Okay, we've all fat-fingered the controls occasionally. Everyone who has worked in a live TV environment knows the fear of putting the wrong thing to air. However I think this guy's bad day beats anything I can recall...

On March 3rd 2008 a technician at the Tahiti Nui television network (in French Polynesia) watched a bit of "adult content" in private, while at the same time supposedly recording a separate satellite feed for later broadcast. What he didn't realize was that he was...

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Over the past couple of weeks I've been involved in a project that used a variety of camcorders, most of them Sony HDD (hard drive) camcorders that record in MPEG format. If you've ever tried to use these camcorders for editing, there's a fair chance you've discovered that the recording format isn't easy to work with. In particular, we struck the common problem that the MPEG files lose their audio when imported into Adobe Premiere Pro.

The reason for this is that Premiere Pro doesn't...

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On February 17, 2009, analog television broadcasting in the United States comes to an end after six decades.

If you're not exactly sure what it's all about or how you will be affected, have a look at this concise summary: The End of Analog Television

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This story appeared last week at bbc.co.uk....
A 10-second audio clip of a woman singing has been played back for the first time in 150 years. The recording was made in 1860 and is thought to be the oldest in the world. It was made using a machine called a "phonautograph" which etches soot-covered paper. The recording pre-dates Thomas Edison's first recording by around 17 years.

You can see the full story and hear the recording at news.bbc.co.uk. Don't expect too much - this...

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Guest post by Vickie Mathews
www.myredtree.com

Getting Technical:

The best approach to landscape photography is to ensure the largest possibly amount of your scene is in focus. In order to achieve this you will need to adjust your camera to a small aperture setting (larger number) to increase your shot’s depth. However this will mean a smaller portion of light will be hitting your image sensor, so you will need to compensate by increasing your camera’s ISO or...

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