OS X: Creating an alias in finder does NOT create a sym link!

December 7th, 2008 • Making Movies, OS X

This is quite unexpected. I have 45Gb of video footage and so moved it to my NAS and thought i’d created a sym link by creating an alias to that directory in my local Movies directory. As iMovie completely failed to recognise the new alias as a sym link, i had a peak in console and discovered that a Finder created alias is not a sym link and hence doesn’t work! How very odd!

After creating a sym link in the terminal, the problem is solved.

Odd! I’m sure i’ve missed something!

Choosing a consumer Full HD Camcorder – Turns out to be a simple choice

December 7th, 2008 • Making Movies, Shopping

The Canon HF100 wins the day – Stunning outdoor performance and awesome low light performance. Just what i need to shoot the kids in and outdoors.

The competitors that i’ve personally tried failed miserably:

• Panasonic SD9: Pretty small and portable, but produced unusable indoor low light shots with very high levels of grain. Outdoor shots unreliable as autofocus doesn’t seem to lock on very well.
• Sony HDR-TG1: Lovely and small, but no manual controls and terrible low light performance.