RED Hydrogen One phone was announced in June 2017 has finally been shipping since November 2018 after some delays and setbacks. Apart from the “3D without glasses mode” the unique selling points of this phone is the ability to add modules to expand its capabilities. Let’s meet RED’s first module, the Lithium 3D/4-View camera. Image courtesy of Phil Holland. RED Partners with Lucid Lucid – a company specialized in 3D VR180 cameras – announced a partnership with RED back in May 2018. The idea behind that collaboration was to build the first 8K 3D/4-View Camera for the Hydrogen One. This dual camera module gives you full 8K video and picture possibilities, converting the image to 4V in real-time. Also, it features dual adjustment of lenses distances for incredible 3D focus and zoom results with ease. By attaching the RED Hydrogen One to this module, you are also able to look at 3D/4V content in post-production. The 8K 4V are H4V files that you can upload to YouTube and Facebook directly. Fast forward a few months later and an intriguing post popped on the h4vuser.com forum by Jim Jannard in November, finally revealing the name of that module: Lithium. From Jim Jannard, I know that many, including me, are waiting patiently for the 2D module. What I am finding is that I shoot more, and am having more fun shooting 4V. My new favorite camera is the Lithium (code name) 3D/4V beamsplitter rig. I am testing it now and I am overjoyed with what it...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 2 January, 2019