VMI have moved to W3!
The builders have excelled and completed our building ahead of schedule, so we are now fully operational from our new address:
VMI W3 Unit 7 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London,W3 6UU
Facilities include 2 x large dedicated test rooms with built-in light panels, lens projection room and the entire building has been designed to be as low energy and as environmentally friendly as possible with LED lighting throughout ...More
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 VMI new products day on 8th February
VMI are proud to be hosting our first open day in our brand new rental facility in West London.
We will be exhibiting the latest large sensor cameras and peripherals in interactive and challenging live action 'shoot out' scenarios.
The display will include all of the new cameras including *RED Epic *RED Scarlet *ARRI Alexa *Canon C300 *Sony PMW-F3 with S log *Panasonic AF-101 *Panasonic 3D-A1 3D camera *Gemini, Cinedeck, Ki-Pro Mini & NanoFlash HD etc Ensure that you book fast, as although attendance is free, space is limited and this is expected to book out. ...More
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 Canon EOS C300 large sensor camera just arrived.
The latest large sensor camera from Canon which features a full Super-35 CMOS sensor with choice of EOS or PL mounts and best of all, records 50 Mb/second to CF cards, so that it satisfies the strictest Broadcast criterion for use in HD production.
VMI will have some EOS C300 cameras at the new products open day - see above ...More
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 The Aesthetics of Digital Cinema vs. Film
Usually at VMI, we make articles really easy for people to read but the inclusion of this essay this makes no apology for being a Master's level exploration about the aesthetic merit of film vs digital cinema! This essay is reproduced here by permission from VMI's own Ian Jackson (Assoc. BSC) as his master's thesis for which he was graded with distinction - well done Ian!
As Hollywood embraces digital cinema, the convergence of hardware from information gathering sectors of the media strengthens, with blockbusters such as 'The Curious Case ...More
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 PMW-F3 Ki Pro in LeonardoLive shoot
"Capturing the beauty of a Leonardo painting requires a particular type of camera. Not just because of the subtlety and deftness of the pictures, but also because the delicacy of late 15th century art means that lighting on and the around the canvases must be kept to a minimum."
Says Ben Harding, Associate Producer for the ground-breaking Leonardo Live. He points out that as the production was to be broadcast on Sky Arts HD and beamed to cinema screens across the country, picture quality at source was all the more important. ...read more
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VMI iPhone Vs. 3 nearly released!
As soon as the VMI iPhone App was released, Apple brought out a new iPhone OS5 which was incompatible with our App. Now Version 2 is here and already is being used by lots of VMI clients and is ready for download from the App Store.
Version 3 is nearly ready for release which will speed up the database download to just a few seconds a will allow you to create, update, copy and archive shooting kits.
This will allow you to share kits with producers, DoPs etc, either on iPhone or Internet!. Version 3 ought to be released in Februrary, so watch this space!
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*** Courses and events from VMI for the next month***
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