So Creative Suite 5 is out, and it looks like the ideal film makers package is Production Premium. It is interesting that Adobe has been working to improve render and effects times by hooking into the nVidia CUDA technology to speed up rendering. Sadly it looks like right now the Quadro cards are the only [...]

I have been looking somewhat into microphones for film making. One interesting item I found is the Pearstone DUSM-1 Universal Shockmount for Camera Shoes and Boompoles. On the microphone side, the Azden SGM-X – Supercardioid Shotgun Condenser Microphone with Mini Output looks interesting for a start. Cheap and will apparently connect directly. It may need [...]