Works on 550D, 600D and 60D – I think the way it works is to record in 60p but switches the ISO between adjacent frames. The final video is then recreated in post by blending the two different exposures happening every other frame. Very neat idea! See HDR video firmware for Canon DSLRs? Magic Lantern adds new features! | planet5D – HDSLR community.
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Hostage rescue done with Canons – hilariously funny
The Canons win and the terrorists using Nikons do not stand a chance.
Free Stock video footage
Free Stock Footage and Free Video in Broadcast Quality by bottledvideo.com.
BottledVideo has decided to make their library of video clips available for free. The owner has decided, after he says a very successful career, to help aspiring video producers by opening up his library.
Panasonic Lumix GH-2 Firmware 1.1 update just released
Notably, the new firmware adds
- Improved noise reduction for low light usage
- Powered zoom lens features to work with the new X-Series lenses
- 25p mode for PAL cameras
- 30p mode for NTSC cameras
- Improvements to auto focus
- Improvements to burst mode
The better online discussion as to what the new firmware provides is likely to be here.
Noise reduction – I shot a test clip before and after, using 1080/24p video mode at ISO 2500. There is a noticeable improvement but noise is certainly visible – just guessing but it seems it could be as much as 40% to 50% less noise. It is possible that the noise improvement is better at ISO 3200; I believe 2500 is the highest the native image sensor goes to in video mode and 3200 is done through software signal processing. I think. I have not looked at the noise in terms of still images.
HBR – I previously wrote that I wasn’t sure what was happening here. My mistake. On PAL cameras, this is a new 25p mode and on NTSC cameras this is a new 30p mode. My mistake was that I had inadvertently rendered my new 30p video as a 24p mp4 file, which meant some frame blending had occurred. To correct what I wrote previously, the new HBR/1080/30p looks great!
Related articles
- Major Panasonic Lumix LX5 Firmware Update Coming Soon (slashgear.com)
- Hackers make Panasonic GH2 micro four-thirds camera record 176Mbit video (slashgear.com)
- Why I like the micro 4/3ds format on the Lumix GH-2 (coldstreams.com)
- Reducing image noise in the Canon XH A1 (coldstreams.com)
- Panasonic announces GH2 firmware upgrade (techradar.com)
China to launch 1st 3D TV channel in 2012
I decided this week that I will start shooting 3D video.
I have had an interest in 3D going back to the 1980s, when I visited an exhibit on holography. I read a couple of books on holography but alas, holography was not something I was in a position to pursue.
I recently came across one of those lenticular-based 3D images on the cover of a product and that got me reading about 3D technology once again. After some tests using a single camera to shoot some 3D video of static objects, I found myself hooked! I now plan to get a 2nd camera so I can shoot true stereographic video. (But do not expect to see much here for as much as 1 to 2 months as I have too many other things to deal with before I can get to creating great 3D videos worthy of posting!)
3D, other than in video games, seems to still be stuck in the pre-fad stage of a few experimenters. But this will change, and soon. First, Youtube is providing very good support for 3D – once a properly formatted 3D video is uploaded, Youtube offers to present the video in all of the popular 3D formats – have it your way! Second, Peter Jackson’s movie version of The Hobbit will start to come out in about one year. The Hobbit is being filmed in 3D and I suspect will greatly propel interest in 3D forward.
3D TV will take a long time to arrive, though, because so many people have only just acquired an HDTV and are not in a hurry to rush out and purchase a new 3D HDTV. Over time, as more and more 3D TVs are in use, then 3D content will become more popular. May as well start shooting 3D now as the originals shot today and can be converted to any desired format in the future!
Related articles
- Toshiba REGZA 55X3 4K2K glasses-free 3D TV gets $11.5k price (slashgear.com)
- 200-inch glasses-free HD display offers 3D TV that doesn’t suck (dvice.com)
- Video: 3D TV versus HD TV (news.consumerreports.org)
- 3D TV Not Growing as Fast as TV Makers Expected in 2010, but Will Become Mainstream by 2014, with 90 Million+ Shipments (prweb.com)
- 3D TV Makers Finally Start Work on Standard 3D Glasses Format [3D] (gizmodo.com)
