Panasonic HVX200 = New Life

Some of you may know that I recently bought a Panasonic HVX200. This camera is as amazing as people have always said. I am so excited to own such a beautiful piece of machinery.

Previously, I owned a Sony V1U, and compared to this, that camera is a complete joke. Don’t get me wrong, the V1U is still quite pretty, but not compared to this monster.

Here are a few samples of footage from the first few days of owning it.

I am not experienced enough with it to produce better results, and I’m not using any 35mm adapters, but the footage is still stunning in my opinion. Enjoy.

Fast Lane Daily Wins a Webby Award

Congratulations to the show that I edit every day, Fast Lane Daily. We have won a People’s Choice Webby Award in the Sports category. I’m proud to work for the show, and with the fun people who help with it every day, as well as the rest of the company.

Fast Lane Daily Wins a Webby Award

The parent company, Next New Networks, had three other shows up for an award as well. Read more about it all here

(Most of the Fast Lane Daily crew pictured here)

Again, thanks to all the fans and viewers, and the people involved on a daily basis. You guys rock, every day. Without the group effort, the show would never make it to the internet each day without fail.

While it’s not easy, we make it happen, and this award, despite the size, is well worth it.

Depressing Weather Ahead

I don’t normally dwell on the weather, as it just comes-and-goes without too much of an impact on my life. This time of year, we all really want nice, warm, spring weather. And up to now there really hasn’t been one warm spring day in New England.

In hopes of nice weather this weekend, I decided to check the upcoming forecast…

Lots of stupid rain.
(Click for full image)

You’ll note the following 8 days will all be warm and sunny… if you live in Washington State!!!

What’s going on here? We all need a little sunshine once in a while… except for the vampires. they don’t really count as people anyway, so who cares. What’s causing this horrible spring?

If you refer to my Happiness Vs. Weather graph below, you can see by the celebrity comparisons, that the soon-to-be weather is going to have a dramatic effect on happiness levels for the upcoming days.

Celebrity Weather Versus Happiness Comparison

Not good. Hopefully Britney Spears will release a new album, maybe a duet with Hannah Montana, and it’ll top the charts and bring us some more rain… or maybe not. I think either one of the two is a bad thing to wish for.

More from California

A few days here and I’m sort of ready to leave. Don’t get me wrong, I thought I loved it. The weather has been okay, but I think I’m ready to head home.

Maybe I’m just being extremely overworked and severely underpaid, or one of the two, as usual, but either way, I will feel more comfortable once I’m back in my apartment in NYC.

Here are a few photos from the past day or three. Enjoy.

We drove out to the desert for an hour or so, and ended up in a town called El Mirage, somewhere northwest of Fontana, California. Found a dry lake bed, and had some fun.

We drove out to a dry lake bed

We spent most of today filming some Supercar Life footage.

Derek DeAngelis was in his prime of course. JF filmed.

I also did some filming.

We managed to cover a bunch of great stuff…

I actually managed to have some fun, delivering equipment.

The aviators made the day possible. Tune in tomorrow for some more photos.

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