Author Archives: Mike McCarthy

About Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy is a technology consultant, with extensive experience in the film post-production industry. He started posting technology info and analysis at HD4PC in 2007. He broadened his focus with TechWithMikeFirst ten years later.

HP Omen Transcend 32 Display

I recently had the opportunity to test out and review HP’s Omen Transcend 32 OLED Display. It is a 31.5″ UHD HDR QD-OLED panel, supporting up to 240 frames per… Read more »

Logitech’s MX Creative Console

Logitech recently released the MX Creative Console, a new interface device targeting Adobe users. I got the opportunity to see it in person at the MAX conference, and have been… Read more »

Lenovo Thinkpad P1 Gen7

I have had the opportunity to review Lenovo’s ThinkPad P1 Gen7 laptop. It is the first Core Ultra system I have used, built with Intel’s new chiplet design architecture. It… Read more »

Adobe MAX 2024-Miami

Adobe held their MAX Creativity Conference this week, hosted in Miami for the first time. This led to some concern due to the recently occurring Hurricane Milton, but the event… Read more »

Editing Stereoscopic VR180 Content

Canon has been creating a number of dual fisheye lens upgrades for their existing line of cameras, and they recently sent me an EOS R7 camera with Dual 3.9mm Fisheye… Read more »

Shooting VR180 Content with the Canon EOS R7

Canon has been creating a number of dual fisheye lens upgrades for their existing line of cameras, specifically their mirrorless cameras, but including the C400 which also has an RF… Read more »

IBC 2024 News

IBC, the International Broadcasting Convention, was held in Amsterdam this week. Many media and technology vendors make new product announcements and releases at the conference, so I like to track… Read more »

Adobe Video Announcements

Adobe has made a number of software announcements for IBC, primarily focused on Premiere Pro and After Effects. The most visually obvious upcoming change in Premiere Pro is the new… Read more »

My Experience at NAB 2024

The National Association of Broadcasters held their annual convention in Las Vegas this week. The NAB Show attracted 65K attendees and 1300 exhibitors from 41 countries showing off their products… Read more »

GTC 2024 – NVidia Announcements

NVidia had their big GPU Technology Conference this week in San Jose. As the third largest company in the world (by market capitalization value) NVidia’s profile has risen dramatically over… Read more »