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Ultra High Definition TV draft recommendation includes both 4K and 8K resolutions

Manu4Vendetta — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:15:57 +0000

This is crazy. In 2022 they will tell us that the HD and Full HD formats are obsolete and of poor quality, the new standard will be the 16K and that we prepare in 2030 to change the format 32K. So will be necessary to get a NASA server to process the videos to 8K.

The news from www.theverge.com:

Ultra High Definition TV draft recommendation includes both 4K and 8K resolutions

The International Telecommunication Union has agreed on a new draft recommendation for the Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) specifications, including technical details for both 4K (3840 x 2160) and 8K (7680 x 4320) displays. While this is subject to approval from the union's administration, the move would seem to confirm that both resolutions will be labeled as UHDTV, similar to how "HD" 720p sets were sold before "full HD" 1080p became the norm. It's a little disappointing that the ITU didn't take the opportunity to go for a less potentially confusing system this time around, but hey — at least you won't have to wait for NHK and Panasonic's 145-inch 8K Super Hi-Vision set to get your hands on a UHDTV.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/28/3047597/ultra-high-definition-tv-uhdtv-4k-8k-itu

...Because We Have To...

shian — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:22:44 +0000

This holds true for everything, not just building things, but filmmaking as well. Just do it!!

Proper raw camera

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:02:46 +0000

Spectral Instruments makes camera that has a dynamic range so incredibly big that it can photograph both the sun and the stars in broad daylight. It's their 1110 series, a device with a 112 megapixel CCD, black and white, with no Bayer mask or filter of any type, "nothing to detract from the overall image sharpness." Their sensors are extremely light sensitive and can take exposures that last for hours without any noise at all. That's why you can do something like taking a picture of a starry sky in the middle of the day. The sensor measures 95 x 95 millimeters.

Via: http://gizmodo.com/5911315/this-amazing-camera-can-capture-both-the-sun-and-the-stars-in-broad-daylight

Web Series shot on GH2, first episode

Aksel — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:55:57 +0000

Hi Everyone This is a web series I am DPing & Editing (of course GH2) we released the 1st episode even though its not finished yet, but the director wanted to show something for the Kickstarter campain. Still need some fixing in Color & sound. Anyways take a look a leave a comment, anything to make this project look better will be appreciated.

Thank you

Rolling Shutter Artifacts Removal by Youtube

Roberto — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:44:43 +0000

So much for posting Jello examples on You Tube..

Google Research: .. starting from May 4, 2012, Google implemented rolling shutter removal .... The before and after videos below show the effectiveness of the new Youtube algorithms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=627MqC6E5Yo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ATOrwKoREuQ

From

http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/image-stabilization-and-rolling-shutter.html

Film-maker's camera for an eye

stoney — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:40:35 +0000

Will you upgrade your eyeball? :)

BTW this seems like a good book.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Filmmakers-Eye-Cinematic-Composition/dp/0240812174/

NAB 2012 coverage

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:44:05 +0000

Reserved post.

Looking for NAB 2012 volunteers

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:15:26 +0000

Important

We started collecting donations for NAB coverage.
All money will go directly to the guys who'll be making it for us.
Remember to leave "NAB" in the donation notes (button is above :-) ).

Brutal Pentax Lens Price Increase: 15-90%

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:48:56 +0000

In general, prices for all current DA lenses went up by 15-90%, and this sort of a restriction on retailers is a first for Pentax. We hope that future product announcements or business decisions justify this new policy!

Musikmesse 2012

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:10:57 +0000

Few announcments.

First. Cheaper version of Jupiter-80, Jupiter-50. Can be very useful as ligh, good sounding synth.

http://www.roland.com/products/en/JUPITER-50/

Second. Bigger Korg MicroKey. Like their small footpring and good fast keys.

http://www.korg.com/microkey

Everyone can look buff now

brianluce — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:31:06 +0000

I don't know if there's already a topic for this. If not, there is now.

Most popular cameras for filming TV (2010-2011)

roe1and — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:51:02 +0000

http://createasphere.com/En/insider-view/2221-most-popular-cameras-this-tv-season.html

This is pretty old but still an interesting read. I was googling Blue Bloods to see what cameras they use to shoot it with. Reds apparently. Ok show but some awful awful moire.

GH2s Part of Nat Geo Show

David_Cole — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:09:27 +0000

A good friend of mine, Robert Baldwin, has a piece airing on the NatGeo Channel that includes a LOT of hacked GH2 footage. It's the Bacardi Factory episode of Ultimate Factories (S5E7) - which aired this weekend and will air again next week. Robert's going to drop in here and give us the blow-by-blow of using the GH2 on a production with EX3s and NanoFlashes (with a production spec of 100 Mbps minimum).

That one guy from that one movie!

elementalracer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:18:56 +0000

Kind of cool... http://www.imdb.com/sundance/galleries/sundance2012-awards2012-rm797880576

Nice camera, Joseph Gordon Levitt

Hutchman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:35:38 +0000

Is it hacked? ;)

CES 2012

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:20:17 +0000

Topic devoted to CES 2012 coverage.

HDR video and improved low-light sensitivity via new Sony CMOS sensors

LongJohnSilver — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:34:13 +0000

Maybe in the next Panny...

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/23/2726840/new-sony-cmos-sensor-hdr-video

HDMI to HD-SDI to External Recorder???

kholi — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:53 +0000

This is a topic I cannot find.

Sorry if it's been mentioned. My TVLogic can string the HDMI signal out to HD-SDI, and I can actually ingest HD-SDI on my Mac tower... Has anyone tried this? I think the only reason I'd do it is for VFX work (greenscreen), problem would be that the TV-Logic spits out a 720 not a 1080.

if it's been tried, please close thread and provide link. Thanks.

Panansonic IR interview - talks about GH2 hacker community

spirit — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:05:15 +0000

Thought some of you might find this interesting - first time I've really heard what Panasonic thinks about the GH2 hacker community - seems quite positive!

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/01/15/panasonic-learning-from-the-fringe-taking-small-steps

Looking for guys and donations to cover CES and NAMM

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:23:19 +0000

We are looking for guys with some expirience who'll cover this exhibitions for our members.

You'll be paid via donations of our members (plus I have some reserve for this)
Plus you'll have right to have link and information about yourself or your firm in every message from exhibition.

Same thing for our members.
If we'll find suitable candidate in next few days, we'll start collecting donations for this.
And everyone donating $10 or more will have right to ask for specific things to cover.

See http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1861/2012-shows-and-exhibitions#Item_8
For list of main 2012 shows.

2012 Shows and exhibitions

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:09:27 +0000

I'll try to list interesting 2012 shows and exhibitions here.

CES 2012
January 10-13
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
http://www.cesweb.org/

NAMM 2012,
January 19-22 Anahaim California USA,
http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2012

BSC Show 2012
3-4 February 2012, UK
The United Kingdom’s premier exhibition dedicated solely to showcasing the equipment, facilities and services used in the craft of film and television production
http://www.bscexpo.com/

NAB 2012
Conferences
April 14 – 19, 2012; Exhibits April 16 – 19
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada USA
http://www.nabshow.com/

Photokina 2012, will be held in Cologne, Germany on
18-Sep-2012 (up tp 23) in Cologne International Expocentre.
http://www.photokina.com

Happy New 2012 Year!

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:06:14 +0000

Want to congratulate all our community members, and wish them big luck in 2012.

Yep, economics will be worse. But fuck it. We are all smart here, could live with it, all of us will live better in the uncoming year, I am sure:-).
No one makes tragedy from temperature changes (except TV girls, of course). So, fuck it.

Now back to the community.

We are not large. But.
Right now we are the only community in the field:
1) Without any affilation with big shops (despite requests from them :-) )
2) Without any advertisments
3) Without on the fly links exchange
4) Without any required payments to post about software or products made by you
5) Without any lengthly and scary rules.
6) With financing by community itself.
8) Place where guys with sole purpose of choosing new camera to improve their slideshows are not treated as primadonnas (why? see 1-3 )
7) With best signal to noise ratio.

Good community must be like "One big, happy... if slightly dysfunctional... family" (this is quote from the film I like, if you don't know)

In upcoming year we'll be larger, but will be keeping our signal to noise. Introducing new features.
Developing new hacks. Doing many other things.

Merry Christmas!

cbrandin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:33:38 +0000

Matches VK's snow theme...

Computers versus cameras - a 30-year perspective

LPowell — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:11:25 +0000

I'm struck by how closely the current video camera competition resembles the computer rivalries of 30 years ago. At that time, the computer industry was split into several camps with radically different perspectives:

* Mainframe companies, notably IBM, well established in the corporate world.

* Minicomputer companies, notably DEC, who had successfully targeted the small business market.

* Apple Computer, whose Apple II emerged as the leader of the pack of late 70's home computers.

* The PC-clone industry, leveraging its wide-open platform with dramatic leaps in microcomputing power and versatility.

The video world's mainframes are the Arri Alexa and Sony F35, with well-earned professional reputations and industry-standard workflows.

Much like DEC with its relatively inexpensive stand-alone minicomputers, RED's upstart marketing won over the hearts and minds of independent filmmakers, delivering a fresh alternative to the hidebound corporate studio system.

Following in Apple's footsteps, Canon emerged as the winner of the DSLR video sweepstakes, with a product that wasn't originally designed for film making. In both cases it was a cottage industry of add-on enhancements that made the Apple II and 5D Mark II into useful semi-professional tools.

As with the IBM PC, the Panasonic GH1 was marketed by a major corporation as a generic mass consumer product based on an open technology platform. Both products attracted swarms of Far East cloners and DIY hackers whose turbo-charged results far outstripped the foresight of their corporate godfathers.

It's also interesting to reflect on the strategic moves the major computer manufacturers made at a comparable point in computing history:

* The mainframe companies continued with business as usual, oblivious to the long-term threat posed by the rapid evolution of their smaller competitiors.

* DEC produced the VAX, the first 32-bit terminal-based minicomputer of its era. The RAW 4K capabilities of REDs Epic platform evokes the affordable raw computing power that was the VAX.

* Apple produced the Lisa, the first consumer PC with a graphical user interface, targeting the small business market with an expensive, yet underpowered box. Will the Canon C300's high price tag and mediocre technology consign it to the same fate as the Lisa? Will the 1D-X become the Macintosh of the DSLR world?

* Spurred on by the accelerating market pressure of the unconstrained PC-clone industry, the PC mutated out of IBM's control into a do-it-all computer that could be cheaply configured to suit your own needs. As with the hacked GH2, PC-clones were widely disparaged as unreliable and unprofessional, good for little more than personal entertainment...

'Brinicle' ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic

otcx — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:44:58 +0000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15835017

More image manipulation magic from Siggraph

bimdas — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:20 +0000

Another tech Adobe can buy. Realistic insertion of objects and lights into photographs. I dont see why this cant also be used for video.
http://kevinkarsch.com/publications/sa11.html

November 3rd

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:42:44 +0000

As you know, many people wait for this day, hoping to see 8k, transparent 3d, 18 stops camera from Canon and another announcment from Red (now with 2050 release date).

Please post here your expectations and bets on features and prices.

The Science & Technology of Digital Image Sensors

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:06:32 +0000

Toshiba makes 2,560x1,600 6.1" screen

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:20:01 +0000

Toshiba Mobile Display Co., Ltd. today announced that it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel that features a world-class, high-definition 498 pixels-per-inch (ppi) image in a direct-view, compact 6.1-inch screen. Despite the small screen size, the display resolution format is 2,560 × 1,600 pixels, a higher resolution than even the full HD resolution format of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels.

This newly-developed world-class, high-definition LCD panel is based on our processing techniques for forming fine-pitch and high-performance, low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistors (TFT) on glass substrates, and other precise fabrication techniques which have been cultivated over the years. This direct-view LCD panel achieves high-definition images with photographic quality, and although the images are displayed in 2D format, they impart a sense of depth and realism.

This technology will be exhibited at the TMD booth #3601 in the FPD International 2011 exhibition, to be held in Pacifico Yokohama from October 26 to 28, 2011.

Screen size - 6.1 in.
Number of pixels - 2,560(H)×RGB×1,600(V)
Pixel density - 498 PPI
Contrast ratio - 1000:1
Field of view: Vertical: 176° or more Horizontal: 176° or more (with contrast ratio ≥ 10:1)
Color gamut: 61% (NTSC gamut, CIE1931)

Roland iModela

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:04:14 +0000

Via: http://www.rolanddg.com/news/nr111005_im-01.html