Canon has made a headlong move towards the convergence of still and video with the new 5D Mk II. The full (35mm) frame DSLR will use its Live View mode to shoot HD video at 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) at 30 fps. The camera also features an HDMI output (though the port-out is [...]
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Red, the innovators of video cameras that brought the Red One to shake up the video industry, have just released a teaser post for a new hybrid camera called a DSMC (Digital Still & Motion Camera). The post from Red includes this provocative statement: “We believe, and are developing for late 2009, a replacement for [...]
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Nikon announced today the D90 (12.3 megapixel DX format Digital SLR, $999.95 MSRP), successor to the well regarded D80. One of the prominent features of the new D90 is a “cinematic 24fps D-Movie Mode”. Long the province of point-and-shoot consumer level cameras, this is the first time a DSLR has incorporated a video mode (albeit [...]
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Today Microsoft* released Photosynth, software that allows the user to blend multiple still images to map a “networked” 3D view of the scene. Using the Seadragon technology brought to Microsoft via an acquisition, users can upload small quantities (20) or large quantities (up to 300) of still images, taken with varying degrees of quality or [...]
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Via John Nack’s blog (and apparently from earlier in the summer, that’s what I get for not reading John’s blog daily) – here is some amazing technology to enhance video using still photographs. The video presentation shows the enhancement of static video scenes (camera can be still or moving, but the subjects have to be [...]
