Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Philip Bloom has put together a handy little real-world comparison of the latest “big-chip” camcorders. If you’ve been wondering how this evolution from the HDSLR boom has been going, this is a pretty informative video that mixes in footage from the Sony FS100, Sony F3, Panasonic AF100 and the Canon 5D Mark II.
Check it out below. [Read more…]
Patrick Kizny shot this HDR sequence inside an 18th century chapel in Poland. Whether you like HDR or not, you have to appreciate the amount of work that went into this production – particularly, how smooth the slider shots were for the timelapse sequences.
He used a number of different cameras, but primarily relied on the 5D Mark II for the timelapse shots due to its high resolution. If you are interested in more about how he made it, check out the behind the scenes video below.
A detailed description of the post-production timelapse HDR workflow can be found on the Looky Creative blog.
In the above timelapse video, Terje Sorgjerd gives us an amazing glimpse from the top of El Teide – Spain’s highest mountain. Just epic stuff. [Read more…]
In the below video, a passenger flying from Orlando, Florida captured Space Shuttle Discovery’s final launch from the window seat. Opportunities like this are why you should always get the window seat.
[via John Nack]
Jim Jannard dropped a random “update” post in RED’s news feed today. In it, he spoke about the future of RED and the harsh criticism sometimes tossed at the company. [Read more…]
Tom Guilmette put together this great video of his night alone with a Phantom Flex camera in a Vegas hotel room. This camera captures 2,564fps at a 1080p native resolution.
While the footage the camera produces is stunning in its own manner, Tom’s editing makes the resulting video (and audio) just plain fun. Check out Tom’s story behind the video (and why he was doing this in Vegas hotel room) over on his blog.