Xiaomi announced that 500 million people now use its devices with MIUI Xiaomi announced that 500 million people now use its devices with MIUI This has been announced on Weibo by both Xiaomi and MIUI channels, both of which are official. This is a major success for a company that was founded in 2010. It is considerably younger than many other tech companies in the market. Xiaomi’s growth has been immense, and it has only been boosted by Huawei’s US ban....

One would think that shooting video would be fairly straightforward these days. With all the advances made in video-capable cameras the last few years, a newcomer might assume it’s simply point and hit record. But if you want to make the most of your equipment and get the best shots you can, this is simple not true. In this video, filmmaker Darious Britt talks about the 9 things he checks before he hits the record button....

In the TV business, we have a saying “waiting on sound” and no truer words have ever been spoken. Soundos are always doing something like waiting for an air-con to switch off, or a car noise to disappear, and we wait with them. And when we aren’t waiting on sound, we often treat sound as an after-thought. But sound is the most important of all the recorded elements. Here are some tips on location sound recording picked up over my years of television and mojo production and training, which will assist your mojo work....

Aputure is launching two new lights that put a whole lot of power in a small and lightweight package. One is Amaran MX, and Aputure showed off its prototype back in September 2017. The other is the Amaran F7, a long-awaited upgrade to one of their oldest products, the Amaran 198. Amaran MX Amaran MX The Amaran MX is a “younger brother” of the Amaran M9. It boasts over 1,200 lux at 0....

With everything becoming battery-powered these days and as many of them being produced as they are now, it’s inevitable that some will show up dead on arrival. It’s something Tyler Edwards has experienced with his REDVOLT BP batteries for his RED Komodo camera. You put them onto the camera, plug it in to charge and nothing. But Tyler believes he’s found a solution to fix his DOA batteries. In this video, he walks us through his process, which basically involves disconnecting and reconnecting the batteries from the power source about 20-30 times until it just suddenly springs back into life and starts charging normally....