“Why I’m glad I made the transition from ABC News off-air producer to New York Times videojournalist.”
That’s the introductory statement NYTimes VJ Erik Olsen made in an article posted on Digital Journalist – and one I feel speaks loudly above the cacophony of the detractors of self contained shooter/producers.

Yes – it has been awhile.  Too long To be honest.
With the economy having made many a casualty (including yours truly) of Wall Street Corporate Greed, those of us who have the passion to continue when all seems lost, have had much occur in our field of endeavor.

Michael Rosenblum, the ever present wave maker in the profession of shooting video, has once again proven his point around why the move to the solo video journalist paradigm is inevitable – even more so with this recent announcement from broadcast giant ABC.

Learn how to use the Zebra Stripes feature to improve your image quality when shooting video

Those who read this blog know that I am a Vegas Pro user and I have my reasons for it that apply specifically to self contained video shooters.  One of the weaknesses of Vegas is editing the native m2t files, which eat up CPU cycles.  My understanding is, editing AVCHD is even worse.  CineForm has [...]