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Articles by Mark Stopher

Portaprompt Tablet Prompter

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by Mark Stopher Issue 93 - September 2014 The Portaprompt Tablet Prompter is a nifty mounting system that allows you to place a tablet on the front of your camera and use it as a screen for your teleprompter. Recently, I was using it in a studio set up to film some product demonstrations - using an iPad. I was impressed!The system has a 12’’ piece...

Submitted by Mark Stopher

Published 01 October 2014

Black magic studio camera

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by Mark Stopher Issue 92 - August 2014 Blackmagic Design recently released their new Studio Camera - it’s a small, portable broadcast camera, intended for live studio productions. There’s an HD version that you can pick up for £1,289 and a 4K version is said to be shipping soon. At tv-bay we were shooting some product demonstration videos in our st...

Submitted by Mark Stopher

Published 01 September 2014

Securing your rushes in a rush with G-Technologys G-DOCK

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by Mark StopherIssue 80 - August 2013 I was recently charged with the task of backing up files from a 9 day web series shoot. The sci-fi series is called Hunger Ford and is being produced by Wild Seed Studios (wildseedstudios.com). We began day four by throwing a postman through a breakaway table covered in sugar glass items. After such effort went...

Submitted by Mark Stopher

Published 01 September 2013