A quick glance above and you’d think the photo was shot by NASA using a rocket, costing millions. Or maybe shot by an astronaut clutching a Nikon D3X orbiting earth from a space shuttle! In fact, the snap above is from a Canon Powershot A560 in a polystyrene box attached to a balloon.
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[vimeo]10563576[/vimeo] Note: The web levels the playing field. Full-screen it on a TV! Welcome to Part 1, Video 1 – Low light and the GH1’s film modes I’ve been conducting a shootout between the Panasonic GH1 and 5D Mark II, using everything I know about setting up the cameras and everything I have learned from others such as Philip Bloom. In the Zacuto shootout, Bloom said he couldn’t quite set…
The deal is done. April 1st is a strange news day by all accounts and it’s good to have some fun, especially as the HDSLR news is a bit slow right now. But some of the real news today has been buried amongst the flurry of joking. Well, out of the blue has come this – After lengthy talks with Panasonic and Olympus, 4 new manufacturers have signed up to…
[vimeo]10324588[/vimeo] I’ve always had a thing for how skies slowly change. When I was young, my father used to take me out for bike rides. We’d ride the same paths and see the same sights every time. Our bike ride route seemed like something unique to us, that nobody else could imitate. Now as adults, people pound the same old roads and pavements every day and its clear their paths…
The first episode of Zacuto’s Great HDSLR Shootout versus 35mm film aired yesterday. Here are my thoughts on all the first episode and all cameras involved. It is very exciting stuff. If you haven’t seen it yet I recommend you check it out before reading further. I won’t give away the plot in it’s entirety – rather talk about some things which stood out for me.
Samsung have apparently come up a global shutter design whereby two separate sensors work together with timed rows producing an electronic shutter that creates an image free of skew.
http://www.vimeo.com/9856236 EOSHD.com today interviewed award winning film-maker Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures whose monumental effort on reality / fiction hybrid City of Lakes is turning heads in the film industry. Steve Weiss of Zacuto has been championing Kevin and for good reason – his use of HDSLRs, in particular the Canon 5D Mk II and 7D have taken the technology to new heights as you can see in the trailer for…
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/9853081[/vimeo] Here is EOSHD’s latest video, which was shot entirely on the GH1. It tells a tale of 2 sides to an island in the Philippines. Two beaches, within 100m of each other.