Clinton Stark
Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: An energy efficient option for video editing PC builds
The Ryzen 7 3700K is here. With only 65W TDP could it be a sleeper chip for energy efficient video editing builds?
Trendspotting: Internet user growth slows, smartphone shipments decline + other trends (Mary Meeker Report)
Global internet user growth is still growing, but slower than before. Per Bond Capital partner Mary Meeker, year-over-year growth slowed to +6% versus +7% the year earlier.
In addition, another -- not so surprising headline -- is also the slowing of smartphone shipments. Android and iOS handsets both saw y/y...
Apple watchOS 6 adds app store — I’m not so sure I like the idea
Unlike Google and the mess that is Wear OS, Apple has kept things simple with watchOS. A dedicated "app store" for the Apple Watch seems complicated... and unnecessary.
Camera News: Panasonic’s $4,000 S1H rounds out full-frame line-up with 6K filmmaker focused camera
Like Sony, Nikon and Canon, Panasonic is focusing on up-market full-frame mirrorless cameras.
3 Days in Paris: A monster video edit in the making (Coming Soon 2019)
A few more looks from our latest project, 3 DAYS IN PARIS.
Those that check in here to Stark Insider from time to time will know that we released our first "3 DAYS" short last year. 3 DAYS IN SONOMA was shot over 5 years using 9 different cameras. At...
Trendspotting: Top 10 tech trends for 2019
Every now and then stepping away from the minutia and taking a look at the so-called "big picture" is probably a healthy thing to do.
Here in Silicon Valley there's so much day-to-day go, go, go, we occasionally forget to take the time to evaluate trends. To get outside of...
Smart Home News: Lutron joins ‘Friends of Hue’ program, launches new Aurora smart bulb dimmer
The scenario is all too common and frustrating for those embarking on their smart home journey:
You install a smart bulb, say one made by Philips Hue which lead the industry, in a family room ceiling light. The problem, however, is that that light fixture will always need power for...
Camera News: Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K now showing in stock
Not surprisingly, the new Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has been hard to buy. Well, actually that's not entirely true. It's actually easy to buy, and rather I should say, hard to actually get. Meaning most online retailers take Pocket 4K orders, but don't fulfill them typically for...
Tech Marketing Trends: It’s not a discount phone, it’s a ‘lite flagship’
Well, okay then.
This is not an entry level phone. A budget phone. A mid-range phone. Or just a plain old discounted phone.
It's a lite flagship.
Not a heavy flagship or a light flagship, but in 2019 make that, I repeat, a lite flagship.
This is new marketing speak we're seen in...
