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LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Philip Bloom, Scott  Bourne and Steve Weiss discuss HD DSLR’s, convergence, fusion, video and film. In addition, they answer questions that came in via email, Twitter and from the live listening audience.

For the past 20 years Philip Bloom has been following his passion as a career, which has taken him around the world to places he has felt privileged to have seen. He has filmed, directed and edited short films, documentaries and much more from Clapham to Cambodia. In 2005, he was short listed for a BAFTA craft award for his series of short films for Sky News “If I were Prime Minister.”

Philip is one of the new breed of cinematographers. Over the past three years he has embraced the 35mm film adapter market, shooting on HD video but making it look close to 35mm film. He has also have recently embraced the video DSLR cameras, in particular the Canon 5d Mk2 and the Canon 7d and become world-renowned for his expertise with those systems.

Scott Bourne is a new media producer, consultant, photographer, author, lecturer, teacher, technology enthusiast and Twitter Ori Master. He is an award-winning photographer who is known for his use of color, shape and form and is a pioneer in the digital imaging field. Scott regularly lectures on a variety of photo and media-related subjects. He has appeared on national television and radio shows and has written columns for several national magazines. He has focused considerable energy on video in DSLR’s, exploring the capabilities of Canon 5D Mark II’s, 7D’s and now the Canon 1D Mark IV. He is also the host of PhotoFocus.com .

Steve Weiss is with Zacuto – makers of Custom Camera Packages & Zacuto Brand Accessories for both video and DSLR cameras that have video capability. Zacuto is a one-stop-shop for customized camera packages. This includes the latest technology in high definition, where their trademark camera packages are designed by Zacuto staff members who have over 45 years of combined film and video experience. Zacuto USA products are entirely designed and manufactured by Zacuto and made in the USA, with input from staff and customers.

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QHT 009: Interview with Scott Bourne about HD DSLR’s

by Dave Warner on November 13, 2009

This is a Quick Hit Podcast short and we’re talking with Scott Bourne about video in DSLR’s, the capabilities in his new Canon 7D and how things are going so far with it. Scott is a new media producer, consultant, photographer, author, lecturer, teacher, technology enthusiast and Twitter Ori Master with more than 46,000 followers.

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Video (C) Scott Bourne 2009

In this podcast we talk about what HD DSLR’s Scott has, his first impressions of the Canon 7D, his most unexpected result from using video in these cameras, the easiest AND hardest skills for still photographers to pick up on, what new opportunities and markets this may open up for still photographers and must have additional gear to shoot video.

List of Questions (PDF format)

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Zacuto hardware, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D, Canon 1D Mark IV, Red Camera, Red Rock Micro hardware, Sony Vegas Pro 9 software, Adobe Premier Pro CS4 software, 300-800 mm Sigma lens, Nikon D3, Miller DV 20 Tripod & Fluid Head, Canon 400 mm lens, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1, Nikon D300s, Nikon D90, LensBaby, PhotoFocus, Chase Jarvis, Vincent Laforet.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., ScanCafe

To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below (sorry for the poor quality of MY voice on this one – SOMETHING was off on my equipment). You can also play the Podcast in a popup window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes.

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