Welcome to Holdan's Quick Guides

Manufacturers constantly release new technology more advanced than the previous generation product. Eventually developers can boast a vast range of closely related products, with endless and impressive technical specs... no problem for technophiles, but bewildering for others.

So these guides are not designed with experts in mind. Rather, they are intended for example to assist:

• Producers unsure of the benefits of one recording format over another
• Camera operators looking for guidance on ingesting content into an edit system
• Technical assistants more familiar with SDI signals than RAID array configurations

We hope you find them useful.

AVCCAM and AVCHD Workflows

AVCHD has replaced HDV as the choice for cost-effective, high-quality digital production. Recording HD files to memory cards requires a new way of working

Guide to Panasonic microP2

Panasonic pioneered mainstream tapeless production in 2004 with P2. The company again leapfrogs the competition with microP2. microP2 delivers faster speeds, smaller media and lower costs along with industry-leading data security and build quality.

P2 Workflows

Panasonic's P2 has been widely adopted by broadcasters across the world. So how do you make the transition from tape to tapeless production?

EDIUS 6.5 from Grass Valley

EDIUS 6.5 is the fastest multi-format, multi-resolution, multi-dimensional editor out there

EDIUS Hardware

With Grass Valley expansion devices, users can ingest and monitor analogue and digital video and audio directly from EDIUS

A Guide to Sonnet RAID Technology

RAID storage systems are perfect digital media professionals: fast and dependable and can be used in the studio and on location. But there's a bewildering choice

Blackmagic Design's Editing Hardware

Ingest and monitoring hardware for editors using Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro

Guide to Monitors

Why monitor? And how to select the most appropriate screen for production, post-production and studios.

Guide to Video Recorders

The VTR is dead. Long live the data recorder. More than simply tape deck replacements: they can offer much more.

Workflow guide to the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera

Guide to Post Production - Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera

Guide to Power Distribution

Power distribution centres for rack equipment delivering XLR DC power for switchers, recorders, monitors, PPU, mobile studios and test equipment

PMW-EX30 PMW-50 FS-T2001 XDCAM recorders compared

Desktop XDCAM Recording Decks: Feature by Feature Comparison

Guide to Datavideo CG Software

Guide to Camera Adapters