(Above – Exmor sensors for mobile phones) I’ve been reading some interesting tech documents from Sony related to the image sensor in their latest compacts, the HX5 and TX7. Since Sony are selling the sensor itself to clients they have a wealth of public domain information on it. In a nutshell sensitivity and speed are the aims of the Exmor R, which has a back-illuminated structure. Most of the speed…
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I’ve recently written an article about DSLR video, introducing new people to the HDSLR video world for DigitalRev. They seemed to like the article and I have joined the team as a contributor. You can read the article here
Back a few months ago Sin City director and Predators producer Robert Rodriguez was spotted with a Zacuto rig and 2 7Ds on location at Zillker Park in Austin, Texas. It’s a pleasure to now be able to see it. The music video has premiered on IFC.com (the Independent Film Channel) complete with an interview with the man himself.
The AppleInsider website has some good new information on the direction of Apple’s Final Cut Pro software, and Steve Jobs himself has been answering emails on the subject.
Above: Light hitting an image sensor, recorded by Andor IQ The increase in CMOS sensor speed is what makes HDSLR video possible. But according to scientists in academic image sensor technology fields, fabrication processes used to make CMOS imagers are lagging 2 or 3 generations behind fabrication methods used in integrated circuits (IC) and solid-state memory – so we can expect some huge leaps in the very near future.
HDSLRs continue to be picked up by major film crews and network TV shows, which is a great vote of confidence in the technology. The latest is that a Canon 5D Mark II was used to film parts of network TV show American Idol, with a feature on Crystal Bowersox in her home town of Ohio. That’s all great of course but here is a reminder of why we love…
Above: creamy bokeh on a compact in video mode! Okay – some initial thoughts before the footage later this week. Compacts are crap right? Gimmicky consumer devices aimed at the mass market of non-photographers – and yet, compacts work on the same principals which make HDSLRs so successful. Cutting down on extraneous stuff, cutting down on size, bulk and complexity whilst delivering an image comparable to professional equipment.
[vimeo]8058326[/vimeo] A quick update! I am working on an HDSLR Wiki, an EOSHD iPhone / iPad app, a new short film and some new reviews including the Isco Centavision footage! But nothing new is ready just yet, especially for the weekend. So I’ve decided to round up the most popular EOSHD.com articles of 2010 for the benefit of new readers who may have only just found the site. Hope you…