Magical Realism: A Look at NAB 2019 by Mark Schubin
Mark’s annual NAB wrap-up, from the man who has visited every booth at every NAB show since 1973. TRT: 23:45 More
Schubin Cafe: The Latest in Lens Technology & The Lens That Started It All
Some people don’t think 4K video offers enough visual impact over HD to be worth the trouble, but SMPTE Life Fellow Mark Schubin argues that even those people should be […] More
Schubin Cafe: The Earliest Idea for an Electronic Camera?
In this quick Schubin Cafe bite, Mark Schubin examines where the earliest idea for an electronic camera actually came from a 15-year-old Austration – beating everyone else by at least […] More
Schubin Cafe: HPA 2019 Technology Year in Review by Mark Schubin
The annual HPA Tech Retreat took place last week and industry legend Marc Schubin once again delivered his Technology Year in Review presentation. This is a recording of the presentation, […] More
Jim St. Lawrence 1944-2018
Movie director Errol Morris is justly praised for the use of the “Interrotron,” a system allowing even untrained subjects to speak directly into a video camera’s lens as though conversing with […] More
SMPTE Technology Webcast: Mark Schubin’s “Six Centuries of Opera and Media Technology in New York”
Electronic home entertainment was invented in New York City for opera; so were headphones. The first compatible-color television program seen at home was opera in New York; so was the […] More
Official History
My latest historical paper, on watching live remote baseball games for 50 years before television, was just published in the Proceedings of the IEEE. My previous historical papers for them were […] More
Schubin Cafe: Tomorrow: It’s Always a Day Away by Mark Schubin
Recorded at the SMPTE Toronto, Toronto Technical Conference (TTC2018) on June 13, 2018. More
Schubin Cafe: NAB 2018 – Not Just Technology
Mark Schubin’s annual NAB review is now available at the Schubin Cafe. Recorded at the SMPTE DC meeting on May 23, 2018. Always a highlight for anyone in the broadcast […] More
Schubin Cafe: Why 4K Lenses Are Important Even If You’re Not Doing 4K by Mark Schubin
During NAB 2018 at the Fujinon booth on April 11, 2018, Mark Schubin delivered a presentation entitled “Why 4K Lenses Are Important Even If You’re Not Doing 4K. Check out […] More