
  • Making of: the Amin Bhatia-Ari Posner IGTV Podcast Teaser
  • Making-of: Dante Tomaselli Interview Video Teaser

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