[vimeo]12488149[/vimeo] 2 years ago British man Robert Harrison launched a balloon to the edge of space with a Canon Powershot compact camera attached in a box below. The camera was programmed with hacked firmware to take stills and video, and a GPS unit would record the box’s location when it fell to earth on a parachute.
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Above: Anamorphic frame of Apocalypse Now in 2.35:1 HD on Blu Ray Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is to be released on Blu Ray in the original anamorphic format with which it was shot. Shot with anamorphic lenses and transferred to 70mm for the theatrical release then came the heart breaking decision to severely crop the film for the standard 4:3 TV and video cassettes of the time, loosing 40%…
[vimeo]12155835[/vimeo] I have completed an interview with Kirsten, stay tuned for more from the animator of Bottle, the sensation of the Vimeo Festival 2010.
[vimeo]15765280[/vimeo] This footage is recorded by Crews.TV from the AF100’s live HD-SDI output to 100Mbit AVC Intra. UPDATE – full HD version now available [url]http://www.vimeo.com/15826664 It appears Panasonic have done a superb job. This footage is only Vimeo 720p and the camera isn’t representative of the final build, but it’s totally free from the kind of flakiness we’ve been used to with DSLRs. This image shows no sign of aliasing.…
And so it begins [vimeo]9450989[/vimeo] Karen Abad (Website | Blog) is a talented filmmaker who has worked with Vimeo and lately Zacuto. Karen works with a huge variety of formats including 35mm and 16mm film, as well as DSLRs. Here Karen shares her thoughts on the creative process, cameras and her filmmaking experience so far.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dweiGyjxhHs[/youtube] [SIZE=”5″>”As you know, it is only now because the digital format is sterile that you need the life put back in”[/SIZE] The video above is from ‘Mirror’, a film by Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky shot with USSR Lomo anamorphic glass which is now winding up on eBay. Director Tarkovsky shot the original Solaris with anamorphic lenses and is up there as one of my favourite filmmakers of all time.…
The first native 24p footage has been put on the web by Polish camera review website Optyczne. The .MTS AVCHD file comes direct from the camera unaltered.
[vimeo]15663430[/vimeo] David Cole at Beampath 3D has been in touch – he has a had something of a break through with the dual-Panasonic GH1 3D rig aimed at the broadcast industry and professionals.