AZ Final Cut Pro User Group Meeting!
Thursday, 05/28/2009
Collins College
1425 W. 14th St., Tempe (
MAP)
doors 5:30, meeting 6-9:00pm.
Collins College
Thanks to Duncan Harvey for hosting us in
Collins College's 125-seat auditorium. Also, we'll tour the 2 60' sound stages at this great facility.
Batteries
Did you ever wonder if you should keep your camera batteries fully charged or cycle them down and back up?
Did you realize that a 70 amp hour battery cannot provide 70 amps for 1 hour or 1 amp for 70 hours?
If you have a camera that pulls 36 watts and a battery that is rated at 70 amp hours, how do we calculate run times?
Why is it called a 70 ah battery? What is the Math?
Did you know that a laptop battery's biggest threat is heat that is generated while it is operating on A.C.?
What is the best thing to do for your batteries?
What is the worst thing you can do to your batteries?
Join us for an evening with Steve Mastin, Lead Technician and General Manager for
Batteries Plus. Steve will answer these and many more questions regarding the one thing that we can't do without, batteries. Learn how the new batteries differ from what we were using years ago and what is on the horizon for battery technology.
JVC
Two of the hottest announcements from NAB 2009 were the
GY-HM700 and the
GY-HM100U camcorders from JVC.
Both camcorders feature a native Final Cut Pro workflow that has to be seen to be believed! The cameras record up to 35Mbps Full HD 1920 x 1080 (1080p24/25/30, 1080i) or 1280 x 720P (p60/50/30/25/24) native Final Cut Pro Quicktime files, which allows for immediate editing with no digitizing, conversion or transcoding.
Both cameras also can record to inexpensive Class-6 SDHC cards. Tapeless cameras with truly affordable media? It's about time!
JVC engineer Doug Mullin will be on hand to answer your questions about these exciting new cameras. Also, JVC West Coast District Sales Manager Alicia Reed will show examples of JVC's highly regarded series of
professional HD monitors.
Noise Industries Raffle
Courtesy of our friends at
Noise Industries, we'll raffle off copies of 2 fantastic 3D Themes from
SUGARfx:
Folding Cards ($70 value), and
Cine Fest ($120 value).
Parking / Directions
Collins College is just West of Priest, on the South side of 14th Street in Tempe. Ample parking is available at the front and back of the building
Here's a
Google Map of the area
Collins College has graciously opened their doors to us, so make sure to visit the following website to learn more about their programs:
http://www.collinscollege.edu
We don't have any expenses so we don't charge any dues or fees.
Everyone's welcome for an evening of sharing regarding video production and FCP in AZ.
Contact information-
Scott Anderson 480-619-1593 cell or azscott@gmail.com
Ray Palmer 602-809-1471 cell or ray.palmer@srpnet.com (blackberry)
