Sebastian Wiegärtner, BVK
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The great Photokina HDSLR-Meetup in Cologne!

Photo Credit: Spanier.eu UPDATE: Please read my tweets on twitter for latest News of my Photokina HDSLR Meetup in Cologne. We will meet at Brauhaus Sion, because it’s raining in Cologne today! I’m organizing the first HDSLR Meetup in Germany. We will have a big meetup in Cologne while the well known fair trade Photokina takes place in town. The meetup will happen in front of the impressive Cathredral of Cologne on September 24th at 6:30 PM MESZ. Please bring some of your gear with you, we will share our knowledge and experiences with different products each other. I will bring many stuff to this meetup, you’ll be able to test it and ask me everything you want to know about HDSLR filmmaking! But the most important part of this meetup: We will get to know each other and have fun! After meetup we will go into a bar and have a few drinks and great conversations together. Hope we meet each other there dude! If you are on twitter please tweet this line to inform all your followers: Come to the great Photokina HDSLR Meetup in Cologne on September 24th. Please RT! http://tinyurl.com/38vn5lb Facebook: If you are on facebook…

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Vimeo embeds supporting iPad and iPhone now!

Amazing news for all of us. Now you will be able to put on your website HTML 5 embeds of your Vimeo videos. They released a new embed code a few days ago. Now my site is totally iPad and iPhone friendly and you can watch all my films with these devices. Great! If you have many videos on your blog or website, you don’t have to manually change all your codes, there is a little hint. You can put at the end of your website (before </body> tag) this little code-snippet: <script src=”http://assets.vimeo.com/js/embedinator.min.js”></script> Here you can watch one of my films with the old embed code, it also works on your Apple device:

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Canon 60D & high end Canon 1DS MK IV shoots RAW video?

This would be awesome! CanonRumors uploaded some pictures of the new Canon 60D. No Photoshop, just real. On the pictures you can see the actual camera being tested. You also can see, that it is possible to flip the display like the one of the Panasonic GH1. The camera has the same handy wheel with a set button like the Canon 7D and a video record button. We have to wait for Photokina in Cologne this September, there we will get all information about the new cameras of Canon. Many stores have listed the Canon 60D on their stock inventory for the 22nd September. Canon has also to be motivated to integrate their continuous AF in video mode into their upcoming cameras (I don’t need this feature, but perhaps it is great for some Steadicam shots), because Nikon will support this feature in their upcoming Nikon D3100 too. But the biggest rumor is RAW video! I don’t believe in it, it would be paradise on planet earth! The New Canon 1DS Mark IV perhaps will support RAW video. The new full frame camera will have DIGIC 5, a low light sensor in it with lower megapixel count as the D3S….

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Nikon strikes back! Nikon D3100 announced!

Nikon has announced a really interesting new HDSLR, which can finally shoot 1080p video at 24 frames per second (720p at 24/30 fps). This is a really great news for all of us, especially for those who love their amazing lenses!  The D3100 D-SLR camera outfit, including the versatile AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR image stabilization lens, is scheduled to be available beginning in mid September 2010, at an estimated selling price of $699.95. 1080p/24 H.264 AVCHD movie mode AF-F Continuous contrast-detect autofocus with face detection and subject tracking for movie mode. 14.2mp sensor with ISO range from 100-3200 (can be boosted up to 12,800). New Expeed 2 processor for improved noise performance. Refined guide system to make camera operations easier. Nikon also announced four new lenses: 85mm f1.4, 24-120mm f4 zoom, 28-300 f3.5-5.6 zoom and a 55-300 f4.5-5.6 zoom lens. Update: Nikon doesn’t strike back! The Nikon D3100 does not have manual ISO control! Come on Nikon!! Here is a demo video: via: Digital Rev

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European HDSLR Masterclass in Majorca in September

Join us on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Majorca for our European HDSLR Masterclass! I will host a three-day intensive course on everything related to shooting movies with HDSLR cameras together with Nino Leitner. n this Garden of Eden, we will teach you everything you need to know about these cameras, and more importantly, how to use them properly and efficiently in different set situations. You will learn the gear inside and out! SPECIAL REBATE for bookers until Saturday, August 14th, 2010: EUR 849 (after that, the regular price will increase to EUR 1.149, so better hurry up!) The price includes the following for each participant: • 2 nights in double room for single use including breakfast and dinner • training material • workshop package including snack catering during the day • excluding flights and other travel costs Please contact us via workshop@wiegaertnerfilms.com for booking information. Here you can download the schedule of our HDSLR Masterclass The theory, the practice and some post production essentials – it will all be there, jam-packed in three full days. And don’t think this will be ‘standard operating procedure’: We will be there for you all day, also in the evenings, to shoot with you hands-on, coach…

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5.000 Follower big prizes competition

UPDATE: Here are the Winners! CONGRATULATION!! Hangrip Nighthawk Rig: @veras126; Genus Loupe Viewfinder: @salvus77; Jag35 Field Runner Rig: SunnySideDown; Letus Viewfinder: Oliver Walker; Zacuto Z-Finder Jr: Björn Jahn; Kessler 500$ Coupon: F Scott Kennedy; Carl Zeiss Lens Cleaning Kit: Adi Soffer, Manus Sweeney, Ben Hamilton, Ryan Jamison; Easom Solo Cage: Rob Peanut Janson; Glidetrack Shooter: Laurend de Vries; HDSLR-Workshop: Lukas Hirschfelder. —— In about one week I will reach my 5.000th Follower on Twitter. I will celebrate this great moment with many prizes. Thanks to all these great companies, which support my competition! I have decided to create a contest on my Weblog, Facebook and Twitter. Weblog Contest: Only make a comment on this blog-entry and write some words, why you want to win this gear! 😉 You can win on my weblog great gear from Jag35, Letus Direct and Genus! Genus have donated one Loupe Viewfinder for your DSLR! Thank you guys! Jag35 have donated one of their brand new DSLR Field Runner Shoulder Rigs! Thank you so much! Letus Direct have donated one of their Hawk VF DSLR Viewfinder! Thanks guys! How to win? Just make a comment on this blog-entry. Every comment will be entered into a…

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The next HDSLR-Workshops by Sebastian Wiegärtner

Only in German: Nach meinem ersten erfolgreichen HDSLR-Workshop bekam ich jede Menge Anfragen über weitere Fortbildungen in anderen Städten. Das Interesse ist groß, selbst Filmbegeisterte aus Dänemark und den Niederlanden haben sich für meine kommenden Workshops angekündigt. Aus diesem Grund habe ich vor wenigen Wochen eine Umfrage auf meinem Weblog gestartet. Dort war es euch möglich über die nächsten Orte meiner HDSLR-Workshops abzustimmen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Umfrage findet ihr hier. UPDATE 24.08.2010: Es haben sich einige Termine verändert! Düsseldorf: 21. August 2010 Hamburg: 09.10.2010 Düsseldorf: 30.10.2010 Berlin: 27.11.2010 München: 15.01.2010 Frankfurt: 29.01.2010 Nürnberg: 19.02.2010 Stuttgart: 19.03.2010 Dresden: 23.04.2010 NEU: Gebucht können die Workshops direkt über meine Seite! Einfach über Paypal bezahlen und Platz sichern. Pro Workshop sind nur 8-10 Plätze frei! Hier geht es zur Buchung. Zusätzlich zu diesen Workshops wird es im September / Oktober einen intensiven 3-tägigen HDSLR-Workshop auf Palma de Mallorca geben. Diesen Workshop werde ich zusammen mit Nino Leitner veranstalten. Wir haben uns vor mehreren Monaten über Twitter kennengelernt und waren zusammen Assistenten von Philip Bloom am Set von Lucasfilms kommenden Kinofilm RED TAILS in Prag. In wenigen Tagen werden wir weitere Informationen über unseren Workshop auf Mallorca veröffentlichen. Nino und ich planen auch drei Workshops…

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Poll: Upcoming HDSLR-Workshops in Germany

Only in German: Der erste HDSLR-Workshop war ein großer Erfolg. Es hat richtig Spaß gemacht! Neben theoretischem Wissen haben wir das gelernte Wissen auch in der Praxis angewandt. Nach den Grundlagen sind wir bei schönstem Wetter raus gegangen und haben einige Shots aufgenommen. Der Einsatz von DSLR-Kameras im Filmmodus ist nicht gerade einfach, die Jungs haben es aber sehr gut hinbekommen! Norman, ich, Sebastian und Markus Mit Hilfe eines externen Aufnahmegerätes (Zoom H4N) und einen Sonnenreflektor, haben wir eine Interviewsequenz mit vier Kameras aufgenommen und konnten damit jede mögliche Perspektive abdecken. Danach durften die Teilnehmer für kurze Zeit ihre eigenen Motive suchen, die dann auch in einem neuen Kurzfilm über den Workshop vorkommen werden. Der Praxisteil endete mit einer Timelapse-Aufnahme. Hierbei erklärte ich den Teilnehmern den Einsatz eines Intervalometers und wie man die Kamera richtig für solche Aufnahmen einstellt. Danach ging es noch einmal in den Schulungsraum. Wir beschäftigten uns in den letzten Stunden mit dem richtigen Workflow und der Post Production. Hierbei ging es größtenteils um den richtigen Export der H264-Files in das Apple Prores Format, sowie den Einsatz von Magic Bullet Looks zur Farbkorrektur. Hier gibt es nochmal weitere Informationen zum ersten HDSLR-Workshop! Die nächsten HDSLR-Workshops in Deutschland!…

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More details of new Panasonic AG-AF100!

First time we heard about the Panasonic AG-AF100 was in April! Now there are some really good new facts out about this camera. Panasonic’s new camera (chip comes from Panasonic GH1 DSLR) will shoot AVCHD at 1080p and 720p at frame rates of 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 or 23.98. The camera will also have XLR and HD-SDI sockets! Wow! You will be able to use Nanoflash or AJA KiPro box and record your video in extreme high data rates. THIS is amazing! AND: This camera will have a multi mount solution! A very wide variety of lenses for digital SLR cameras can be used to shoot movies! It is also possible to use an adapter and mount 35 mm PL-lenses on it! Now I want to have this camera! Here are some more facts: via: Gizmodo / Philip Bloom

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