Jason Wietholter | Legal Video Resource - Part 3

Onsite Backup is Essential for the Tapeless Workflow

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
July 7, 2010

If you have been keeping up with our Tapeless Workflow series, then you have probably caught on to the fact that backing up your files and storing them redundantly is an absolute necessity. Onsite backup is no different. It’s not 100% necessary to backup your SD card or backup HD...
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Panasonic HMC150 & HMC40 Light Sensitivity Comparison

by Jason Wietholter
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| Equipment
July 6, 2010

I’ve had the chance to play with my new HMC40 today and compare it a little to my HMC150 and how it handles low light, so I thought I would put together a video comparison. The HMC40 is surprisingly dark compared to the 150, but with the newer CMOS sensors,...
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HOW TO: Setup Panasonic AG-HMC150 for Deposition Video

by Jason Wietholter
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| Equipment
July 6, 2010

Panasonic’s AG-HMC150 is, in my opinion, currently the best video camera for deposition video recording. Panasonic has long been a friend to legal videographers, primarily through their acknowledgment for the need of time and date stamp recording, by producing some of the most fundamentally sound and reliable cameras on the market....
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Which Camera for Tapeless Acquisition at Video Depositions?

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
July 6, 2010

You’ve already learned about what archive you need for your tapeless workflow, that you need a beast of a computer and what software to put on that computer along with the necessity for redundant online storage. Now we get to move on to everyone’s favorite topic: What Camera do I...
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Online Storage for Your Tapeless Workflow

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
July 2, 2010

The right online storage solution is a lot like having a good archive process in place. You need to protect yourself with a RAID or some kind of backup so that if you have a problem with your computer, your media files are protected.
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Choosing the Right Computer for Your Tapeless Legal Video

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
July 1, 2010

With tapeless acquisition being almost exclusively HD, having the horsepower in your computer to handle the data is a must. You can get by with older equipment for a while, but without a beefed up machine, you simply won’t get the efficiency you need to make the whole thing worthwhile.
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Scalable Software for Deposition Video Encoding

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
June 30, 2010

As they say, the right tool for the job can make all the difference. The same is true of the software you choose for processing your video files after acquisition. We’re still moving from the end of the process to the beginning as we want to make certain all of...
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Your Tapeless Workflow Should Start at the End

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
June 29, 2010

You may think that going tapeless is as simple as picking up a memory-based camera and hitting record. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, you need to start at your archive process and work back toward your acquisition tool.
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Going Tapeless

by Jason Wietholter
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| Workflow
June 28, 2010

Tape based cameras and equipment certainly aren’t dead, but they are on their way out the door. Going tapeless isn’t just a buzzword, but a vastly different and much more efficient way of handling production and post-production. Legal Videographers have a lot to gain by making the switch. Especially when...
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